Faye Wong

Faye Wong (; pinyin: ''Wáng Fēi''; born on 8 August 1969) is a Chinese singer-songwriter and actress. Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong (). Born in Beijing, she moved to British Hong Kong at the age of 18. She debuted with the Cantonese album ''Shirley Wong'' in 1989 and came to public attention by combining alternative music with mainstream Chinese pop. Later in her career, Wong has recorded mostly in her native Mandarin, with some songs in English, Japanese, and Sanskrit.

One of the biggest pop stars in the Chinese-speaking world, Wong has also gained followings in Japan and Southeast Asia. In the West she is perhaps best known for starring in Wong Kar-wai's films ''Chungking Express'' (1994) and ''2046'' (2004). Upon her second marriage in 2005, she withdrew from the limelight, though she has sporadically returned to the stage.

Wong is known to be a "diva with few words" in public, and has gained a reputation for her "cool" personality. In ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture'', Jeroen de Kloet characterised her as "singer, actress, mother, celebrity, royalty, sex symbol and diva all at the same time". In 2000, she was recognised by Guinness World Records as the best selling Cantopop female artist, having sold an estimated 9.7 million copies of her albums by March 2000. Provided by Wikipedia