Geeling Ng

{{Short description|New Zealand model, actress and restaurateur}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2014}} '''Geeling Ng''', now known as '''Geeling Ching''',<ref name="news.yahoo.com">[https://news.yahoo.com/david-bowies-china-girl-says-music-video-changed-074904949.html Perry, Nick. ''David Bowie's 'China Girl' says music video changed her life.''] Associated Press. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2016.</ref> (born {{Birth based on age as of date|23|1983|noage=yes}}) is a New Zealand model, actress and restaurateur. She is best known for her role as the title character in the English rock musician David Bowie's 1983 music video for his worldwide hit single "China Girl". She was a 23-year-old cook, in the salad section, at The Bayswater Brasserie in Sydney, with no acting experience when she auditioned for the role.<ref>[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1263 China Girl by David Bowie songfacts]</ref> Following her appearance in the video, she had a brief affair with Bowie. She has appeared in several films, including ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'' (1985), ''Illustrious Energy'' (1988) and ''Desperate Remedies'' (1993).<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628761/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Geeling Ng] in IMDb</ref> Additionally, she was a host of the music television show ''Kulture Shock''.

Ng was born and raised in Auckland. Ng modelled for Thornton Hall and Adrienne Winkelmann before moving to Sydney in her 20s.<ref name="What do people think">{{Cite web |url=http://www.throng.co.nz/dancing-with-the-stars/what-do-you-think-of-geeling-ng-on-dancing-with-the-stars-2008 |title=What do people think of Geeling Ng on Dancing with the Stars 2008 |access-date=31 December 2009 |archive-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225125929/http://www.throng.co.nz/dancing-with-the-stars/what-do-you-think-of-geeling-ng-on-dancing-with-the-stars-2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ng hosts the cooking segment for TV ONE's ''Asia Downunder'' and worked as the operations manager at Soul Bar & Bistro in Auckland's Viaduct. In 2008, she was also a contestant on ''Dancing with the Stars''.<ref name="What do people think" />

== Filmography ==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- |1985 |''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'' |Aunty's Guard |Credited as Geeling |- |1988 |''Illustrious Energy'' |Li |Credited as Geeling |- |1993 |''Desperate Remedies'' |Su Lim |Credited as Geeling Ching |- |2013 |''Ghost Bride'' |Madam Yin | |- |2023 |''Night Freaks'' |Agent One |Credited as Geeling Ching |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- |1987–1990 |''Gloss'' |Jasmine Sage | |- |1993 |''Soldier Soldier'' |Chinese Shop Assistant 1 |1 episode |- |1993–1996 |''Ethnic Cooking'' |as Herself |Presenter |- |1995 |''Corbans Fashion Quarterly Collections'' |as Herself |Model |- |1996 |''Letter to Blanchy'' |Mrs. Lim |1 episode |- |1997 |''Shortland Street'' |Angelina Skeggins |1 episode |- |1998 |''Double Booking'' |Glenys |TV short film |- |2006 |''Asia Downunder'' |as Herself |Presenter, 1 episode |- | rowspan="2" |2008 |''Dancing with the Stars'' |as Herself |Contestant |- |''The Jaquie Brown Diaries'' |Elena |6 episodes |- |2018 |''The Adventures of Suzy Boon'' |Ozu |3 episodes, as Geeling Ching |- |2022 |''Princess of Chaos'' |Helen Young |TV film, as Geeling Ching |}

=== Music videos === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Artist !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- |1983 |"China Girl" |David Bowie |China Girl | |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{IMDb name|0628761}} *{{YouTube|E_8IXx4tsus|"China Girl" video}}

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