Elaine Jin
Elaine Jin | |||
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| Born | December 15, 1954 | ||
| Years active | 1973–present | ||
| Spouses | Lawrence Leung
(m. 1975; div. 1981)Robert Wong
(m. 1989; div. 2005) | ||
| Partner | Suzie Wong | ||
| Children | 1 | ||
| Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Supporting Actress 1987 Love Unto Waste 1988 People's Hero 2015 Port of Call 2016 Mad World Golden Horse Awards – Best Supporting Actress 1994 A Confucian Confusion 2016 Mad World | ||
| Chinese name | |||
| Traditional Chinese | 金燕玲 | ||
| Simplified Chinese | 金燕玲 | ||
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Elaine Chin Yen-ling (Chinese: 金燕玲; pinyin: Jīn Yànlíng; born 15 December 1954), also known as Elaine Kam, is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress.
She began her career in Taiwan in 1973 before moving to Hong Kong in 1981.
She has been nominated eleven times in the Hong Kong Film Awards and won four for her supporting roles in Love Unto Waste (Chinese: 地下情) (1986), People's Hero (Chinese: 人民英雄) (1987) and Port of Call (Chinese: 踏血尋梅) (2015). In 1994, Jin earned her first Golden Horse Film Award, also in the supporting category, for her performance in Edward Yang's A Confucian Confusion (Chinese: 獨立時代) (1994).
Jin won the Golden Horse Award and the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2016 film Mad World.