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Template:Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor Template:Chinese name Karen Joy Morris, known more commonly in the Sinosphere as Karen Mok or Mok Man-Wai (Chinese: 莫文蔚; pinyin: Mò Wénwèi; Jyutping: mok6 man4 wai3), is a two-time Golden Melody Award-winning Hong Kong-based actress and singer-songwriter.

Biography

Mok attended Diocesan Girls' School from primary to secondary grade in Hong Kong. She later left Hong Kong in 1987 and studied abroad. She attended United World College of the Adriatic near Trieste, Italy from 1987 to 1989, and majored in Italian literature when studying at the University of London. Mok is the sister of the writer and producer Trevor Morris, and a descendant of Alfred Morris, the first principal of King's College, Hong Kong. She speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Italian, French. She is Eurasian: her father is half-Chinese and half-Welsh, while her mother is half-Chinese, quarter-Iranian, and quarter-German.

Mok is often credited as Karen Mok in Chinese movies, but as Karen Joy Morris (her birth name) in Hollywood movies. She supplied the voice of Princess Kida for the Cantonese dub of Disney's "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (2001). Mok performed in the international tour of the hit Broadway musical "RENT" as Mimi during the Asian stops of the musical in 2005 and 2006.

In Oct 2008, Karen Mok launched her own brand of perfume in Hong Kong.

Activism

Mok is an advocate for animals and one of only five Asian celebrities to make People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Asia-Pacific's (PETA) first-ever Best-Dressed 2008 list. Mok has joined efforts to help bears in China whose bile is used for medicinal purposes/

In 2007, Mok was involved with MTV EXIT, a campaign against human trafficking in Asia. She presented Traffic: An MTV EXIT Special, a documentary on trafficking.

Personal life

Mok had her first high-profile relationship with actor-director Stephen Fung, after meeting at a film's production set back in 1994. Shortly, they were seeing each other. However, they then broke up due to different values.

Filmography

Discography

Albums

EPs

Movie/TV Soundtracks

Awards

References

1. ^ Episode 44, April 19, 2008 - Be My Guest
2. GiantRobot profile and interview
3. TIMEasia Karen Mok: 'My Best is Yet to Come' 3/13/2000
4. Beech, Hannah (April 23, 2001) "Eurasian invasion", Time Asia.
5. http://www.petaasiapacific.com/newsreleasesitem.asp?id=10269
6. http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?UID=7SHTW7U9HLHA

External links

• Karen Mok's Official Site
• Karen Mok at IMDb
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• Karen Mok at the Hong Kong Movie Database

• 1970 births
• Hong Kong people of British descent
• Hong Kong people of German descent
• Hong Kong actors
• Hong Kong singers
• Living people
• People of Iranian descent
• People of Welsh descent