Pauline is of Shanghainese descent. She dropped out of school at a young age to work in a fast food restaurant. At the age of fifteen, she went to Canada where she took employment in various jobs - waitressing, modelling and others. In 1982, she returned to Hong Kong to take up acting. She is perhaps best known for her supernatural roles in films – a ghost in Mr. Vampire. Her film debut was in 1984 (Possessed II - as the mistress) and within a year she had a major role in the classic Night Caller and won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress for Love with the Perfect Stranger (1985).
(Source: HKCM)