Sharon Yeung Pan-pan (杨盼盼, born January 4, 1958 in Hong Kong) is an actress and B-list action star in 90s Hong Kong cinema.
Trained in martial arts and Chinese opera ever since age 4, Sharon is skilled in jeet kun do, western boxing, karate, and was even called the "Lady Jackie Chan" in the 1980s. Her career mostly started out in TV series or period dramas from Goldig Films and Shaw Brothers, but as the decade moved into the 90s, and Girls with Guns action films started gaining traction for action film junkies, Sharon would star in her first movie of this genre, Angel Enforcers, in 1989 before showing up in similarly-themed movies alongside Moon Lee (Princess Madam), Cynthia Khan (Angel on Fire), Yukari Oshima (Deadly Target), Sibelle Hu (The Way of the Lady Boxers) and the like.
Sharon Yeung is still active in making movies, although her more recent films are mostly low-budget dramas and decidedly in the non-action genre. She has a daughter with her husband, a film producer.
In 2018, Sharon was involved with an on-set accident
caused by a fire breaking out on the set of Amazing Spring, while filming in Malaysia. Suffering seven percent of second-degree burns on parts of her body, she nevertheless soldiered on and shows up in press conferences.
In 2020, Sharon Yeung was the winner of the 2020 Hong Kong Outstanding Contribution Award in stuntwork and action cinema. Check her receiving her award alongside Jackie Chan here.
Tropes related to this performer
- Action Girl
- Boyish Short Hair: In her movies made after 1989. It's almost impossible to find a film featuring Sharon with hair past her shoulders by that point.
- Contortionist: And how! Check her out in this screenshot from Story of the Drunken Master. She did similar stunts in Deadly Target.
- Girls with Guns: Most of her 90s' movies.
- The Lancer: See the list of Girls with Guns movies in her bio above, where she stars alongside players like Moon or Oshima? She usually plays second fiddle to the protagonist, although she's also a Hyper-Competent Sidekick who is almost as good (if not better) in kicking ass and taking names.
- Lightning Bruiser: She's noticeably bigger in size than Moon or Oshima, and yet she can move and fight as swiftly as either of the two.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's usually the Tomboy.
Notable Sharon Yeung films:
- The Magic Blade
- Flying Guillotine - in the second film
- Story Of The Drunken Master
- Interpol
- Angel Enforcers
- Princess Madam
- Angel on Fire
- Deadly Target
- The Way of the Lady Boxers
- Angel Terminators - in both movies
- Shaolin Vs Evil Dead - both movies, also as executive producer
