{{Short description|Hong Kong actress}} {{family name hatnote|Paw|Nina Paw|Paw Hee-ching|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Use British English|date=April 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{infobox person | name = Nina Paw | image = 20181104—Nina Paw 鮑起靜, press event, am730 screenshot (00m54s).jpg | alt = | caption = Paw in 2018 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|7|20}} | birth_place = Hong Kong | occupation = Actress, show host | spouse = {{marriage|Henry Fong|1980}} | parents = Bao Fong (鮑方)<br />Liu Su (劉甦) | awards = {{awards|award=Hong Kong Film Awards|name='''Best Actress'''<br />2009 ''The Way We Are''}}{{awards|award=Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards|name='''Best Actress'''<br />2009 ''The Way We Are''}} | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | t = 鮑起靜 | s = 鲍起静 | p = Bào Qǐjìng }} | module2 = {{infobox musical artist|embed=yes | alias = Sister Paw (鮑姐) | background = temporary }} }}
'''Nina Paw Hee-ching''' ({{lang-zh|t=鮑起靜}}; born 20 July 1949) is a Hong Kong actress.<ref name="two">{{Cite web |url=http://chinesemov.com/actors/Paw%20Hee-Ching.html |title=Paw Hee-ching |access-date=12 April 2010 |publisher=chinesemov.com |archive-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308025741/http://chinesemov.com/actors/Paw |url-status=live }}</ref> Paw got her start in film but came into prominence portraying mothers on ATV television dramas, such as ''Fatherland'' (1980). Having portrayed many mother and elder sister roles throughout her career, she is often referred to as "Sister Paw". Her portrayal of a working mother in ''The Way We Are'' (2008) won her four best actress awards, including Best Actress at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Cheung|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-04-06|title=Nina Paw, the humble ATV star who put family before fame and fortune|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1757007/nina-paw-humble-atv-star-who-put-family-fame-and-fortune|access-date=2021-09-24|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924081852/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1757007/nina-paw-humble-atv-star-who-put-family-fame-and-fortune|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Early life == Paw grew up in a Kowloon City apartment with her parents, grandparents, and two siblings. She graduated from Heung To Middle School in 1968.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == Paw joined Great Wall Film Production in 1968 for ten years. She was known for starring in the lead role of ''White Hair Devil Lady'' (1980) opposite Henry Fong Ping.<ref name=":0" />
Paw joined Asia Television in the 1980s, playing mostly motherly roles. When offered a job at competing TVB, she declined as her infotainment hosting schedule at ATV allowed her to spend more time raising her daughter. She worked at ATV for 33 years before moving to Hong Kong Television Network in 2012.<ref name=":0" />
In September 2016, she acted in the first TV drama "Allied" for TVB, and was selected as one of the final five finalists for "Best Actress" in the "Million Stars Awards 2017".<ref>{{cite web |date=2016-09-29 |title=首拍無綫劇 鮑起靜呻電視城太大易迷路 |url=http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20160929/bkn-20160929145521577-0929_00862_001.html |publisher=東網 |access-date=23 September 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923094648/http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20160929/bkn-20160929145521577-0929_00862_001.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2016-11-22 |title=讚拍劇媲美拍電影 鮑起靜感謝TVB照顧 |url=http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20161122/bkn-20161122195653286-1122_00862_001.html |publisher=東網 |access-date=23 September 2022 |archive-date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324230555/https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20161122/bkn-20161122195653286-1122_00862_001.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2019, New World Development, which is responsible for the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars project, said that nine new movie queens, including Pao Kee-ching, had been added to the Avenue of Stars after its reopening on 31 January.<ref>{{cite web |title=星光大道明重開 新增9名影后手印 |url=https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/article/20190130/s00001/1548831567452/%E6%98%9F%E5%85%89%E5%A4%A7%E9%81%93%E6%98%8E%E9%87%8D%E9%96%8B-%E6%96%B0%E5%A2%9E9%E5%90%8D%E5%BD%B1%E5%90%8E%E6%89%8B%E5%8D%B0 |accessdate=2019-01-30 |website=明報 |archive-date=8 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608072931/https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20190130/s00001/1548831567452/%e6%98%9f%e5%85%89%e5%a4%a7%e9%81%93%e6%98%8e%e9%87%8d%e9%96%8b-%e6%96%b0%e5%a2%9e9%e5%90%8d%e5%bd%b1%e5%90%8e%e6%89%8b%e5%8d%b0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2020, it participated in the joint sign-up to support the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law.<ref>{{cite news |date=2020-05-30 |title=文藝界2600人聯署支持立法 |work=文匯報 }}</ref>
== Personal life == Her parents are actors {{ill|Bao Fong|zh|鮑方}} and Liu Su. She has an older sister, Her younger brother is cinematographer Peter Pau.<ref name=":0" />
She is married to Henry Fong Ping, who is also an actor. She has one daughter.<ref name=":0" />
She resided on Hong Kong Island.<ref name=":0" />
==Filmography== ===Films and television dramas=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1976 || ''The Stormy Sea'' || || |- |1977 || ''Chu Yuan'' || Chanjuan || |- |1978 || ''Young and Lovable'' || || |- |1979 || ''The Almighty Extra'' || || |- |rowspan="2" | 1980 || ''White Hair Devil Lady''<br />白发魔女传 || Lian Nichang || |- |''Fatherland''<br />大地恩情 || Yung Tat<br />容達 || |- |1986 || ''Rise of the Great Wall''<br />秦始皇 || Lady Zhao<br />趙姬 || |- |1987 || ''Mother''<br />母親 || Man Pui Shan<br />文佩珊 || |- |1990 || ''Bullet in the Head'' || Ben's mother || |- |1992 || ''Casino Tycoon'' || || |- |1993 || ''The Mad Monk'' || || |- |1996 || ''The Good Old Days'' || Fa Yim-Ha || |- |rowspan="2" | 1997 || ''All's Well, Ends Well 1997''<br />97家有囍事 || Shenny's mother || |- |''The Year of Chameleon''<br />97變色龍 || Choi Mei-Chun<br />蔡美珍 || |- |rowspan="2" | 1999 || ''Ordinary Heroes '' || Tung's mother || Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress |- |''Criss-Cross Over Four Seas''<br />縱橫四海 || Bak Yin<br />白宴 || |- |rowspan=2|2000 || ''Divine Retribution'' || || |- | ''Showbiz Tycoon'' || Fong Chi-lin || |- |2002 || ''So Close'' || Mother || |- |rowspan="2" | 2003 || ''Lost in Time'' || Siu Wai's mother || Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress |- |''Light of Million Hopes''<br />萬家燈火 || || |- |2004 || ''One Nite in Mongkok'' || Volunteer Helper at Sue's home || |- |2005 || ''Central Affairs''<br />情陷夜中環 || Ching-Man Suet-yee<br />程文雪凝 || |- |2006 || ''Fearless''<br />霍元甲 || Yuanjia's mother || |- |rowspan="3" | 2007 || ''Mr. Cinema'' || Lee Choi Ha || |- |''Xiang gang jie mei'' || Chen Fuzhen || |- |''Ma Jong Gathering''<br />十六不搭喜趣來 || Fong Ming-Yun<br />方明圓 || |- |rowspan="3" | 2008 || ''The Way We Are'' || Mrs. Cheung || Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress<br />Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress |- |''Ocean Flame'' || || |- |''Flaming Butterfly''<br />火蝴蝶 || Man So-Kun<br />文素娟|| |- |rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''I Corrupt All Cops'' || || |- |''To Live and Die in Mongkok''|| || |- |rowspan=4|2010 || ''Crossing Hennessy'' || Ar Loh's mother || Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress |- |''Dream Home'' || || |- |''Reign of Assassins'' || || |- |''Hong Kong Go Go Go'' || || |- |rowspan=2|2011 || ''All's Well, Ends Well 2011'' || || |- | ''Sleepwalker'' || || |- | 2012 || ''Wu Dang'' || Shui Heyi's mother || |- |rowspan=3|2013 || ''Angel is Coming'' || || TV series |- | ''Rigor Mortis'' || Auntie Mui ||Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress |- | ''Special ID'' || Sister Amy || |- |rowspan=5| 2015 || ''ATM'' || || |- | ''Insanity'' || || |- | ''Beyond the Rainbow'' || || TV series |- | ''Detective Gui'' || || |- | ''Are You Here'' || || |- | 2016 || ''Show Me Your Love'' || || Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress |- |rowspan=3| 2018|| ''Half A Good Woman'' || || |- |''The Unholy Alliance (TV series)''<br />同盟 || Ling Hung <br /> 令熊 || |- |''Guardian Angel 2018 Web Drama''<br />守護神之保險調查 || Bak Siu-ling || Shaw Brothers Web Drama |- |rowspan=4| 2019|| ''I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!'' || || |- |''First Class Charge'' || || |- |''I'm Livin' It'' || Leung Wan-lan || |- |''Beyond The Dream'' || Dr. Fung || |- |rowspan=3|2020||''Forensic Heroes IV''<br />法證先鋒IV || So Fong <br /> 蘇芳 || Special Appearance |- |''My Prince Edward''<br />金都 || Edward's mother ||Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress |- |''Caught in Time''<br />除暴 || Zhang Sun's mother ||Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress<ref>{{cite web |title=王千源吳彥祖《除暴》破3億鮑起靜神演技一個眼神詮釋悍匪母親 |url=http://ent.ynet.com/2020/11/27/3012510t1254.html |website=ent.ynet.com 北青網 |access-date=1 March 2021 |language=Chinese |date=27 November 2020 |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221033339/http://ent.ynet.com/2020/11/27/3012510t1254.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=《除暴》破3億，鮑起靜出鏡2分鍾展教科書級演技 |url=https://k.sina.com.cn/article_1653603955_628ffe7302000zq8b.html |website=k.sina.cn 新浪網 揚子晚報 |publisher=Sina Corp |access-date=1 March 2021 |language=Chinese |date=28 November 2020 |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221033418/https://k.sina.com.cn/article_1653603955_628ffe7302000zq8b.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan=2| 2021|| ''Sinister Beings''<br />逆天奇案 || Grandmother || Special Appearance |- |''The Kwoks And What''<br />我家無難事 || Law Mei-lan 羅美蘭 ||Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress<br /> Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character (Top 10)<br /> Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership (with Joe Ma, Stephanie Che, Mat Yeung and Fei Wu)<br /> Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia |- | 2022|| ''Get On A Flat''<br />下流上車族|| Tse Yuk-ha <br /> 謝毓霞 || Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress (Top 5)<br /> Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character (Top 10)<br /> Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia |- |2024 |Wonderland |Bai Li's mother | |- | TBA|| ''Sons of the Neon Night'' || || |}
=== Music video === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Artist ! Song title |- | 2016 | Alfred Hui | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwhNP1oMYak My Aspiration]" |- | 2017 | Hacken Lee | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHQ5QcqhsnQ 失魂記]" |- | 2017 | Stefanie Sun | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfOsmenwU6w Windbreaker]" |- | 2019 | Kristal Tin | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZZL5nWwabM 最親]" |- | 2021 | Jennifer Yu | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ZH-sPkN_Y Accompany]" |- | 2022 | Fatboy |"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMrUeF_Emq8 Dear MaMa]" |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0667978}} * [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=3676 Hong Kong Cinemagic: Nina Pau Hei Ching]
{{Best Actress HKFA}} {{Best Actress HKFCSA}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paw, Nina}} Category:1949 births Category:Hong Kong film actresses Category:Hong Kong television actresses Category:Asia Television Category:Living people Category:20th-century Hong Kong actresses Category:21st-century Hong Kong actresses