Michelle Sima | |
Native Name: | Chinese: 司馬燕 |
Birth Name: | Hon Siu-ling (Chinese: 韓少玲) |
Birth Date: | 15 March 1963 |
Birth Place: | Hong Kong |
Death Place: | Hong Kong |
Other Names: | Michelle Sima Yan, Michelle Sze Ma-Yin, Shut-Ma Yin, Si-Ma Yin, Sima Yan |
Occupation: | Actress |
Years Active: | 1980–1996 |
Spouse: | Togi Gouw |
Children: | 2 |
Michelle Sima (; 15 March 1963 – 10 January 2015) was a Hong Kong actress. Sima is credited with over 25 films.
In 1980, Sima became a beauty pageant contestant in Miss Hong Kong, but she was not placed. In 1983, Sima became an actress in Hong Kong films. Sima first appeared as Pak Wing-Sin (or Dior Bai Yongxian) in The Sensational Pair, a 1983 Drama film directed by Albert Lai Gin-Kwok. Sima was active in the 1980s and early 1990s as a supporting actress or sex symbol role in Cantonese Romantic Comedy, Drama, and Horror films. Sima's last film was The Mad Monk, a 1993 Fantasy film directed by Johnnie To Kei-Fung. Sima is credited with over 25 films. In 1996, Sima retired from the film industry.[1]
Sima was born in Hong Kong on 15 March 1963.[1] In 1996, she married Togi Gouw, a Dutch businessman of Chinese Indonesian descent.[2] They had two sons, Ian Gouw and Brian Gouw. The former became an actor.[3]
In 2012, Sima was diagnosed with stomach cancer. She died on 10 January 2015 at the age of 51.[4] [5]
This is a partial list of films.