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Anita Mui
The Cantopop star and actor known for dramatic stage transformations, a deep voice and her award-winning role in Rouge.
Bad Girl · Rouge
- Born
- 10 October 1963
- Birthplace
- Hong Kong
- Died
- 30 December 2003
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Anita Mui
Anita Mui combined concert spectacle with a substantial film career. Her changing costumes and musical personas helped shape Hong Kong pop performance in the 1980s and 1990s.
Early life
Working childhood
Performed with her sister Ann from a young age to help support their family.
Hong Kong stages
Sang in local entertainment venues before her recording breakthrough.
Career
- 1982
Talent competition
Won Hong Kong’s New Talent Singing Awards.
- 1985
Pop breakthrough
Released Bad Girl.
- 1988–1989
Acting recognition
Rouge brought major Chinese-language acting awards.
- 2003
Final concerts
Performed farewell concerts while living with cancer.
Selected work
Bad Girl
An album associated with her bold pop image.
Rouge
Plays a courtesan searching for a lost lover.
The Heroic Trio
Stars in a Hong Kong action-fantasy ensemble.
Beyond music
Charitable work
Supported fundraising and established a charitable foundation.
Film-industry service
Served as president of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Hong Kong Film Archive: Anita Mui ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: unknown. Copyrighted image; source credit retained · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.