Karen Mok
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{{Infobox Chinese actor and singer <!------See WikiProject Chinese-language entertainment------->
| name = Karen Mok
| image = 2007TaipeiITMonth KarenMok.jpg
| caption = Karen Mok at 2007 Taipei IT Month
| chinesename = 莫文蔚
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| pinyinchinesename = mo4 wen2 wei4
| jyutpingchinesename = mok6 man4 wai3
| birthname = Karen Joy Morris
| ancestry =
| birthdate = {{Birth date and age|1970|6|2|mf=y}}
| origin = [[Hong Kong]]
| birthplace = [[Hong Kong]]
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| occupation = singer, actress, composer, producer, designer
| genre = Hong Kong Pop, Mandarin Pop,
| instrument = [[Piano]], [[Oboe]], [[guzheng|Gu Zheng]]
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| label = N/A
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| website = Karen's Official Blog[http://blog.sina.com.cn/karenmok62]
| hongkongfilmwards = '''Best Supporting Actress'''<br>1996 ''[[Fallen Angels (1995 film)|Fallen Angels]]''
| goldenbauhiniaawards = '''Best Supporting Actress'''<br>1996 ''[[Fallen Angels (1995 film)|Fallen Angels]]''
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| goldenmelodyawards = '''Best Female Mandarin Artist'''<br>2003 ''[i]''<br/>'''Best Mandarin Album of The Year'''<br/>2008 ''L!VE is… KAREN MOK''
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{{Chinese name|[[Mok]]}}
'''Karen Joy Morris''', or '''Karen Mok Man-Wai''', or '''Mò Wénwèi''' is a two-time [[Golden Melody Award]]-winning Hong Kong-based [[actress]] and [[singer]]. Mok attended [[Diocesan Girls' School]], [[Hong Kong]] (from primary to secondary) before attending [[United World College of the Adriatic]] near [[Trieste]], [[Italy]], and majored in [[Italian literature]] when studying in the [[University of London]]. She is the sister of the writer and producer Trevor Morris and the descendant of Alfred Morris, the first principal of [[King's College, Hong Kong]]. Mok speaks [[English language|English]], [[Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese]], [[Mandarin (linguistics)|Mandarin]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[French language|French]].<ref>[http://www.giantrobot.com/issues/issue10/karen/index.html ''GiantRobot profile and interview'']</ref> She is Eurasian as her mother is quarter-Persian, quarter-German on her father's side, half-Chinese from her mother's; father is half-Welsh on his father's side, half-Chinese from his mother's.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/interviews/int.mok.html TIMEasia Karen Mok: 'My Best is Yet to Come' 3/13/2000]</ref><ref>Beech, Hannah (April 23, 2001) [http://www.time.com/time/asia/news/magazine/0,9754,106427,00.html "Eurasian invasion"], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time Asia]]''.</ref>
Mok is often credited as '''Karen Mok''' in Chinese movies, but as '''Karen Joy Morris''' (her birth name) in Hollywood movies. She supplied the voice of Princess Kida for the Cantonese dub of Disney's "[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire|Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]" (2001). Mok performed in the international tour of the hit Broadway musical "[[Rent (musical)|RENT]]" as Mimi during the Hong Kong stops in December 2005.
== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
! width=50px | Year
! width=400px | Film
|-
! rowspan=2|2008
| 棺木 The Coffin
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| 迷果 Lost Indulgence
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! 2007
| 老港正傳 Mr. Cinema
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! 2006
| 四大天王 The Heavenly Kings ''(cameo)''
|-
! rowspan=2|2005
| [[Wait 'Til You're Older|童夢奇緣 Wait 'Til You're Older]]
|-
| [[DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang|龍刀奇緣 DragonBlade]] ''(voice for animated film)''
|-
! rowspan=2|2004
| [[Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film)|環遊世界80天 Around the World in 80 Days]] (USA)<BR>''(credited as Karen Joy Morris)''
|-
| [[Enter the Phoenix|大佬愛美麗 Enter the Phoenix]]
|-
! 2003
| [[The Twins Effect|千機變 The Twins Effect]]
|-
! rowspan=3|2002
| [[So Close|夕陽天使 So Close]]
|-
| 豬扒大聯盟 The Irresistible Piggies
|-
| Office有鬼 Haunted Office
|-
! rowspan=4|2001
| [[La Brassiere|絕世好bra La Brassiere]]
|-
| [[Shaolin Soccer|少林足球 Shaolin Soccer]]
|-
| 九龍冰室 Goodbye, Mr. Cool
|-
| 走到底 All the Way
|-
! rowspan=2|2000
| 車神傳說 The Roaring Wheels
|-
| 煙飛煙滅 From Ashes to Ashes
|-
! rowspan=2|1999
| [[Tempting Heart|心動 Tempting Heart]]
|-
| [[King of Comedy (1999 film)|喜劇之王 The King of Comedy]]
|-
! rowspan=4|1997
| 熱面最強 Task Force
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| [[Lawyer Lawyer|算死草 Lawyer Lawyer]]
|-
| 初纏戀後之二人世界 First Love: The Litter on the Breeze
|-
| [[Young and Dangerous 4|97古惑仔之战无不胜 Young and Dangerous 4]]
|-
! rowspan=10|1996
| [[God of Cookery|食神 God of Cookery]]
|-
| [[Viva Erotica|色情男女 Viva Erotica]]
|-
| [[Black Mask (movie)|黑俠 Black Mask]]
|-
| 飛虎II之傲氣比天高 Best of the Best
|-
| 我愛廚房 Kitchen
|-
| 四面夏娃 Four Faces of Eve
|-
| [[Young & Dangerous III|古惑仔III之隻手遮天 Young & Dangerous III]]
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| 古惑女 Sexy and Dangerous
|-
| [[Those Were the Days (1996 film)|4 個 32A 和一個香蕉少年 Those Were the Days]]
|-
| [[wkw/tk/1996@7'55"hk.net|wkw/tk/1996@7′55″hk.net]]
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! rowspan=5|1995
| [[Fallen Angels (film)|墮落天使 Fallen Angels]]
|-
| 回魂夜 Out of the Dark
|-
| 救世神棍 Heaven Can't Wait
|-
| [[A Chinese Odyssey|西遊記2 之仙履奇緣 A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella]]
|-
| [[A Chinese Odyssey|西遊記之月光寶盒 A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box]]
|-
! 1994
| 清官難審 Family Affair
|}
== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
{| class="wikitable"
! width=50px | No.
! width=350px | Album Title
! width=100px | Language
! width=125px | Year of Release
|-
! 1st
| 同名專輯 Karen
| Cantonese
| 1993
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! 2nd
| 全身莫文蔚 Karen Mok In Totality
| Cantonese
| 1996
|-
! 3rd
| 做自己 To Be
| Chinese
| 1997
|-
! 4th
| 我要說 I Say
| Chinese
| 1998
|-
! 5th
| 就是莫文蔚
| Chinese
| 1999
|-
! 6th
| 你可以 You Can
| Chinese
| 1999
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! 7th
| 莫文蔚NO.1新曲+精選 Karen More
| Chinese
| 2000
|-
! 8th
| 十二樓的莫文蔚 Karen Mok on the Twelfth Floor
| Chinese
| 2000
|-
! 9th
| 一朵金花 Golden Flower
| Cantonese
| 2001
|-
! 10th
| [i]
| Chinese
| 2002
|-
! 11th
| 愛死妳 X
| Chinese
| 2003
|-
! 12th
| [[Without You (Album)|如果沒有你 Without You]]
| Chinese
| 2006
|-
! 13th
| 拉活…莫文蔚 L!VE is… KAREN MOK
| Chinese
| 2007
|-
! 14th
| 就i Karen 莫文蔚精選 i love Karen Mok best collection
| Chinese
| 2008
|}
=== EPs ===
{| class="wikitable"
! width=50px | No.
! width=350px | Album Title
! width=100px | Language
! width=125px | Year of Release
|-
! 1st
| 愛自己 Love Yourself
| Chinese
| 1997
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! 2nd
| 莫文蔚我愛你 Karen Mok I Love You
| Chinese
| 1998
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! 3rd
| Silent
| English
| 1998
|-
! 4th
| 回家 BACK
| Cantonese
| 1999
|-
! 5th
| 實況轉播 live show
| Chinese
| 1999
|-
! 6th
| Karen Mok
| Cantonese
| 2000
|-
! 7th
| 再生 Live Again
| Cantonese
| 2000
|}
=== Movie/TV Soundtracks ===
{| class="wikitable"
! width=50px | No.
! width=350px | Album Title
! width=125px | Year of Release
|-
! 1st
| 我愛你 電影原聲大碟 I Love You
| 1998
|-
! 2nd
| 海上花 電影原聲大碟 Flowers of Shanghai
| 1998
|-
! 3rd
| 喜劇之王 電影原聲大碟 King of Comedy
| 1999
|-
! 4th
| 夕陽天使 電影原聲大碟 So Close
| 2002
|-
! 5th
| 求婚事務所 電視原聲大碟 Say Yes Enterprise
| 2004
|}
== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
! width=50px | Years
! Awards
|-
! 1996
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* [[Golden Bauhinia Awards]]: Won '''Best Supporting Actress''' ([[Fallen Angels (film)|Fallen Angels]])
* [[Hong Kong Film Award]]: Won '''Best Supporting Actress''' ([[Fallen Angels (film)|Fallen Angels]])
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! 1997
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* [[Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards|Golden Horse Award]]: Nominated Best Actress ([[God of Cookery]])
* [[Hong Kong Film Award]]: Nominated Best Actress ([[God of Cookery]])
* [[Hong Kong Film Award]]: Nominated Best Original Film Song
|-
! 2000
|
* [[Golden Bauhinia Awards]]: Nominated Best Supporting Actress ([[Tempting Heart]])
|-
! 2003
|
* 14th Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan: Won '''Best Female Mandarin Artist'''
|-
! 2006
|
* [[Hong Kong Film Award]]: Nominated Best Actress ([[Wait 'Til You're Older]])
|-
! 2008
|
* 19th Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan: Won '''Best Mandarin Album of The Year'''
* 19th Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan: Nominated Best Female Mandarin Artist
* [[Hong Kong Film Award]]: Nominated Best Supporting Actress (Mr. Cinema)
|}
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.sonymusic.com.tw//pop/karen2007/index.php Karen Mok's Official Site]
* [http://blog.sina.com.cn/karenmok62 Karen Mok's Official Blog]
* {{imdb name|id=0596297|name=Karen Mok}}
* {{hkadb name|path=Mok,_Karen_(Mok_Man-Wai)|name=Karen Mok}}
* {{hkmdb name|id=10086|name=Karen Mok}}
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[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:British Hongkongers]]
[[Category: German Hongkongers]]
[[Category:Hong Kong actors]]
[[Category:Hong Kong singers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Eurasian people]]
[[Category:People of German descent]]
[[Category:People of Iranian descent]]
[[Category:People of Welsh descent]]
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