Françoise Yip

Françoise Fong-Wa Yip (葉芳華; born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian actress.

She first became known for her performances in Hong Kong films, before later also starring in North American films and television shows.

She is best known to international audiences for her roles in action films opposite Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Yip was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and was raised in Toronto, Ontario.

Her father is a Canadian of Chinese ancestry and her mother is French.

Yip is known for her roles in Stanley Tong's Rumble in the Bronx and Daniel Lee's Black Mask.

She did two movies with Jet Li, the first in a starring role in Black Mask and the second in Romeo Must Die, where she played a Chinese gangster motorcycle assassin.

She also starred in the Doris Yeung film Motherland and appeared in the American action horror films Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and Blade: Trinity.

Yip appeared in the television series Andromeda as two different characters, and guest-starred in the Canadian TV show Blood Ties.