Karen Mok
Karen Mok at 2007 Taipei IT Month
Chinese name	莫文蔚
Pinyin	Mò Wénwèi (Mandarin)
Jyutping	mok6 man4 wai3 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Karen Joy Morris
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	June 2, 1970 (1970-06-02) (age 39) Hong Kong
Occupation	singer, actress, composer, producer, designer
Genre(s)	Cantopop, C-Rock, Alternative pop, Pop rock
Instrument(s)	Piano, Oboe, Gu Zheng
Label(s)	Star Records (1993-1995) Rock Records (1996–2001) Sony BMG (2002–2008) Universal Music (2009-present)
Years active	1993 - present
Official Website	Karen's Official Website
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actress 1996 Fallen Angels Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Supporting Actress 1996 Fallen Angels MTV Asia Awards Inspiration Award 2008 Golden Melody Awards Best Female Mandarin Artist 2003 [i] Best Mandarin Album of The Year 2008 L!VE is… KAREN MOK

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Mok.

Karen Joy Morris, known more commonly in the Sinosphere as Karen Mok or Mok Man-Wai, is a two-time Golden Melody Award-winning Hong Kong-based actress and singer-songwriter.

Biography

Mok attended Diocesan Girls' School from primary to secondary grade in Hong Kong. She later left Hong Kong in 1987 and studied abroad.¹ She attended United World College of the Adriatic near Trieste, Italy from 1987 to 1989, and majored in Italian literature when studying at the University of London. Mok is the sister of the writer and producer Trevor Morris, and a descendant of Alfred Morris, the first principal of King's College, Hong Kong. She speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Italian, and French.² She is Eurasian: her father is half-Chinese and half-Welsh, while her mother is half-Chinese, quarter-Iranian, and quarter-German.³⁴

Mok is often credited as Karen Mok in Chinese movies, but as Karen Joy Morris (her birth name) in Hollywood movies. She supplied the voice of Princess Kida for the Cantonese dub of Disney's "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (2001). Mok performed in the international tour of the hit Broadway musical "RENT" as Mimi during the Asian stops of the musical in 2005 and 2006.

In Oct 2008, Karen Mok launched her own brand of perfume in Hong Kong.^{citation needed}

Activism

Mok is an advocate for animals and one of only five Asian celebrities to make People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Asia-Pacific's (PETA) first-ever Best-Dressed 2008 list.⁵ Mok has joined efforts to help bears in China whose bile is used for medicinal purposes/⁶

In 2007, Mok was involved with MTV EXIT, a campaign against human trafficking in Asia. She presented Traffic: An MTV EXIT Special, a documentary on trafficking.^{citation needed}

Filmography

Mok at the 2009 Hong Kong International Film Festival

Discography

Albums

EPs

Movie/TV Soundtracks

Awards

References

External links

• Karen Mok's Official Site
• Karen Mok at the Internet Movie Database
• Karen Mok at the HKADb.net
• Karen Mok at the Hong Kong Movie Data Base