Sharla Cheung, 53, Is Back On Screen After Taking A 16-Year Break & This Is What She Looks Like Now

Believe it or not, '90s screen goddess Sharla Cheung, 53, is back on screen again.

16 years after her last project, Sharla has returned to star in short film Ke Zhan as a favour to Wong Jing, who, you know, gave her her big break.

Stills of Sharla were released recently and they quickly went viral, which shouldn't be all that shocking since everyone seems to want to know what she looks like now.

There were comments praising the actress for her “unchanging beauty” and for having “aged gracefully”, and some netizens even went as far as to say that Sharla “looks better than actresses 10 years her junior”.

This is Sharla now

Following the release of the stills, Wong Jing went on to write on Weibo: “I can’t believe that Sharla and I still have the same chemistry. It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long since we last worked together. There are old friends who like to meet up for a drink, but I think that making memories with this short film will make us happier.”

Sharla also dedicated a post to her comeback, writing: “I haven’t acted for over a decade. I’m very emotional after working with director Wong Jing again, and it feels like just yesterday that we were making films together. I still remember the scenes that we shot together 28 years ago. I believe that we’ll fondly remember [our friendship] when we look back at this short film years down the road.”

The last movie that Sharla and Wong Jing worked on together is 1994's God of Gamblers Returns, which also starred Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung Ka-Fai.

Still believable as a pugilist

The Miss Asia pageant winner was cast by Wong Jing in his 1986 movie The Magic Crystal, and she would go to to star in some of the biggest movies of the '90s like God of Gamblers II opposite the era's biggest names like Stephen Chow and Andy Lau .

Sharla & Stephen in God of Gamblers II

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