
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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