Nora Miao (
Chinese:
苗可秀;
pinyin:
Miáo Kěxiù Cantonese: Miu Ho-Sau)); born February 8, 1952
Chinese:
陳詠憫;
pinyin:
Chén Yǒng-Mǐn) is a
Hong Kongactress who appeared in many
kung-fu films in the 1970s. She was contracted to
Golden Harvest, and spent her time making films in Hong Kong and in Taiwan, where she starred in several romance movies.
Miao worked well with Ko Chuen Hsiung and was paired with him in several movies. She played opposite both
Bruce Lee and
Jackie Chan. Miao appeared in all three of Bruce Lee's Hong Kong films, and became the only actress to share an on-screen kiss with the legendary Lee in
Fist of Fury. She also starred opposite Jackie Chan in his first major film,
New Fist of Fury.
Born in Hong Kong, Miao attended
St. Teresa's School Kowloon. She began acting in 1968, and in 1981 formed a film company with her brother, Ricky Chan, in 1961. She more or less retired from acting in the late 1980s, and during the 1990s hosted an evening television show for the
CFMT channel in
Toronto.