Nina Paw Hee-ching (; born 20 July 1949) is a Hong Kong actress. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
In 2020, it participated in the joint sign-up to support the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law.
Personal life Her parents are actors and Liu Su. She has an older sister, Her younger brother is cinematographer Peter Pau.
She is married to Henry Fong Ping, who is also an actor. She has one daughter.
She resided on Hong Kong Island.
Filmography Films and television dramas Year Title Role Notes1976 The Stormy Sea 1977 Chu Yuan Chanjuan 1978 Young and Lovable 1979 The Almighty Extra 1980 White Hair Devil Lady白发魔女传 Lian Nichang Fatherland大地恩情 Yung Tat容達 1986 Rise of the Great Wall秦始皇 Lady Zhao趙姬 1987 Mother母親 Man Pui Shan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 1997 All's Well, Ends Well 199797家有囍事 Shenny's mother The Year of Chameleon97變色龍 Choi Mei-Chun蔡美珍 1999 Ordinary Heroes Tung's mother Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting ActressCriss-Cross Over Four Seas縱橫四海 Bak Yin白宴 2000 Divine Retribution Showbiz Tycoon Fong Chi-lin 2002 So Close Mother 2003 Lost in Time Siu Wai's mother Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting ActressLight of Million Hopes萬家燈火 2004 One Nite in Mongkok Volunteer Helper at Sue's home 2005 Central Affairs情陷夜中環 Ching-Man Suet-yee程文雪凝 2006 Fearless霍元甲 Yuanjia's mother 2007 Mr. Cinema Lee Choi Ha Xiang gang jie mei Chen Fuzhen Ma Jong Gathering十六不搭喜趣來 Fong Ming-Yun方明圓 2008 The Way We Are Mrs. Cheung Hong Kong Film Award for Best ActressHong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressOcean Flame Flaming Butterfly火蝴蝶 Man So-Kun文素娟 2009 I Corrupt All Cops To Live and Die in Mongkok 2010 Crossing Hennessy Ar Loh's mother Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting ActressDream Home Reign of Assassins Hong Kong Go Go Go 2011 All's Well, Ends Well 2011 Sleepwalker 2012 Wu Dang Shui Heyi's mother 2013 Angel is Coming TV series Rigor Mortis Auntie Mui Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Special ID Sister Amy 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 2018 Half A Good Woman The Unholy Alliance同盟 Ling Hung 令熊 Guardian Angel 2018 Web Drama守護神之保險調查 Bak Siu-ling Shaw Brothers Web Drama 2019 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! First Class Charge I'm Livin' It Leung Wan-lan Beyond The Dream Dr. Fung 2020Forensic Heroes IV法證先鋒IV So Fong 蘇芳 Special AppearanceMy Prince Edward金都 Edward's mother Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Caught in Time除暴 Zhang Sun's mother Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 2021 Sinister Beings逆天奇案 Grandmother Special AppearanceThe Kwoks And What我家無難事 Law Mei-lan 羅美蘭 Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character (Top 10) Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership (with Joe Ma, Stephanie Che, Mat Yeung and Fei Wu) Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia 2022 Get On A Flat下流上車族 Tse Yuk-ha 謝毓霞 Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress (Top 5) Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character (Top 10) Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia2024WonderlandBai Li's mother 2025 Sons of the Neon Night Sister Huan 2025 Finch & Midland Mrs. Ng
Music video appearances Year Artist Song title 2016 Alfred Hui "My Aspiration" 2017 Hacken Lee "失魂記" 2017 Stefanie Sun "Windbreaker" 2019 Kristal Tin "最親" 2021 Jennifer Yu "Accompany" 2022 Fatboy "Dear MaMa"
References
External links
Hong Kong Cinemagic: Nina Pau Hei Ching