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Nina Paw

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Nina Paw
Paw in 2018
Born (1949-07-20) 20 July 1949 (age 75)
Occupation(s)Actress, show host
Spouse
Henry Fong
(m. 1980)
Parent(s)Bao Fong (鮑方)
Liu Su (劉甦)
AwardsHong Kong Film AwardsBest Actress
2009 The Way We Are

Hong Kong Film Critics Society AwardsBest Actress
2009 The Way We Are

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鮑起靜
Simplified Chinese鲍起静
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBào Qǐjìng
Musical career
Also known asSister Paw (鮑姐)

Nina Paw Hee-ching (Chinese: 鮑起靜; born 20 July 1949) is a Hong Kong actress.[1] Paw got her start in film but came into prominence portraying mothers on ATV television dramas, such as Fatherland (1980). Having portrayed many mother and elder sister roles throughout her career, she is often referred to as "Sister Paw". Her portrayal of a working mother in The Way We Are (2008) won her four best actress awards, including Best Actress at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards.[2]

Early life

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Paw grew up in a Kowloon City apartment with her parents, grandparents, and two siblings. She graduated from Heung To Middle School in 1968.[2]

Career

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Paw joined Great Wall Film Production in 1968 for ten years. She was known for starring in the lead role of White Hair Devil Lady (1980) opposite Henry Fong Ping.[2]

Paw joined Asia Television in the 1980s, playing mostly motherly roles. When offered a job at competing TVB, she declined as her infotainment hosting schedule at ATV allowed her to spend more time raising her daughter. She worked at ATV for 33 years before moving to Hong Kong Television Network in 2012.[2]

In September 2016, she acted in the first TV drama "Allied" for TVB, and was selected as one of the final five finalists for "Best Actress" in the "Million Stars Awards 2017".[3][4]

In 2019, New World Development, which is responsible for the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars project, said that nine new movie queens, including Pao Kee-ching, had been added to the Avenue of Stars after its reopening on 31 January.[5]

In 2020, it participated in the joint sign-up to support the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law.[6]

Personal life

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Her parents are actors Bao Fong [zh] and Liu Su. She has an older sister, Her younger brother is cinematographer Peter Pau.[2]

She is married to Henry Fong Ping, who is also an actor. She has one daughter.[2]

She resided on Hong Kong Island.[2]

Filmography

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Films and television dramas

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Year Title Role Notes
1976 The Stormy Sea
1977 Chu Yuan Chanjuan
1978 Young and Lovable
1979 The Almighty Extra
1980 White Hair Devil Lady
白发魔女传
Lian Nichang
Fatherland
大地恩情
Yung Tat
容達
1986 Rise of the Great Wall
秦始皇
Lady Zhao
趙姬
1987 Mother
母親
Man Pui Shan
文佩珊
1990 Bullet in the Head Ben's mother
1992 Casino Tycoon
1993 The Mad Monk
1996 The Good Old Days Fa Yim-Ha
1997 All's Well, Ends Well 1997
97家有囍事
Shenny's mother
The Year of Chameleon
97變色龍
Choi Mei-Chun
蔡美珍
1999 Ordinary Heroes Tung's mother Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Criss-Cross Over Four Seas
縱橫四海
Bak Yin
白宴
2000 Divine Retribution
Showbiz Tycoon Fong Chi-lin
2002 So Close Mother
2003 Lost in Time Siu Wai's mother Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Light of Million Hopes
萬家燈火
2004 One Nite in Mongkok Volunteer Helper at Sue's home
2005 Central Affairs
情陷夜中環
Ching-Man Suet-yee
程文雪凝
2006 Fearless
霍元甲
Yuanjia's mother
2007 Mr. Cinema Lee Choi Ha
Xiang gang jie mei Chen Fuzhen
Ma Jong Gathering
十六不搭喜趣來
Fong Ming-Yun
方明圓
2008 The Way We Are Mrs. Cheung Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Ocean Flame
Flaming Butterfly
火蝴蝶
Man So-Kun
文素娟
2009 I Corrupt All Cops
To Live and Die in Mongkok
2010 Crossing Hennessy Ar Loh's mother Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Dream Home
Reign of Assassins
Hong Kong Go Go Go
2011 All's Well, Ends Well 2011
Sleepwalker
2012 Wu Dang Shui Heyi's mother
2013 Angel is Coming TV series
Rigor Mortis Auntie Mui Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
Special ID Sister Amy
2015 ATM
Insanity
Beyond the Rainbow TV series
Detective Gui
Are You Here
2016 Show Me Your Love Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
2018 Half A Good Woman
The Unholy Alliance (TV series)
同盟
Ling Hung
令熊
Guardian Angel 2018 Web Drama
守護神之保險調查
Bak Siu-ling Shaw Brothers Web Drama
2019 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!
First Class Charge
I'm Livin' It Leung Wan-lan
Beyond The Dream Dr. Fung
2020 Forensic Heroes IV
法證先鋒IV
So Fong
蘇芳
Special Appearance
My Prince Edward
金都
Edward's mother Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Caught in Time
除暴
Zhang Sun's mother Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress[7][8]
2021 Sinister Beings
逆天奇案
Grandmother Special Appearance
The Kwoks And What
我家無難事
Law Mei-lan 羅美蘭 Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress
Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character (Top 10)
Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership (with Joe Ma, Stephanie Che, Mat Yeung and Fei Wu)
Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia
2022 Get On A Flat
下流上車族
Tse Yuk-ha
謝毓霞
Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress (Top 5)
Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character (Top 10)
Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia
TBA Sons of the Neon Night

Music video

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Year Artist Song title
2016 Alfred Hui "My Aspiration"
2017 Hacken Lee "失魂記"
2017 Stefanie Sun "Windbreaker"
2019 Kristal Tin "最親"
2021 Jennifer Yu "Accompany"
2022 Fatboy "Dear MaMa"

References

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  1. ^ "Paw Hee-ching". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Cheung, Elizabeth (6 April 2015). "Nina Paw, the humble ATV star who put family before fame and fortune". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  3. ^ "首拍無綫劇 鮑起靜呻電視城太大易迷路". 東網. 29 September 2016.
  4. ^ "讚拍劇媲美拍電影 鮑起靜感謝TVB照顧". 東網. 22 November 2016.
  5. ^ "星光大道明重開 新增9名影后手印". 明報. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. ^ "文藝界2600人聯署支持立法". 文匯報. 30 May 2020.
  7. ^ "王千源吳彥祖《除暴》破3億鮑起靜神演技一個眼神詮釋悍匪母親". ent.ynet.com 北青網 (in Chinese). 27 November 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  8. ^ "《除暴》破3億,鮑起靜出鏡2分鍾展教科書級演技". k.sina.cn 新浪網 揚子晚報 (in Chinese). Sina Corp. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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