Elaine Jin Yan-Ling

Actor Dec 15 (age 71) Taipei, Taiwan 1974–2026 (52 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Biography

Elaine Jin Yan-Ling, also known as Elaine Kam, is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress. She began her career in Taiwan in 1973 before moving to Hong Kong in 1981. She has been nominated seven times in the Hong Kong Film Awards and won four for her supporting roles in Love Unto Waste, People's Hero , Port of Call and Mad World.

Known For

Film

Yi Yi

Min-Min

Film

A Brighter Summer Day

Mother

Film

Gorgeous

Bu's Mother

Film

Monster Hunt

Grandma

Film

Super Me

7.4 2021

Film

The Last Dance

Lin

Film

Finding Mr. Right

Mrs. Huang

Film

Mad World

Mother

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (98)

The Snowball on a Sunny Day

2026

as Kam Muiday / Grandma

6.0

I Blew Out the Candles Before Making a Wish

2026 Upcoming

Aug 14

Bird of Paradise

The Last Dance

as Lin

Where the Wind Blows

as Lui Hang-Wah

Ready O/R Rot

as Guy's Mother

Super Me

Midnight Diner

as Aunt Lian

Guilt by Design

as Mrs. Lau

Spring Tide

as Ji Minglan

House of the Rising Sons

2018

About Youth

2018

as Shi-Chun’s Mother

29+1

as Elaine

Mad World

as Mother

Buddy Cops

as Giu

My Egg Boy

L for Love, L for Lies Too

as Elaine

Summer's Desire

Monster Hunt

as Grandma

Port of Call

as May

A Tale of Three Cities

as Yuerong's Mother

Beijing Love Story

as Xue Aijia / 薛艾佳

The House That Never Dies

Finding Mr. Right

as Mrs. Huang

A Complicated Story

Beautiful 2013

The Viral Factor

as Jon's Mother

33 Postcards

as Miss Chen

Lost in Beijing

as Wang Mei

Brothers

The Romantic Fool

Three of a Kind

as Barbra

Yi Yi

as Min-Min

The Island Tales

as May

Hidden Whisper

Gorgeous

as Bu's Mother

Tempting Heart

as Sheo-rou's Mother

Metade Fumaça

as Smokey's Mother

City of Glass

Love & Let Love!

as Cliff's Mother

The Soong Sisters

1997

as Madam Soong

6.5

Mahjong

1996

as Mother of Red Fish

7.5

A Confucian Confusion

as Auntie

Moonlight Boy

as Grandmother

Heart Against Hearts

as Elaine

A Brighter Summer Day

1991

as Mother

8.3

Best Friend of the Cops

as Yun Ying Mei

What A Small World

Seven Warriors

as Ching-Ching

Running Mate

Wild Search

as Elaine Lee

They Came to Rob Hong Kong

as Councillor Chu

Chinese Cop Out

I Am Sorry

as Li Ya Wen

Maybe Next Time

Her Vengeance

as Fong Hung

King of Stanley Market

1988

as May

8.0

Couples, Couples, Couples

1988

as Dauphne Huang

6.7

Diary of a Big Man

1988

as Cheng's Supervisor

Set Me Free!

Heart to Hearts

as Auntie Jane

People's Hero

as Lotus

Dream Lovers

as Nam's Wife

Love Unto Wastes

as Liu Yuk-Ping

Soul

as Gi Gi

Ninja Strike

Those Merry Souls

as Waterloo Tai

Dead Curse

Friendly Ghost

The Seven Angels

as Night club hostess

Women

as Zhu Lin-Lin

Cop Busters

Prince Charming

as 仁妻

Love in a Fallen City

1984

as Louise

6.0

A Friend from Inner Space

as Jenny

Maybe It's Love

as Lin

Double Decker

as Mrs. Cheung

Silent Romance

1984

as Maltesa's sister-in-law

I Love Lolanto

as Mrs Yu Ren Da

Pale Passion

as Ah Hsing

Wrong Wedding Trail

as Shing's rebound bride

Play Catch

as Billion's killer

The Lost Generation

as Mrs Lisa Tsun

Obsessed

The Black Magic with Buddha

1983

6.0

The Sensational Pair

1983

as Dior's sister

Let's Make Laugh

as Taiwanese Girl

Carry On Police

He Lives by Night

as Suzie

The Wandering Life

雌雄變

Pretty Swindler

The Devil in Her

as Law Hung

Women of Desire

1974

as Feng Ling-Ling

2.8

My Darling Slave

1974

as Ah Ho's Lover

The Virgin Mart

1974

as Qing Lan

Good Death

Mother Tongue

Television (15)

I Bet Your Pardon

2019

as Ding Ling

潘多拉的秘密

2015

as Gao Quan

The Purple Hairpin

2013

阿蘇出駕

2013

寻你到天涯

2013

as 赵慧芳

年少無知

2012

When Heaven Burns

2011

as Yung Cheuk Wah (Brenda)

Off Pedder

as Ka So San (Susan)

Best Selling Secrets

as Ng Hang

Love Storm

as 美云姐

香江歲月

1984

101 Citizen Arrest (II)

1984

Sandwiches

1983

Fool's Paradise

1982

北京遇上西雅图

as Sister Zong