Law Lan

For the Taiwanese writer and radio personality with the same name, see Luo Lan.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Law.

Law Lan MH
羅蘭
Law in 2017.
Born	Lo Yin-ying (1934-11-13) 13 November 1934 (age 90) British Hong Kong
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1939–present
Awards	Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Actress 2000 Bullets Over Summer Golden Bauhinia Awards – Best Supporting Actress 2000 Bullets Over Summer Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Actress 2000 Bullets Over Summer TVB Anniversary Awards – Life Achievement Award 2002 Lifetime Achievement
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	羅蘭
Simplified Chinese	罗兰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luó lán Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Lo4 Laan4
Lo Yin-ying
Traditional Chinese	盧燕英
Simplified Chinese	卢燕英
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lú Yànyīng

Law Lan (simplified Chinese: 罗兰; traditional Chinese: 羅蘭; pinyin: Luó lán) MH[1] JP (born Lo Yin-ying (卢燕英; 盧燕英; Lú Yànyīng); 13 November 1934), is a veteran Hong Kong actress in both the film and TV industry.[2]

Career

She started in the film industry in 1939, cast in antagonistic roles during the black and white film era. It was during this time that she took the stage name of "Law Lan" based on the advice of her boss because he said the name was reminiscent of Shanghai socialites (交際花), and this name better suited the type of roles that she played.[3]

In 1971, Law Lan joined TVB and took part in numerous drama series. Here, she played a variety of different characters instead of only being cast in antagonistic roles as she had previously. She also took part in the popular nightly variety show, Enjoy Yourself Tonight, which included skits, singing, dancing, and variety games, filmed in front of a live audience.

As well, Law Lan has been popularly cast playing roles as a supernatural medium in over 36 Hong Kong horror movies, despite the fact that she is a devout Roman Catholic. It was her performance as 四婆 (which is fourth granny literally) in the movie, Bullets Over Summer, which garnered her the "Best Actress" award at the 19th Hong Kong Film Award in 2000, making her the oldest winner of this coveted award.[4]

Personal life

Law's father died during World War II aged 34 after complications from opium withdrawals. She has been living alone since 1994 when her Indian mother died, thus saving her from immigrating to Canada.^[citation needed]

Filmography

Television dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Hotel	Mrs. Chui
1977	A House Is Not a Home
1978	The Giant
	Conflict
1979	Chor Lau-heung	So Sam-tse
	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1980	The Brothers
1981	Young's Female Warrior
1982	You Only Live Twice
1983	The Return of the Condor Heroes	Kau Chin-chak
1985	The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain	Old Mrs Seung
	Take Care, Your Highness!	Granny
1988	Two Most Honorable Knights	Granny Fa
1993	The Buddhism Palm Strikes Back	Tin-yan
1995	The Condor Heroes 95	Kau Chin-chak
1996	Journey to the West	Spider Demon (Shishi and En'en's mother)
1998	Journey to the West II	Spider Demon (En'en), Golden and Silver Horned Kings' mother
	State of Divinity	Ting-yat
	The Duke of Mount Deer	Kwai Yee-neung
2000	Crimson Sabre	Wan Fong-san's wife
2001	Gods of Honour	Yiu Tin-heung
	Colourful Life	Aunt Lau Yi
2003	The 'W' Files	Mrs Cheng
	Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love	Grandmother Wah
	Triumph in the Skies
2004	Angels of Mission
	The Last Breakthrough	Chow Kuk
	Summer Heat	Mo Ah-Lui
2005	Wong Fei Hung - Master of Kung Fu
	The Academy
	Just Love
	Central Affairs
2008	When East Meets West
2011	Police Station No.7
2012	The Hippocratic Crush	Ho Dai Tai
	The Last Steep Aliment	Leung Mei Kuen	Nominated – TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress
	The Stamp of Love
	Missing You	Hui Yuk Mui
2013	Inbound Troubles	Lai Hiu Lan
	Awfully Lawful	Lady Lauren
	Karma Rider	Lang-Nu aka Pretty
2014	Come On, Cousin	Fong Gwai Lan
	Tiger Cubs II	Tin Po Po
2014–2015	Officer Geomancer
2015	Eye in the Sky	Ho Ye-gu
	Brick Slaves	Kimchi Wong Kam-hei
2016	The Last Healer in Forbidden City	Empress Dowager Cixi
	Blue Veins	Lam Wong Chi-hung
	House of Spirits	Mrs. Bak – Yi Lan
	No Reserve	a village old lady
	Come with Me	Lee Ho
2017	The Exorcist's Meter	Lung Por	Guest Appearance in Ep. 1
2018	Life on the Line	Lee Ying-oi
2020	Forensic Heroes IV	Chiu Shuk-kuen
	The Exorcist's 2nd Meter	Lung Por	Guest Appearance in Ep. 10, 25
	Death By Zero	Sophia
	Legal Mavericks 2020	Kam Lan
2021	Sinister Beings	Sung Tat’s grandmother	Special Appearance
	Battle of the Seven Sisters	as themself	Cameo ep. 7
2021–2022	Hello Missfortune	Lam Sze-mei	[5]
2023	Speakers of Law		Special Appearance

Film

• The Kid (1950)
• Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl (1959)
• Les Belles (1961)
• Young, Pregnant and Unmarried (1968)
• Lucky Seven (1970)
• The House of 72 Tenants (1972)
• Police Woman (1973)
• Games Gamblers Play (1974)
• Aces Go Places 3 (1984)
• The Greatest Lover (1988)
• The Bride with White Hair 2 (1993)
• Troublesome Night (1997)
• Haunted Mansion (1998)
• Troublesome Night 3 (1998)
• Bullets Over Summer (1999)
• Troublesome Night 5 (1999)
• Troublesome Night 6 (1999)
• Troublesome Night 7 (2000)
• Troublesome Night 8 (2000)
• Troublesome Night 9 (2001)
• Troublesome Night 10 (2001)
• Troublesome Night 11 (2001)
• Troublesome Night 12 (2001)
• Troublesome Night 13 (2002)
• Troublesome Night 14 (2002)
• Troublesome Night 15 (2002)
• Troublesome Night 16 (2002)
• Troublesome Night 17 (2002)
• Troublesome Night 18 (2003)
• Troublesome Night 19 (2003)
• The Unusual Youth (2005)
• Don't Open Your Eyes (2006)
• Flash Point (2007)
• The Haunting Lover (2010)
• A Simple Life (2011)
• Blue Magic (2013)
• The White Storm (2013)
• Overheard 3 (2014)
• Flirting in the Air (2014)
• Tales of Mystery (2015)
• An Inspector Calls (2015)
• Are You Here (2015)
• Big Fortune Hotel (2015)
• Heaven in the Dark (2016)
• Cook Up a Storm (2017)
• Always Be With You (2017)
• Agent Mr Chan (2018)
• A Beautiful Moment (2018)
• Hotel Soul Good (2018)
• I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! (2019)
• Girl Dorm (2019)

Honours and awards

• Medal of Honour (2002)

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

• Best Actress for Bullets Over Summer (2000)

Hong Kong Film Awards

• Best Supporting Actress Nomination for Thou Shalt Not Swear (1994)
• Best Supporting Actress Nomination for 13 July (1997)
• Best Actress for Bullets Over Summer (2000)

Golden Bauhinia Awards

• Best Supporting Actress for Bullets Over Summer (2000)

TVB Anniversary Awards

• Life Achievement Award (2002)

References

1. Awarded in her original name Lo Yin-ying
2. Law Lan at chinesemov.com
3. "TVB 無綫電視".
4. "香港電影金像獎".
5. "【愛上我的衰神】羅蘭演惡嫲嫲背後超洋蔥 演繹嫲孫情大騷影后級演技" [Hello Missfortune: Law Lan plays an "evil" grandma, showing superb acting skills]. Hong Kong Economic Times (in Chinese). 31 December 2021. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

External links

• Law Lan at IMDb