{{short description|Hong Kong actress (born 1964)}} {{distinguish|text=stunt performer and actress Yeung Jing-Jing (楊菁菁)}} {{use Hong Kong English|date=June 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox person | name = Yung Jing Jing | image = 翁靜晶.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name = 翁靜晶 | native_name_lang = zh | pronunciation = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|5|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = South Vietnam | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (enter DEATH date then BIRTH date (e.g., ...|1908|31|8|1967|28|2}} use both this parameter and |birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | burial_place = <!-- may be used instead of resting_place and resting_place_coordinates (displays "Burial place" as label) --> | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1980–1984 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Lau Kar-leung|1984|2013|end=died}} * {{marriage|Sean Eric Mclean Hotung|May 2018}} }} | children = Jeanne Lau (daughter)<br>Rosemary Lau (daughter) | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | t = 翁靜晶 | p = Wēng Jìngjīng | j = Jung1 Zing6 Zing1 }} | module2 = }} '''Mary Jean Reimer'''{{noteTag |Legally she still keeps the last name of his deceased husband and her full name is '''Mary Jean Reimer Lau'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lau Reimer Mary Jean |url=https://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/en/Serve-the-Public/The-Law-List/Member-Details?MemId=1144 |website=The Law Society of Hong Kong}}</ref>}} (born 22 May 1964), also known as '''Yung Jing Jing''', is a Hong Kong solicitor and actress. She has American-Chinese-Vietnamese ancestry.

==Early life and film career== Reimer was born in South Vietnam (or the United States)<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.hkcinemagic.com/fr/people.asp?id=3189|title=Mary Jean Reimer – Biographie|author=Arnaud Lanuque|publisher=Hong Kong Cinemagic}}</ref> to a Teochow Vietnamese father and Hoa mother. Her family moved to Hong Kong in 1965. She began her acting career with the TV series ''The Youth'' (年青人) and in 1980, she co-starred with Danny Chan in Clifford Choi's youth drama ''Encore'' (喝采).<ref>{{cite web |title=Film "Encore" (1980) (喝采) |url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=6158 |website=hkmdb.com}}</ref> She reached her foremost fame with fantasy ''Wuxia'' films, among which is ''Little Dragon Maiden'' (楊過與小龍女) where she played the title character Xiaolongnü. Reimer ended her acting career after marriage to Lau Kar-leung in 1984. She has two daughters, Jeanne, born 1986, and Rosemary, born 1989, with him.

==Later career== Reimer started to work as an insurance consultant in 1989. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education in 1996 and began her career as a solicitor after her exam for her insurance agent qualifications has sections with regards to law, in which she scored 92 points. Reimer owned her business Reimer & Partners. In 2014, she retired after developing hypothyroidism from the physical and emotional stress from being a solicitor.

Reimer was also renowned as a TV and radio host and as a freelance writer with a newspaper column, ''Dangerous Persons''.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=15633&sid=7327257&con_type=3|title=Sex, scars and soured affairs|author=Albert Wong|date=1 April 2006|work=The Standard|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604101100/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=15633&sid=7327257&con_type=3|archive-date=4 June 2011}}</ref>

Reimer is a practising Buddhist who used to sit on the board of Ting Wai Monastery. She exposed Sik Chi Ding, the abbess, for mishandling millions of Hong Kong dollars in donations and sham marriages with two monks for residency purposes. She has also been active in exposing the practice of fake monks begging in Hong Kong and foreign cities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/culture/article/2148214/six-ways-spot-fake-buddhist-monk-after-hong-kong-ex-actress-crusade-expose|title = Video: Hong Kong ex-actress exposes fake monk; 6 ways to spot one|date = 29 May 2018}}</ref>

Reimer married her longtime boyfriend Sean Eric Mclean Hotung, who is a member of the Hotung family, in May 2018.

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721085655/http://www.yungchingching.com.hk/?lang=en Mary Jean Reimer Lau] official website *[http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=5141&display_set=eng Yung Jing-Jing] at the Hong Kong Movie Database *[http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=3189 Mary Jean Reimer] at Hong Kong Cinemagic *{{IMDb name|2055642}}

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