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Pauline Chan

Pauline Chan

Birthday: 1973-05-23 | Place of Birth: Shanghai, China

Born in Shanghai, China, as Chen Baolian, Pauline Chan emigrated to Hong Kong at age 12 with her mother when her parents divorced. A beautiful young girl, it didn't take long for photographers and agents to notice her and she began modeling at 15. In 1990 she entered the Miss Asia beauty pageant. She didn't win, but her striking looks, lithe body and classy bearing attracted the attention of several producers in Hong Kong's adult film industry. At age 18 she made her adult-film debut and her enthusiastic performances shot her to the top of the Chinese porn field. In 1997 she hooked up with a much older man, a Taiwanese millionaire, and they had a short (two-year) but stormy relationship. After their break-up in 1999, Chan's personal and professional lives began to unravel. She had had a drug problem for several years and it got worse--during one television interview in which she was apparently high on drugs she actually tried to commit suicide. A series of brushes with the law ensued, resulting in her being deported from several countries, and she was briefly sent to prison in the UK for assault. These and other incidents pretty much pulled the plug on her film career. She moved back to her hometown of Shanghai and in July of 2002 gave birth to a baby boy. Motherhood didn't solve her problems, however, and on July 31, 2002, she leaped out of the window of her 24th-floor apartment and plunged to her death.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2000
Paramount Motel

as    Wayman Lee Ting Ting

1999
Hunting Evil Spirit

as    Pauline

1997
02:00 A.M.

as    Eva

1996
1996
The Eighth

as    Pauline

1996
Hong Kong Showgirls

as    The Ghost

1995
Empire-Wu

as    晚年武则天

1994
From Beijing with Love

as    長髮女郎

1994
Net of Heaven Action

as    陈帮办

1993
Sex for Sale

as    Insp. Pauline Chen

1993
1993
Love is Over

as    Mrs Chau

1993
Slave of the Sword

as    Mu-Lin

1993
Angel the Kickboxer

as    Pauline

1993
A Wild Party

as    Susan