Name |
Michelle Ye |
Height |
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Naionality |
Hong Kong |
Date of Birth |
14-February-1980 |
Place of Birth |
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China |
Famous for |
Acting |
Michelle Ye is a Hong Kong actress. In 1999, she won the Miss Chinese International competition. Ye then signed a contract with TVB from 1999-2005. After she left TVB, She signed with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited to pursue a movie career. Ye is fluent in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin. She immigrated to the United States at age 10. She attended John Dewey High School where she won first place at the International Science and Engineering Fair in the Botany sector (1998). She was a scholarship student at Wellesley College, but left before graduating to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
In July 1999, she signed a contract with TVB. At the beginning of her career, Michelle Ye was well promoted by her company. She starred in several series and eventually earned “Fa Dan” status. Ye’s most notable friends in the business are Myolie Wu and Rain Lau, in which they became sworn sisters after filming Eternal Happiness. Ye was rumored with several men, but among all of them, she only admitted to dating Benny Chan. Chan and Ye first worked together on the set of Gods of Honour. It was not until filming Network Love Story in China that they started to date.
They dated for two years and allegedly split due to personality differences. After Jessica Hsuan was unable to film World’s Finest, Hsuan recommended Ye to take her role as "Hai Tang". Director Wong Jing took notice of Ye and eventually led him to offer her a contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited, the same company that manages Shu Qi, Anthony Wong, Edison Chen, Denise Ho, etc. After Ye’s contract with TVB ended in June 2005, she did not renew it. Instead, she accepted the contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited a month later. It has always been a dream of Ye to be on the big screen. Ye is slowly gaining recognition from renowned directors, such as Dante Lam and Johnnie To. She won the 2010 Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 2008, Ye renewed her contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited. Ye recently established her own production company and have produced and stared in three series thus far, Ninth Widow, Athena, and Purple Hairpin.