English Name: Michelle Monique Reis
Cantonese Name: Lee Ka-Yan
Chinese Name: Li Jiaxin
Birthplace: Macau
Birthday: Jun 20th, 1970
Raised at: Hong Kong
Horoscope: Gemini
Height: 5'7.5" (171.5 cm)
Nationality: Portuguese, Chinese
Family: Mother, older sister. Father (Francis Reis) died in 1996.
Hobbies: outdoors, listening to music, sports.
Favorite color: purple
Favorite food: crab, garlic bread, oysters, salmon, candies, ice-cream
Favorite fruit: watermelon
Favorite movies: Hero, Mongkok Carman, Pretty Woman
Not knowing her Dad very well after he had left her Mother when Michelle was young.
She completed her secondary education in Maryknoll Sister's school and her matriculated course in St. Pauls convent school.
In 1988, at the age of 17, Michelle had won the Miss Hong Kong Beauty Pageant and was also crowned Miss Chinese International in the same year.
At that time, she had been a very successful teen modal, appearing in over forty advertisements and commercials.
Shortly after she had participated in two TV drama serials for TVB called 'I Do, I Do' and 'The Legendary Ranger'
She made her first movie debut in 'Doctor's Heart'. After that, she became one of the most popular actresses, adding ample number of titles into her portfolio, such as 'The Chinse Ghost Story II', 'The Wicked City' and 'Zen of Sword'.
Half Portugese and Chinese Michelle is breaking out to the Hong Kong Film Industry.
When she won Miss Hong Kong in 1988, she was destined for stardom.
I first noticed Michelle, like i did with Athena in the Chinese soap 'Legendary Ranger' in about 1995
But i forgot about her until June 01', where i saw her in a magazine-and shit i should have seen her before.
