When it comes to the most popular female stars in the Hong Kong film industry in the 80s, many people will definitely think of Lin Qingxia, Wang Zuxian and Zhong Chuhong, but there is another one, who was almost as popular as them at that time, but later gradually faded into oblivion, she is Xia Wenxi.
Xia Wenxi, formerly known as Deng Liqun, had been engaged in modeling work before entering the show business circle, although her appearance was not amazing, but her temperament was very unique, director Tan Jiaming was interested in this, allowing her to star in "Fire Youth" in 1982, that is, at this time, she had tan Jiaming's stage name for her. This film is a film about a new generation of young people confused by youth, she also contributed several bold and bold performances in the film, attracted the attention of many people, and later starred in the "Tang Dynasty Bold Girl" that broke through its own scale, which was a sensation again.
After gaining a certain fame, Xia Wenxi refused to be a star again, but focused on theatrical performance. After that, she successively took over the filming of "Flower Street Era", "Flower Heart Red Apricot", "Jianghu Dragon and Tiger Fight", "Women's Prison" and "Outlaw Mandarin Duck", etc., through these film works, she proved that she can not only create a strong woman image with a cold appearance and a lonely and arrogant heart, but also play a stubborn little sister with a strong personality, but also interpret tenderness like water, I see the role of a weak woman with pity, and the drama road is also very wide.
Xia Wenxi in the 1980s can be described as a star shining, when she starred in more than 30 Hong Kong films, most of which were female number one, and the actors she worked with included Zhou Runfa, Wan Ziliang, Mei Yanfang, Yuan Biao, Zhong Zhentao, Zheng Yuling and so on.
At the end of the 1980s, just when his acting career was in full swing, Xia Wenxi suddenly married a wealthy businessman Huang Guanbo and announced that he had quit the show business circle and settled in the United States, living the life of a husband and a godson.
In the mid-1990s, Xia Wenxi was invited by Yang Peipei, a well-known television producer in Taiwan, to make a comeback to shoot dramas, first playing the innkeeper's wife Jin Zhiyu in "New Dragon Gate Inn", and later playing the heroine Huang Rong in Ren Xianqi and Wu Qianlian's version of "Divine Eagle Man", at this time, her acting skills not only did not regress, but also became more mature and charming because of the grind of life. Unfortunately, because both of her characters are in front of her, she is not remembered by many viewers.
Later, there was not much news related to her movies and TV series, but the negative news related to her private life was constantly broken, some people said that she missed the golden period of her career for her husband, but then did not get the corresponding happiness, there was a love change between the two, and said that she often met with her boyfriend who was 17 years younger than herself, and later because of its deception, Xia Wenxi personally admitted the relationship between the two, and once posted on social media accusing the man of "cheating people, cheating feelings, cheating money".
It is said that Xia Wenxi once spent a lot of savings because of the man, his life was so poor that he even had to rely on loans everywhere to get by, in order to repay his debts, he could only return to the show business circle again, but whether it was status, fame or influence, it was no longer what it used to be, like "Christmas Rose" and "Beijing 81", these two films, if you don't say it, you really won't notice her role.
For the private life and personal feelings of an artist, we have no right to point fingers, but Xia Wenxi's "past" makes people feel sorry - if she did not choose to retire when her acting career was about to reach its peak, would it be a different face today?