Françoise Yip

• Name — Françoise Yip • Birth Name — Françoise Fong-Wa Yip • Birthplace — North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1995–present Françoise Fong-Wa Yip (葉芳華) is a Canadian actress. She first became known for her performances in Hong Kong films, before later also starring in North American films and television shows. She is best known to international audiences for her roles in action films opposite Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Yip was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and raised in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father is a Canadian of Chinese ancestry and her mother is French.

Yip is known for her roles in Stanley Tong's Rumble in the Bronx and Daniel Lee's Black Mask. She did two movies with Jet Li, the first in a starring role in Black Mask and the second in Romeo Must Die, where she played a Chinese gangster motorcycle assassin. She also starred in the Doris Yeung film Motherland and appeared in the American action horror films Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Alone in the Dark and Blade: Trinity. Yip appeared in the television series Andromeda as two different characters, and guest-starred in the Canadian TV show Blood Ties.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1998 — Millennium — Stewardess #2 — Episode: "The Innocents" • 1999 — Earth: Final Conflict — Beverly Wu — Episode: "Heroes & Heartbreak" • Deep in the City — Unknown — Episode: Deranged Marriages • 2000 — Secret Agent Man — Felicia — Episode: "WhupSumAss" • Seven Days — Li Mai — Episode: "Olga's Excellent Vacation" • 2000–2001 — Freedom — Jin — 8 episodes • 2001 — Wolf Lake — Reporter — Unaired Pilot • These Arms of Mine — Jenny Wong — 3 episodes • RoboCop: Prime Directives — Lexx Icon — 2 episodes • 2002 — Flatland — Amy Li — 22 episodes • 2003 — Jeremiah — Rachel — 2 episodes • 2003–2004 — Smallville — Dr. Lia Tang — 5 episodes • 2004 — Stephen King's Dead Zone — Maria — Episode: Speak Now • 2001–2005 — Andromeda — Ashael / Rekel Ben-Tzion — 2 episodes • 2006 — Men in Trees — Alice K — Episode: "Pilot" • 2007 — Flash Gordon — Susan Glass — Episode: "Conspiracy Theory" • 2007–2008 — Blood Ties — Kate Lam — 14 episodes • 2010 — Caprica — Desiree Willow — 2 episodes • 2011 — Fringe — Dr. Rosa Oporto — Episode: "Bloodline" • Sanctuary — Dr. Lillian Lee — 3 episodes • 2015 — Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce — Aja — Episode: "Rule #92: Don't Do the Crime If You Can't Do the Crime" • Arrow — Priestess — 2 episodes • Proof — Police Officer — Episode: "St. Luke's" • Mistresses — Doctor — Episode: "Unreliable Witness" • Ties That Bind — Ying — Episode: "Paying for It" • 2016 — No Tomorrow — Rose — Episode: "No Soup for You" • 2018–2019 — Shadowhunters — Jia Penhallow — 4 episodes • 2018 — Take Two — Cheryl Axelrod — episode: "Death Becomes Him" • 2019–2020 — data-sort-value="Order, The" | The Order — Elizabeth Kepler — 12 episodes • 2021 — Kung Fu — Diana Soong — 3 episodes • Mystery 101 — Carmela Rhee — Episode: "Deadly History" • 2023 — Goosebumps — Victoria — 8 episodes

Françoise Yip is recorded as actress.