Nancy Sit 薛家燕

ABOUT

Nancy Sit is a Hong Kong actress and singer in Hong Kong. Her acting career dated back to the 1960s, when she was a popular teen idol.

PROFILE

• Name: Sit Ka Yin 薛家燕
• English Name: Nancy Sit
• AKA:  Ka Yin Ma Ma, 家燕姐, 好姨, 十字步天后, 登基燕, Captain Nancy
• Birthday:  March 30, 1950
• Birthplace: Hong Kong
• Occupation: actress, singer
• Agency: TVB

TRIVIA

Sit recorded many albums in her teens, and later served as a mentor to Anita Mui, who went on to become one of the biggest superstars in Hong Kong history. Sit left the entertainment business after she got married and raised a family, but in the early 1990s, her marriage fell apart when her husband left her. Sit was devastated and has said she contemplated suicide. But she thought of her children, which gave her the will to continue with life. She decided to get back into show business and was able to capitalize on the popularity she had achieved as a teen idol, even though it was so many years later.