---
name: "Valerie Chow"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/valerie-chow"
fi1m_id: "valerie-chow"
imdb_id: "nm0159513"
tmdb_id: 119875
wikidata_id: "Q275095"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 December 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:59:15.578519+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Valerie Chow

## Identity

Valerie Chow

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/valerie-chow
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** valerie-chow
- **IMDb ID:** nm0159513
- **TMDB ID:** 119875
- **Wikidata ID:** Q275095
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Chow, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275095, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159513/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119875

Actor. Born 16 December 1970 in Hong Kong, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 December 1970, Hong Kong, China
- **Also known as:** Valerie Chow Kar-Ling, 周嘉玲 , 주가령, Rachel Shane, Jialing Zhou, Kar-Ling Chow, والری چو
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Chow, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275095, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159513/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119875

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Chungking Express*](https://film.one/film/chungking-express.md) (85)

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## Biography

Valerie Chow (also credited as Valerie Chow Kar-Ling and Rachel Shane) is a Hong Kong actress, model and entrepreneur. Born on 16 December 1970, she was first runner-up in the 1991 Miss Hong Kong Pageant and graduated with a law degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1993 before entering acting.

She is best known for her role as the Air Hostess in Wong Kar-wai's *Chungking Express* (1994), which brought her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards. Other credits include *High Risk* (1995), *The Blade* (1995), *Phantoms* (1998) and *Bridge of Dragons* (1999). In 1998 she became the first Chinese model signed by Revlon US.

Since 2003 Chow has worked primarily as a fashion publicist. In 2010 she opened Mama Kid, a children's designer store in Hong Kong. She returned to acting in 2018 with the film *Prison Architect*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Chungking Express* (1994), Fi1m 85, as Air Hostess — [page](https://film.one/film/chungking-express.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Prison Architect* (2018), Actor
- *Shanghai Legend* (2011), series, as 赵思思
- *Freaky Story* (2002), as Chung Chun
- *Inner Senses* (2002), as Mrs. Chan
- *The Vampire Combat* (2001), as Piu Hung / Lin Qian / Shen
- *Healing Hearts* (2001), series, Actor
- *Healing Hearts* (2000), as Lawyer Tsing
- *Sausalito* (2000), as Virginia Chow
- *Futuresport* (1999), as Jet Yuen
- *Bridge of Dragons* (1999), as Princess Halo
- *Phantoms* (1998), as Scientist Yamaguchi
- *Hero* (1997), as Yam Yeung Tien
- *Street Angels* (1996), as Karen
- *The Blade* (1995), as Prostitute
- *Red Zone* (1995), as Ivy Lau
- *The Armed Policewomen* (1995), as Ling
- *The Case of the Cold Fish* (1995), as Linda
- *High Risk* (1995), as Fai-Fai
- *Wind Beneath the Wings* (1995), Actor
- *Spider Woman* (1995), as Carman
- *Ghostly Bus* (1995), as Ling-Ling
- *Lover of the Last Empress* (1995), as The Queen
- *Dream Killer* (1995), as Michelle Lau
- *Fate of the Clairvoyant* (1994), series, Actor
- *Chungking Express* (1994), as Air Hostess — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/chungking-express.md)
- *Twenty Something* (1994), as Irene
- *He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father* (1993), as Dr. Jenny Chung
- *Mysterious Journeys*, series, Co-Executive Producer

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