Deanie Ip
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Deanie IpTemplate:Refn (born 25 December 1947) is a Hong Kong singer and actress.<ref name="one">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="two">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ip released her debut EP Deanie Ip in 1969 before shifting her focus to live performances. She returned to recording in the early 1980s and went on to release several hit songs, but largely stepped away from the music industry in the late 1980s and 1990s to concentrate on film acting. She resumed her singing career in the early 2000s; in 2004, she won the Ultimate Song Award at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards for her duet “Beauty Remains” (美中不足) with Andy Hui, and in 2014 she participated in the ensemble recording of “Raise the Umbrella” (撐起雨傘) in support of the Umbrella Movement. In 2019, she was blacklisted in mainland China for supporting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests, with her music removed from streaming services.
As an actor, Ip is acclaimed for her portrayals of grassroots characters. For her performance in the 2011 film A Simple Life, she won nine Best Actress awards, including at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, the 48th Golden Horse Awards, the 6th Asian Film Awards, and the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards. She has also won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress three times and the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress twice.
Music career
In the 1980s, Ip released five albums with a local producer. After complaining about the direction of the Cantopop industry and falling out with her then label, Black and White, Ip chose to retire from music in 1988 and went into semi-retirement, with occasional roles in movies. She returned to the Cantopop scene in 2002 with an EP, which, along with a live recording of her 2002 concert in Hong Kong, were both released by Universal Music Group. In the mid-90s, she teamed up with male star Andy Hui to produce the hit duet "教我如何不愛他" (lit. "Teach me how not to love him") and again in 2004 for the award-winner "美中不足" (lit. "A minor defect in something otherwise perfect").
Film career and recognition
Ip has been recognised on several occasions, including in A Simple Life, for which she won Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.<ref name="WSJ">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>The Standard Golden girl Deanie Ip takes best actress prize at Venice Template:Webarchive 12 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011</ref> Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Gregory So congratulated her for winning the award, stating the award was not only an international recognition of her outstanding achievement, but a testimony of the level of excellence of the Hong Kong film industry.<ref>Best actress award applauded Template:Webarchive Hong Kong Information Services Department. 11 September 2011.</ref> A Simple Life marked the 10th collaboration between Ip and Andy Lau, with whom she first star in The Unwritten Law in 1985.<ref name="WSJ"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ip has twice won Best Supporting Actress in the Hong Kong Film Awards for her roles in Dances with Dragon (11th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1991), and in My Name Ain't Suzy (5th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1985). She has also been nominated as Best Supporting Actress on three times occasions: Wrong Wedding Trail (4th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1984), Spiritual Love (7th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1987) and Murder (13th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1993).
She has also won Best Supporting Actress at the 36th Golden Horse Awards for Crying Heart (2012).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Before filming A Simple Life, Ip had a 12-year hiatus from acting, about the hiatus she stated “I was viewed by some in the business as a disobedient actress who loves to play the role of a director on set. I am also not great at networking. I guess these are the reasons why I haven’t been offered a lot of work."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Politics
Ip participated in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement, where protesters demanded electoral reform from the government.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was involved in recording Denise Ho's Cantopop song "Raise the Umbrella" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}).<ref name=20141025nyt>Qin, Amy; Wong, Alan (24 October 2014). "Stars Backing Hong Kong Protests Pay Price on Mainland" Template:Webarchive. The New York Times</ref><ref name=hkej>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=wsj1414622180>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The song had been described as an inspiring anthem for the pro-democracy movement.<ref>Chan, Gloria (29 December 2014) "Raise the Umbrella: Occupy anthem may become Hong Kong's song of the year" Template:Webarchive. South China Morning Post</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the 2016 Hong Kong legislative election campaign, Ip expressed her support for activist Nathan Law and stated, "I believe that this young man does everything he does for Hong Kong, and for his generation."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2019, Ip joined the pro-democracy demonstrations during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ip was one of few Hong Kong celebrities to voice support for the protesters, leading to her songs being removed from Mainland China's music streaming platforms.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Untroubled by the loss of this income stream, she continued to voice her admiration for the young protestors.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Filmography
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