Françoise Yip
Known for Acting · 62 credits
- Born
- 1972-09-04 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as
- Francoise Yip Fong-Wa · 葉芳華 · Francoise C.J. Yip · Yip Fong-Wa · 叶芳华 · فرانسواز ییپ
Biography
Françoise Fong-Wa Yip ( born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian actress. Her best-known roles are the redeemable bad girls in Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx and Jet Li's Black Mask. The critical and financial success of Rumble in the Bronx (and its subsequent number-one box-office bow in the United States) made Yip an instant success and garnered her two Hong Kong Film Award nominations. She continued to do movies and star in TV, but her roles were less known or temporary. The characters she plays often get killed or serve as a background character. Yip appeared in the television series Andromeda as two different characters. Her first character was arrested, and her final character was murdered. She did two movies with Jet Li, the first as a lead romantic interest in Black Mask and the second in Romeo Must Die, but this time she played a Chinese gangster motorcycle assassin killed by Jet Li and Aaliyah. An unfortunate aspect of her career is that none of the TV shows she starred in lasted beyond a full season, and if she did have a starring role in a movie it was a straight-to-video/DVD film. Her most recent appearance was in the new Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem movie, and she guest-starred in the Canadian TV show Blood Ties.
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Known For
TV Shows (21)
Smallville
2001
as Lia Teng
Arrow
2012
as The Priestess
Fringe
2008
as Dr. Rosa Oporto
Earth: Final Conflict
1997
as Beverly Wu
Andromeda
2000
as Rekel Ben-Tzion / Ashael
Millennium
1996
as Stewardess #2
The Dead Zone
2002
as Maria
iZombie
2015
as Meg Nevins
Sanctuary
2008
as Dr. Lillian Lee
Travelers
2016
as Judge
Wayward Pines
2015
as Sharon
Caprica
2010
as Desiree Willow
The Order
2019
as Kepler
Ice
2016
as Ming
Kung Fu
2021
as Diana Soong
Men in Trees
2006
as Alice K
Blood Ties
2007
as Kate Lam
Goosebumps
2023
as Victoria Chen
Flash Gordon
2007
as Susan Glass
Flatland
2002
as Amy Li
Robocop: Prime Directives
2001
as Lexx Icon
Movies (41)
The Predator
2018
as Tracking Supervisor
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
2007
as Ms. Y
Blade: Trinity
2004
as Virago
Romeo Must Die
2000
as Motorcycle Fighter
Rumble in the Bronx
1995
as Nancy
The Pledge
2001
as Bartender at Airport
Black Mask
1996
as Yeuk Laan
The Wedding Banquet
2025
as Susan
Everything, Everything
2017
as Dr. Francis
Edison
2005
as Crow
Alone in the Dark
2005
as Agent Cheung
The King of Fighters
2009
as Chizuru Kagura
How to Meet the Lucky Stars
1996
as Francoise
The Deal
2005
as Janice Long
Garage Sale Mystery
2013
as Katherine Norbet
Cabin Pressure
2001
as Tammy
Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle
2017
as Lauren
Wild
1996
as Wai
Mindstorm
2001
as Newscaster
The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story
2014
as Pauline Gosselaar
For Better or For Worse
2014
as Beverly
The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells
2018
as Georgia
Mystery 101: Deadly History
2021
as Carmela Rhee
Ring of Deception
2017
as Elizabeth Smith
Mr. Mumble
1996
as Saeko Nogami / Yachi
Special Delivery
2000
as Flight Attendant
Lunch with Charles
2001
as Cora
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart
2016
as Becca
Possessing Piper Rose
2011
as Margot Lace
Rip in Time
2022
as Dr. Zarkhai
Infatuation
1995
as Maggie
Witness to a Kill
2001
as Kirsten Lee
A Little Christmas Charm
2020
as Sheyla Green
Web of Deception
1997
as Fion Wong
Flatland
2002
as Amy Li
Enjoy Yourself Tonight
1997
as Susan
On Fire
1996
as Francoise Yip
A Beachcombers Christmas
2004
as Constable Kelly Mah
Motherland
2011
as Raffi Tang
The New Beachcombers
2002
as Constable Kelly Mah
Deadly Lessons
2017
as Beverly
About Françoise Yip
Françoise Fong-Wa Yip ( born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian actress. Her best-known roles are the redeemable bad girls in Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx and Jet Li's Black Mask. The critical and financial success of Rumble in the Bronx (and its subsequent number-one box-office bow in the United States) made Yip an instant success and garnered her two Hong Kong Film Award nominations. She continued to do movies and star in TV, but her roles were less known or temporary. The characters she plays often get killed or serve as a background cha… With 62 credits spanning from 1995 to 2025, Françoise Yip has appeared in 41 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Françoise Yip Movies
- The Predator (2018) — as Tracking Supervisor
- Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007) — as Ms. Y
- Blade: Trinity (2004) — as Virago
- Romeo Must Die (2000) — as Motorcycle Fighter
- Rumble in the Bronx (1995) — as Nancy
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