Veronica Yip

About Veronica Yip

Veronica Yip Yuk Hing (Chinese: 叶玉卿; pinyin: Yè Yùqīng; born February 12, 1967) is a Hong Kong-born American actress and singer who is probably most well known for her roles in Category III films.

Veronica Yip was born in Portuguese Macau and started her career participating in the 1985 Miss Asia Pageant, where she received the 2nd runner-up award. Her career breakthrough came when she starred in adult films which previously were considered taboo for mainstream actresses in the Hong Kong market. She starred in a total of three of these Category III films:

Take Me (1991)
Pretty Woman (1992)
Hidden Desire (1992)

All three films were regarded as commercial successes and paved the way for mainstream actresses, such as Loletta Lee and Irene Wan to act in such films.

Yip also starred in many critically acclaimed Chinese movies, including Jeffrey Lau's The Eagle Shooting Heroes and Stanley Kwan's Red Rose, White Rose (1994). Yip's ability to escape the soft porn market paved the way for actresses such as Shu Qi and Pauline Chan to do the same.

This pageant queen that shot to stardom starring in Category III films actually did quite well for herself. With the fame and recognition, Yip was able to transition from erotica to a singing career, and then to starring in more mainstream feature films as well as hosting television variety shows. She’s credited with paving the way for other actresses to make the switch, too.

Yip had a singing career when she joined Fitto Entertainment, owned by her brother Yip Chi-Ming, before the company transitioned to Emperor Entertainment Group, releasing seven cantopop and mandopop albums between 1992 and 1995. Yip received three Best New Artist gold awards from 1992 Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation, 1992 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, and 1992 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation.

In 1998, Yip invested a large sum in her brother's building project, a Disneyland in Hong Kong. However, the project was scrapped, causing a fallout between the two. Yip and her brother later reconciled.

Yip met her husband, Chinese-American businessman Jeffrey Wu (胡兆明) when Yip was hired by Premier Entertainment in New York to perform a concert at the Trump Marina in Atlantic City. After marrying Wu in 1996, Yip retired from entertainment and moved to the United States, where Wu runs the Hong Kong Supermarket chain.

The couple have a daughter and two sons and currently reside on Long Island. They also have substantial investments in United International Bank, a business jet trading company, and various business-use real estate projects. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the business hard and it was reported in 2020 that Wu recently filed for bankruptcy, reportedly owing up to US$50 million in debt.

In November 2020, Yip mentioned that she was a Republican supporter and supported a second term for Donald Trump. (womp womp)

Take Me (1991) ... Milky
Hidden Desire (1991) ... Joey
Pretty Woman (1991) ... Lo Yin Hsin / Mimin [2 Roles]
Gigolo and Whore II (1992) ... Jenny
Cash on Delivery (1992) ... Mrs Lau Chan Wing Mui
Summer Lover (1992) ... Siu Yuk
Call Girl '92 (1992) ... Sue
Rose (1992) ... Lotus
Three Summers (1992)
The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) ... Queen
Rose Rose I Love You (1993) ... Beauty / Black Rose
Love Among the Triad (1993) ... Sue
3 Days of a Blind Girl (1993) ... Mrs Jack Ng
Hero from Beyond the Boundary of Time (1993) ... Princess
Man of the Times (1993) ... Pak So-Fan
A Roof with a View (1993) ... Yip Hiu Tung
Bogus Cops (1993) ... Rose
Treasure Island (1993) ... Tang
Run (1994) ... Ho Ying
Law on the Brink (1994)
Red Rose White Rose (1994) ... Meng Yan-Li
1941 Hong Kong on Fire (1994)
Mother of a Different Kind (1995) ... JoJo
01:00 A.M. (1995) ... Nurse
Evening Liaison (1996)
Scarred Memory (1996) ... Dr. Ivy Yip
Hong Kong Showgirls (1996)
I Love Hong Kong 2013 (2013) ... Mei Yeung Yeung