Yuen Qiu

Yuen Qiu(Chinese:元秋) (bornCheung Cheun-Nam, 1948) is aChineseactress andmartial artist. She is an expert of both Chinese martial artsandBeijing-operaskills, and was apprenticed under the same master,Yu Jim-Yuen, asJackie ChanandSammo Hung Kam-Boat the China Drama Academy's Peking Opera School. Yuen Qiu worked as a stuntwoman and as a night club performer from the late 1960s to early 1970s. She had a small role in the international production,The Man with the Golden Gun(1974), portraying a student rescuingRoger MooreasJames Bond. As there were few opportunities for stuntwomen and barely any prospects for improvement at the time, she got married in 1974 at the age of 24. After being away from theHong Kong film industryfor nearly 20 years, she landed a role inKung Fu Hustleonly by chance. She was only accompanying a junior woman fellow of the China Drama Academy at the audition but the director's eye was on her. Reports show thatStephen Chowgave her the job after unremitting and persistent persuasion. Yuen is also in a movie calledKung Fu Mahjong, withYuen Wah.