Yang Kuei-mei

Yang Kuei-mei
楊貴媚
Yang in March 2020
Born (1959-09-06) 6 September 1959
Other namesYang Guimei
Occupation(s)Actress, television host
Years active1980–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊貴媚
Simplified Chinese杨贵媚
Hanyu PinyinYáng Guìmèi
Hokkien POJIûⁿ Kùi-bī
Tâi-lôIûnn Kuì-bī

Yang Kuei-mei (Chinese: 楊貴媚; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ Kùi-bī; born 6 September 1959) is a Taiwanese actress and television host. She has had starring roles in Eat Drink Man Woman, Vive L'Amour, and The Hole.

Yang has received several awards and a lot of nominations for her acting. She was named Best Asian Actress at the 1999 Singapore International Film Festival for The Hole ("For the subtlety and sophistication of her performance in the role of a woman determined to hurdle the stresses of urban life"). She also won the Best Actress award at the 2004 Golden Horse Film Festival for her role in The Moon Also Rises. She won Golden Bell Awards Best Leading Actress in a Television Series for Heaven Loves Good Men in 1999. In 2023, Yang holds the record for the most Best Performance awards winner at the Singapore International Film Festival after winning it four times.