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Anita Mui

Anita Mui
Anita Mui
The latest stories on Anita Mui, Hong Kong Cantopop singer, including legacy and family news.
Born
10 Oct 1963
Industry
Entertainment, Music, Film
Job Title
Singer, Actor
Takeshi Kaneshiro (left) and Kelly Chen in a still from quirky Hong Kong romance Anna Magdalena (1998), directed by Yee Chung-man.
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Hong Kong entertainment

Video | How Anita Mui became ‘Daughter of Hong Kong’

Hong Kong entertainment

Video | The life and times of Cantopop icon Anita Mui

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

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Chinese culture

From Leslie Cheung to Nicholas Tse, Cantopop’s Canadian connections revealed

A new exhibition at Vancouver’s Chinese Canadian Museum highlights how migration played a major role for a host of major Cantopop stars.

Art

Contemporary Chinese ink artist tips hat to singer Anita Mui in show

Artist Hong Wai’s exhibition ‘No Way To Be Good’ pays homage to the late Cantopop diva and to Hong Kong’s ‘golden age’ of entertainment.

From our archives

When Hong Kong lost Cantopop superstar Anita Mui

Mui, an award-winning singer and actress who had dominated the city’s show business scene, announced her cancer diagnosis to a shocked world in September 2003.

Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress Anita Mui wore a wedding gown at one of her last concerts in Hong Kong in November 2003. She died the following month on December 30. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong courts

Late Hong Kong star Anita Mui’s mother faces second bankruptcy

Tam Mei-kam, who turned 100 earlier this year, named as debtor in High Court bankruptcy petition listed on court’s cause book.

Tam Mei-kam appears at the High Court in 2012. Photo: SCMP
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

11 films that best show the acting chops of Hong Kong’s Anita Mui

Anita Mui’s remarkable versatility made her characters captivating to watch in films that co-starred names like Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat.

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Hong Kong culture

Opinion | To tell a good story, Hong Kong films must first be authentic

Unlike last year’s generic ‘Warriors of Future’, ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ has hit the spot with its authenticity and homage to Hong Kong’s cinematic legacy. Its success proves that many people remain interested in Hong Kong’s heartbeat.

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Hong Kong

Profile | ‘Something we could be proud of’: DJ covers Anita Mui, other Cantopop songs

Techno DJ Olivia Dawn Mok, aka Xiaolin, is releasing contemporary takes on some Cantopop classics to remind the world of Hong Kong’s musical influence in the 1980s and 90s.

Techno DJ Olivia Dawn Mok, aka Xiaolin, is recording contemporary covers of Cantopop love songs by stars including Anita Mui to remind the world of Hong Kong’s musical influence in the 1980s and 90s. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

On This Day | Anita Mui’s last wish: don’t cry for me, let me go in peace — SCMP archive

Twenty years after the pop superstar died on December 30, 2003, at the age of 40, we revisit our coverage from the period.

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Anita Mui wearing a wedding gown at one of her last concerts in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Recalling Anita Mui’s achievements and activism, 20 years after her death

On the 20th anniversary of Anita Mui’s death, we look back at the singer’s rise to fame, move into acting, and her legacy of philanthropy in support of hospitals and Hong Kong’s young and old.

Video | Anita Mui, ‘the Daughter of Hong Kong’

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Cantopop

A ‘sad and beautiful story’: remembering superstar Anita Mui on her birthday

Anita Mui, one of Hong Kong’s most revered stars, would have turned 60 on October 10 this year. We recall her childhood, her family life, and the repeated legal battles her mother has fought over her estate.

Anita Mui in a still from “Au Revoir, Mon Amour” (1991). A Canto-pop singer and actress, Mui, one of Hong Kong’s most revered stars, would have turned 60 on October 10 this year. Photo: Golden Harvest
Hong Kong society

‘Anita Mui is still here’: fans hold showcase to keep Hong Kong star’s legacy alive

‘We want to express that Anita Mui is still here with us two decades later, but with a new image and sense of the future,’ fashion designer and collaborator Dorian Ho says.

Cantopop

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Hong Kong cinema

Video | Hong Kong designer recreates famous film sets as miniatures

How recreating famous Hong Kong film sets in miniature style helped a designer through the pandemic
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Hong Kong culture

My Hong Kong | Why late actress and singer Anita Mui is so loved by Hongkongers

Hong Kong’s beloved Anita Mui died 18 years ago, but her spirit lives on in the city and among her fans. Her rags-to-riches story is told in the recently released biopic Anita.

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Hong Kong diva Anita Mui Yim-fong (pictured in 1987) lives on in the hearts of her fans, 18 years after her death. Photo: SCMP
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Anita actress Louise Wong on how biopic ‘has left a beautiful memory’

Model and first-time actress Louise Wong reveals to the Post her three favourite movies and favourite stars, and says the success of the film about Canto-pop star Anita Mui’s life hasn’t changed her life much yet.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Anita: Louise Wong shines as pop diva Anita Mui in emotional biopic

Film-goers will enter cinemas to see Anita to remember one shining star of Hong Kong show business, and they’ll surely come out hailing another: debutante actress Louise Wong nails her role as pop diva Anita Mui.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Anita Mui’s 10 best films ranked, as biopic of her life nears release

Ahead of the cinematic release in Hong Kong of biopic Anita, we rank singer Anita Mui’s 10 best movies, from her debut in Rouge to her screen swansong in July Rhapsody.

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Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui in a still from Rouge (1987), directed by Stanley Kwan.
Cantopop

Anita Mui’s greatest hits ranked, as biopic of her life nears release

Anita Mui, who died of cervical cancer in 2003, was Hong Kong’s biggest female Canto-pop star. Ahead of the release of the biopic Anita, we rank her 10 best songs.

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Anita Mui performs on Christmas Eve, 1991. Hong Kong’s biggest female Canto-pop star died of cervical cancer in 2003. A biopic of her life, Anita, comes out in November. Photo: SCMP
Asian cinema

10 highlights from Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2021

A biopic of Canto-pop diva Anita Mui is the most anticipated Hong Kong film at the festival. Some great Afghan films from the past 20 years are another highlight.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Anita is the biopic of Canto-pop icon Anita Mui we’ve been waiting for

Years in the works, Anita is the extravagant biopic Canto-pop singer Anita Mui her stature deserves. Model Louise Wong makes her screen debut in the title role.

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