Kristy Yang
| Kristy Yang | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | (traditional) |
| Chinese name | (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Yáng Gōngrú (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Joeng4 Gung1-jyu4 (Cantonese) |
| Origin | Hong Kong |
| Born |
January 7, 1974 Shanghai, China |
| Other name(s) | Kristy Yeung, Gold Fish |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Partner(s) | Ken Kan,Zhou Zhengyi |
| Alma mater | York University |
Kristy Yang (born 7 January 1974), also known as Yang Gongru, is a Chinese-born Canadian actress.
Yang was born in Shanghai, China, to a Chinese father and Jenny Liu, a half American-half Chinese. Ms.Liu was invited to play the role in the film Shanghai 1976 (2008) and she has just known her father was an American soldier. Ms.Liu's mother had just a photo of him but in the end it's also burned in war.
Kristy's father in her childhood because of his patriarchal so left her mother, so she was born in a single-parent family. In 1985, Yang immigrated to Toronto, Canada. Her half-brother was born in Canada but after due to stepfather's deception, her mother divorced again.
Kristy graduated from York University after completing her high school education in 1993 at Rosedale Heights School of the Arts in Toronto.
In the summer of 1995, during a trip to Hong Kong, Yang participated in the Miss Asia Pageant beauty contest organised by ATV and earned the title of "Miss Asia 1995". She also won the Miss Photogenic and Most Popular Contestant awards. Yang joined ATV and had been acting in several television dramas produced by ATV before venturing into the film industry.
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