Originating from Suzhou in Jiangsu with ancestral roots in Guangxi, she moved to Hong Kong in the late 1970s and entered TVB’s acting class in 1983, launching her on-screen career with the drama The Clones (1984). Early television success came through series such as The Duke of Mount Deer, Police Cadet and the highly watched Looking Back in Anger (1989), after which she transitioned to film, earni…