14 Facts About Valerie Chow

Valerie Chow starred in numerous films and television series, including in Wong Kar-wai's 1994 feature, Chungking Express, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Valerie Chow is the first Chinese model to be signed by US cosmetics company Revlon in 1998.

Valerie Chow was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, she was the only child of an upper-middle-class family.

Valerie Chow described these years as having been "difficult" and "stressful," and initially returned to Vancouver before moving to Hong Kong a second time in the summer of 1991.

Valerie Chow's first film credit was a cameo in Peter Chan's He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father, released in December 1993.

Valerie Chow's following role in Wong Kar-Wai's widely acclaimed Chungking Express made an impression and garnered her a Hong Kong Film Award nomination.

Valerie Chow's career took a sharp turn when she played the role of a "homewrecker" in a hugely popular television series.

Valerie Chow was signed to the William Morris Agency and had a small part in the film Phantoms which starred Peter O'Toole and Ben Affleck.

Valerie Chow eventually returned to Hong Kong in 2000, where she joined the media communications department at Lane Crawford, although continued to act part-time.

Valerie Chow starred alongside Leslie Cheung in Inner Senses, which was to be Cheung's last film.

Since 2003, Valerie Chow has, for the most part, left the entertainment industry.

One of Valerie Chow's acting credits is a TV series filmed in mid-2004, but did not air until December 2010, more than six years after filming completed.

In September 2010, Valerie Chow opened Mama Kid, a children's clothing boutique in Hong Kong's Central District to great success, which has since relocated to Stanley.

Valerie Chow married Darryl Goveas, a Hong Kong-based Belgian-Indian interior designer in 2005, with whom she had a daughter later in 2008, Carla Goveas.