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Top 10 Outstanding Facts about Joey Wong

Joey Wong is a famous Movie Actress, who was born on January 31, 1967, in Taiwan. Taiwanese actress who has played numerous starring roles including a beautiful ghost in 1987’s A Chinese Ghost Story.

According to Astrologers, Joey Wong’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. Here are outstanding facts about the Actress;

1. Wong enrolled in a drama program at Guoguang Arts School

National Taiwan College of Performing Arts. Picture By Tianmu peter.

Having been raised in Taipei, where she completed her secondary school education. Her father is a basketball player and he encouraged her to become a professional basketball player when she was fourteen.

She was enrolled in a drama program at Guoguang Arts School (now National Taiwan College of Performing Arts).

She has an older brother, a younger brother, and a sister. Enrolling at Guoguang Arts school marked her new life and her acting career commenced there.

2. Joey drew the attention of a film producer very fast

Shortly thereafter she shot a TV commercial for sports shoes which drew the attention of a film producer who made her the leading lady in the film It’ll Be Very Cold by the Lakeside This Year.

This movie attracted the attention of producer Mona Fong of Shaw Brothers and she invited Wong to come to Hong Kong to make her first Hong Kong movie Let’s Make Laugh II, opposite Derek Yee Tung Sing.

3. Her beauty made her a film idol in Japan

In 1987, she portrayed a beautiful ghost in A Chinese Ghost Story and her beauty and grace made her a film idol in Japan and South Korea. She made a dozen movies in the following years playing similar characters, either ghosts or vixens, gliding across the screen.

4.  She made her singing debut with the Japanese and Mandarin CD single

The singer on stage. Picture By Global Records.

In 1989 she went to Japan to star in the TV series A Woman From Hong Kong. Later she also made commercials and published photo albums.

In 1992 she made her singing debut with the Japanese and Mandarin CD single, “Hold You In My Arms Forever”.

In 1993, she appeared as the White Snake in Tsui Hark’s Green Snake, a revision of the Madame White Snake legend told from the perspective of the younger Green Snake, though White Snake remains the romantic lead.

5. Joey expressed to retire from filmmaking but returned with a new film

Wong expressed a desire to retire from filmmaking in 1994 and stayed away from the limelight until 1997 when she returned to the silver screen in the Japanese movie Peking Genjin (Peking Man) and released the companion CD single “Who Are You?”.

In 1998 she released the extended Japanese CD Angelus and her first and only full CD, in Mandarin, Isolation a.k.a. Isolated From The World.

6. Wong signed a multi-film contract

In 2004 she appeared in Beautiful Shanghai a.k.a. Shanghai Story and reportedly appeared in a Taiwanese TV series with on-again, off-again beau Chyi Chin.

It was reported that she enjoyed her return to films and reportedly signed a multi-film contract.

However, the unexpected suicide of her friend and former movie co-star Leslie Cheung caused her to withdraw once again from the limelight.

7. Retired to study English at Columbia

In September 2005, coinciding with the worldwide release of Beautiful Shanghai (Shanghai Story), she once again announced her formal retirement. She currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is studying English.

8. Joey was picked to endorse products in advertisements

A Japan Sake Company. Picture By Lombroso.

Naturally, Joey was an advertising darling in her heyday as well. Once, a Japanese sake company approached her to endorse their products, a gig that netted her a cool 40mil yen (S$512,000) and reportedly set the record for the highest-paid foreign celebrity brand ambassador in Japan at that time.

9. Wong owns property and investments in different countries

Taiwan real estate. Picture By Windmemories.

And then there was her Lucrative real estate Investment. Not long after she entered showbiz, Joey invested in a beauty salon, shops, and a NT$3mil (S$142,000) house. Then, in 1988, she bought a NT$6mil (S$284,000) three-story villa in Taipei’s Tianmu neighborhood, sinking in millions more for renovations.

Joey snapped up buildings in Hongkong as well, including a HK$13mil (S$2.2mil) mansion which rose in value by HK$1mil (S$172,000) just one month after she bought it (so can you imagine how much it’s probably worth now?).

She is also rumored to own property in China, the United States, Canada, and even Europe.

10. Wong was also known to date Chyi and Peter

Dating is to describe a stage in a person’s life when he or she is actively pursuing romantic relationships with different people.

If two unmarried celebrities are seen in public together, they are often termed “dating”. However, in some instances, they are wrongly described or rumored.

Wong was also very well known for her relationship with  Chyi Chin mega fame also came with huge media interest in her love life and the star soon became a scandal magnet, with her two relationships — the first with Hongkong billionaire Peter Lam, the second to Taiwanese singer Chyi Chin — dissected to death in the tabloids.