ancestry occupation birth_place yearsactive jyutpingchinesename tradchinesename simpchinesename birth_date article_title name pinyinchinesename
shanghai , china actress , film producer hong kong 1986-1995 , 2002-present zoeng1 man5 張敏 张敏 7 february 1967 sharla cheung
 sharla cheung zhāng mǐn
sharla cheung

`` not to be confused with director , writer and actor aman chang , also known as cheung man , who has the same chinese name . ''
sharla cheung man -lrb- born 7 february 1967 -rrb- is a hong kong actress and film producer .
cheung was discovered by wong jing , with whom she worked on many of his productions in the early 1990s .
cheung gained popularity with the numerous films she starred in alongside stephen chow , in which she was frequently cast as chow 's love interest .
they partnered for more than 10 films from 1988 to 1994 , including `` all for the winner '' , `` god of gamblers ii '' , `` fist of fury 1991 '' , `` fight back to school '' , `` royal tramp '' , and `` king of beggars '' .
another frequent co-star is andy lau , who appeared alongside cheung in such films as `` god of gamblers '' , `` god of gamblers ii '' , and `` lee rock '' .
after an impressive body of work in the early 1990s -lrb- she starred in about 50 films between 1990 and 1995 -rrb- , cheung moved into producing in 1995 with `` dream lover '' -lrb- starring tony leung ka-fai and wu chien-lien -rrb- .
however , cheung was unhappy with it and she remade the film as `` romantic dream '' -lrb- starring cheung and lau ching-wan -rrb- .
both versions opened in 1995 .
the films , however , were commercial failures , and cheung then retired from the film industry to focus on various business interests .
cheung made a comeback in acting in the early 2000s to star in several television series .
she appeared in such tv series as `` my celebrity boyfriend '' -lrb- -rrb- in 2003 and `` legend of the book 's tower '' -lrb- -rrb- in 2005 alongside nicky wu .
in 2002 , she portrayed diaochan , one of the four beauties of ancient china , opposite ray lui , in the television series `` diao chan '' -lrb- -rrb- .
