The transcript below is from the video “Sammo Hung was afraid of her and loved her at the same time.” by OLD COMBAT CINEMA.

OLD COMBAT CINEMA:

Hello friends. Sammo Hung’s wife Joyce Mina Godenzi was born on May 28, 1965 in Hong Kong. From childhood, she was engaged in martial arts, including willingly attended a kung fu school. Joyce received an unusual appearance for a resident of the east
from an Australian father and a Chinese mother. Like many actresses of her generation before becoming an actress, Joyce worked in the modeling business. The agency for which she worked actually forced the girl to participate in the famous Miss Hong Kong pageant. The owners of this agency already had one positive experience. In 1983 they entered Maggie Cheung, who came in second, and Joyce entered the following year.

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She won this competition without much difficulty, plus she received a special prize in the Miss Photogenic category. In the same year, she performed in Miami in the Miss Universe contest, where she won a prize at the competition for the presentation of the national costume. Joyce does not look like a typical Chinese woman, but she acted in films
with pure Chinese dedication, participating in wild risky stunts and fights, from which it was impossible to get out without bruises and bruises.

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However, it cannot be said that Joyce immediately after her triumph at beauty contests was literally inundated with offers to act in films. It is said that her origin and not quite Chinese appearance played a great role here, because of which she was reluctantly trusted with significant roles. As a child, the future actress often faced harassment on a national basis, especially when she studied at a kung fu school, in which peers at first did not willingly train with her. However, years later, Joyce won their respect by showing dedication and perseverance in the classroom and not missing a single workout.

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In the future, the fighting skills came in handy for the girl for filming in Chinese action films and performing stunts in them on her own. Her first screen appearance dates back to 1986. Joyce had a tiny role in the mystical action film The Seventh Curse. However, Joyce’s full-fledged debut should not be considered this film, but the Ghostbusters released in the same year, a not very successful, but commercially quite successful horror comedy. Already the next tape with the participation of Joyce was for her a real breakthrough to fame.

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She became in fact the only girl admitted to the war action “Eastern Condors”, which was run by Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung. The role of a tough guerrilla helping the main characters in their mission became defining for Joyce and for her she received a nomination as the best supporting actress. However, this role required great moral and physical strength from her, because in this film she performed all her own stunts, overcoming the fatigue and pain from the missed blows on the set of the film.

OLD COMBAT CINEMA:

Apparently, therefore, in the next few years, Joyce starred almost exclusively in comedies and melodramas. Roles in these films were given to Joyce easily, because they did not require anything other than to look beautiful. However, the last two years of his film career, Joyce returns to the familiar genre of kung fu action movies. The last time the actress starred in “The Raid”.

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Despite the mass of stars in the lead roles, this film failed at the box office, but for the first time presented the actress in the negative role of the deadly minion of the main villain. However, this role was her last appearance on the big screen. In 1991, Joyce left the cinema and married her chosen one Sammo Hung, with whom she now does not leave, supporting him in all endeavors. Undoubtedly, Sammo Hung was lucky to have such a talented and beautiful wife. Like and subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss the next video.