Chiao Chiao

Lisa Chiao Chiao, often credited as Chiao Chiao (; born Chiao Li-na (焦莉娜); 6 March 1943), is a Taiwanese film actress best known for her work in Hong Kong cinema. Background Born in Chongqing, on 6 March 1943, Her family moved to Taiwan in 1949. She took up acting in 1961. In 1963, Chiao married Huang Tsung-hsing, the following year Huang left for Hong Kong to join the Shaw Brothers Studio while Chiao remained in Taiwan to continue acting. In 1966 Huang got into a car accident and Chiao moved to Hong Kong to look after him. There Chiao was invited to join the Shaw Brothers Studio, when she acted in the One-Armed Swordsman alongside Jimmy Wang Yu, which met with an unexpected success. She later appeared in films such as The Assassin, Return of the One-Armed Swordsman and A Cause to Kill. In 1972 she left the studio and briefly returned to Taiwan, where she made some television appearances.