Elaine Jin, also known as Elaine Kam, is a Hong Kong and Taiwanese actress and is considered one of Hong Kong’s veteran film stars.

Born in 1954 in Taiwan, Elaine Jin started out her career in showbiz as a singer after winning second place in a singing competition.

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Deciding on another career path, Elaine Jin moved to Hong Kong to start a career in acting in 1973.

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The then-acting hopeful took on unusual gigs upon her arrival in Hong Kong. Elaine Jin starred in intimate films and was most notably featured as one of the lead actresses in director Lu Qi's 'Faces of a Woman'.

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Her formal acting career began truly in the late 1980s. Her status as a seductive woman in Hong Kong intimate films paved the way for her towards the more mainstream film industry. From then on, Elaine Jin managed to successfully become a prolific actress, starring in a huge number of films.

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The actress was also a hit across borders, acting across Hong Kong and back in her Taiwanese motherland.

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Elaine Jin's screen success was not without substance. The actress proved her talent and was a huge acting success - earning her nominations for the prestigious Hong Kong Film Awards and Taiwan Golden Horse Awards.

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With many films under her belt from the 1980s till the present, it can be said that Elaine Jin is as prolific and experienced an actress as other Hong Kong Film stars like Chow Yun-Fat, and Stephen Chow.

Elaine Jin is known for her roles in Stanley Kwan’s ‘Love Unto Waste’, Derek Yee’s ‘People’s Hero’ and Phillip Yung’s ‘Port of Call’. In all three films, she stars alongside other Hong Kong A-listers like Tony Leung, and Aaron Kwok.

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Other than her work in film, Elaine Jin also worked with Hong Kong’s TVB on several TV projects. Her work in ‘Best Selling Secrets’ as Tai Chi master Ng Hang earned her a nomination for the TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character.

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The actress was nominated for the Hong Kong Film Awards and Taiwan Golden Horse Awards during the span of her acting career. Did you know she won many of them? Elaine Jin is the winner of the Best Supporting Actress Award in the 1987, 1988, 2016 and 2017 Hong Kong Film Awards, and the winner of the 1994 and 2016 Taiwan Golden Horse Best Supporting Actress Award.

From going for a routine pap smear test with her daughter, Elaine Jin received the unfortunate news that she had been diagnosed with uterine serous papillary carcinoma (USPC), Yahoo reported in 2019. USPC is a form of cervical cancer.

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The news came at an inauspicious time as it was during the Lunar New Year period in 2019 that Elaine Jin received the diagnosis. Yahoo reported that although initially devastated by the news, the actress faced it bravely and went under the knife on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year to remove her lymph node, uterus, and appendix.

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The news was only revealed to a selected few in Elaine Jin’s inner circle. From Yahoo, only two knew about the diagnosis at that time -- her partner Suzy Wong, and good friend and fellow actress Rosamund Kwan.

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In retrospect, the actress shared on Yahoo that the event has helped her with reconsidering her personal priorities and re-connect with loved ones.

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After experiencing a long bout of chemotherapy, Elaine Jin was proud to share that she managed to beat cervical cancer into remission. This was in 2019.

However, two years later in 2021, the actress uploaded a video on her YouTube channel to share that she has now been diagnosed with stage one breast cancer. Similar to her cervical cancer diagnosis, the news came at a similar unfortunate time, just after the Chinese New Year on February 16, Today Online reports.

Elaine Jin revealed that the cancerous lump present in her breasts has since been removed with surgery. The actress is now undergoing electrotherapy as part of her treatment plan to ensure the cancer cells do not spread.

Visibly distraught while sharing the news of a second cancer diagnosis on her YouTube channel, Elaine Jin assured the public that she is handling the setback in stride and urged members of the public to go for regular health checkups.

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The actress added that because of the early detection of her two cancers, she was able to undergo treatment to manage them and prevent their spread.

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