Sandra Ng Kwan Yumovie Performing Arts Research

Sandra Ng Kwan Yu, a well-known actress, gains the top crossing accumulativelyin Hong Kong for20years from1985to2005, which has surpassed Maggie Cheungand Anita Mui. She makes a box-office record not by means of beauty in Hong Kongcircle. She has excelled in Hong Kong comedy film market with her unique hyperbole,dressing up like a clown and self-irony. Her iconic face frequently appears in thecomedy films by Jing Wong, Raymond Wong Bak-Ming and Stephen Chow.So far, she has won various awards, such as Chinese the4thHong Kong FilmGolden Bauhinia Award for best actress, the5th Hong Kong Film Critics AssociationAward for best actress, the18thHong Kong Film Award for best actress, the40thTaiwanGolden Horse Award for best actress, the4thChinese film media prize for the mostpopular actress award (Hong Kong and Taiwan part), Enlight Media “2009Jeanwestceremony entertainment” annual film actress(Hong Kong and Taiwan), the10thChangchun Film Festival Golden Award for best supporting actress, the9th Italy AsianFilm Festival Best Actress, the14thChina film Huabiao Award for outstanding foreignactress etc.Within nearly30years in her movie career, she sometimes plays the part of theugly or the fool. Sometimes she seems to be handsome and strong or tender and toughin her film. Her different roles leave a deep impression on people, including overlordflower, urban white-collar, garbage woman, prostitute etc. Sandra Ng Kwan Yu opensan offbeat and successful route by means of “the ugly” and “the beauty”. She has turnedto be a Hong Kong film star from Hong Kong television industry "product" and finallybecomes the symbol of the Hong Kong movie stars in Hong Kong film circle.The films she plays in are not blockbusters but she is of unusual significance forHong Kong film and Hong Kong society. The success of Sandra Ng Kwan Yu can beattributed to a specific genre of specific time in specific area. She is the product ofpost-industrial age. But the carnival in her films reveals the deep breath ofpostmodernism. This essay will focus on the acting style in the different stages ofSandra Ng Kwan Yu’s performances by means of performance, film theory analysis andexamples of argumentation and demonstration contrast. This essay will also make a summary of her comedy acting in a particular era as well as the analysis of Wu’scomedy current situation myth.