Kelly Lin
Gender: Female
Born: 29th October 1975 (currently 36 years old)
Nationality: Republic of China (Taiwan)
Movies: Fulltime Killer, My Left Eye Sees Ghosts, After This Our Exile, Martial Angels, The Legend of Zu, Running Out of Time 2, Mad Detective, Sparrow, Boarding Gate, Asian Charlie's Angels, Triangle, Reign of Assassins, Sleeping with the Dead, Written By, The Conmen in Vegas, Devil Face, Angel Heart, Devil Face, Angel Heart, Just Call Me Nobody, Tokyo Trial, The Tricky Master
Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei is a Taiwanese actress and model who has appeared mainly in Hong Kong films.
Lin was born in Taiwan in 1975. She moved to Santa Barbara, California with her family at the age of 12. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Degree in Economics. Not knowing what to do after college, Lin decided to pursue a career in show business in Taiwan.
Lin initially wanted to be a singer and has already recorded demo tapes for a record company, but she was given numerous offers for modeling on television and print ads. She was hailed by FHM as "Asia's Sexiest Woman" in 2002, and has graced the cover of numerous fashion magazines in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. She has also appeared on copies of Marie Claire - French Edition (2005) and VOGUE Italia (2007).
Lin has been seen in various Hong Kong films and has worked with film directors such as Tsui Hark, Patrick Tam and, most frequently, Johnnie To. Lin has co-starred alongside Asian superstars, including Andy Lau, Stephen Chow and Ekin Cheng. With her success as an actress, she decided to drop her hopes of becoming a singer.
After a two-year hiatus from the film industry, Lin returned to acting with films
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