Anita Mui

Anita Mui, known as Mui Yim-fong in Cantonese, is a Hong Kong singer and actress. He was born on October 10, 1963 in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, and died of cervical cancer on December 30, 2003, at the age of 40. She is considered one of the most influential female voices in Cantonese pop music, namely Cantopop; Due to her image changes on stage, she was often referred to as "Asia's Madonna" in the press.

Music career

His professional career began in 1982, when he won the New Talent Singing Awards competition, which attracted thousands of candidates. His first album was released the same year. "Bad Girl", released in 1985, became one of the best-selling albums in Hong Kong, reaching hundreds of thousands of copies in a short time. In his career that lasted approximately twenty-one years, he released around 50 albums and gave hundreds of concerts.

His fans are not limited to Hong Kong alone; It has also gained a large audience in Chinese-speaking Asian markets. In 1998, he received the Golden Needle, RTHK's contribution to music award.

Cinema

Mui has appeared in more than forty films. She was chosen as the best supporting actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in 1984's "Behind the Yellow Line". Her breakthrough came with "Rouge" (1987), directed by Stanley Kwan: ​​her role as a ghost prostitute in this film earned her the best actress award at the Golden Horse in Taiwan and the Hong Kong Film Awards.

He has also appeared in action and fighting cinema; He acted in the same films with names such as Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow and Chow Yun-fat.

The artist founded a charitable foundation bearing his name in 1993, and in the same year he was among the founders of the Hong Kong performing artists' union. He took part in organizing a charity concert during the SARS epidemic in 2003. He publicly disclosed his illness in September 2003; He performed eight consecutive concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum in November, and performed for the last time on November 15.

He passed away a few weeks after his death. Her life was brought to the big screen in 2021 with the biographical film "Anita".