This is such a sad story and one I doubt would get any coverage in English-language publications and I feel compelled to give this lovely actress her due. Former HK-actress Yammie Lam (Lan Jie Ying in Mandarin) was found dead in her home on November 1, 2018 a full two days after she died, alone and without family or friends as she’s been living for the past two decades since being blacklisted from the HK-ent that initially lifted her to the top of stardom. In the 80’s she was one of TVB’s top female leads, working with the biggest names in the industry including Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Stephen Chow, and many others, with four dozen dramas and movies under her belt in the 15 years or so she was fully active.
She was reportedly blacklisted after she asked for contract termination and also started having health problems due to a car accident, but in recent years she gave a television interview claiming to have been attacked and raped by two of HK-ent’s “Big Brothers” (famous big wigs) in Singapore during a movie filming and has since then suffered PTSD and mental health issues stemming from the rape. In recent years she’s been photographed looking very old, haggard, unkempt, and reportedly living in poverty. Her passing may not be a surprise but I’m truly heartbroken for all she suffered regardless of the veracity of any or all of the reporting surrounding her life. May Yammie rest in peace, I remember her only fondly for some memorable roles and always looking incredibly beautiful during her heyday as one of HK-ent’s top beauties.
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Very very sad. I’m saddened by her treatment from the industry and sorry she suffered such deep mental health problems. May she now finally rest in peace. She was very talented and an excellent actress but never won any awards. Her crying scenes always touched a raw nerve and she was once known as the most beautiful actress of TVB.
Last week has been a very sad week for HK entertainment with the passing of Louis Cha, Raymond Chow (famous film producer) and Yammie Lam. These were all heavy weights from the 80s. It really feels like an end of an era.
I remember when she acted in “Looking Back at Anger” she played a character that went mentally unstable. People say she was so into her acting she couldn’t “get out of character”.
Her personal life is so sad. Both her parents died in a car accident and her boyfriend committed suicide. She’s not in good terms with her sister. And of course being raped twice and feeling the need to not report it cause she was so scared, breaks my heart.
Rip Yammie to me you would always be an 80s’ legend!
The drama that everyone said she became unstable was not "Looking Back in Anger" it was another drama that has Sean Lau and Vivian Chow in it. She played Sean's stepmother and her character was mentally unstable towards the end of the drama. I think this was one of the last drama's she was in and then she started to become unstable in real life when the drama ended.
I can't say I know much about her. She was pretty. I feel so angry for her. I hope the men responsible for her rapes, will get whatever they deserve. What I feel most victims need is acknowledgement that it happened, by these people. Money and power can be such a scary thing, so sad that it's usually rotten people who have it. Hope she can rest in peace.
Poor girl.RIP DESPITE FEW BOY FRIENDS ALL FAIL .
80's and 90's was a shitty time to be an actress. hopefully, the situation has become better now for the current gen.
That's so sad. I'm so sorry for her. I hope she found her peace. And may the ones who wronged her, get punished in some way or another in their lives. Karma is a bitch
Thank you for reporting this, Koala. Such a tragic story.
The third picture, I remember, she is the spider devil in the movie A Chinese Odyssey
Thank you for posting this, God rest her soul in peace.
This is one of the reasons everyone should encourage women who are sexually assaulted to come forward and tell their story. Yammie Lam could not, for a long time, and it cost her a lot and not just her career, more importantly her mental health. If there was an environment that allowed her to come forward and tell her story and accuse her rapists maybe she would have led a healtier life.
Also this is a story that tells us something. We should not let rapists get away with it, ruining lives. If a man is known to be a rapist we should not watch his films/TV shows, we should not buy anything involving him. Same thing for the assault/violence towards women. We should stick together and no matter how handsome or talented the man we should show them all that hurthing a person will have dire consequences. So that other men who are similarly inclined will not do it so easily in the future.
The Hong Kong Entertainment during the 70's, 80's and 90's had a lot of Triad/Mob/Gangster connections, either from the actors/actresses or through investment in the movies/dramas itself.
I was not aware of it until I became an adult of how dark the HK entertainment industry was.
The two that was allegedly identified from Yammie Lam's rape story was not very good looking but allegedly had some Triad backing them also, so no one could come out to oust the perpetrators nor even dare to come out and really defend Yammie.
Thank you for posting this story, Koala. May she rest in peace
How very sad indeed. I don't doubt that she was raped and caused her PTSD. May she rest in peace.