Another famous case is Yammie Lam Kit Ying:
Yammie Lam Kit Ying is a
former Hong
Kong TVB actress, most notable for her excellent
performance in The Greed of
Man and Looking Back In Anger.
Yammie Lam first joined TVB in 1983, and graduated from
the TVB actor training class a few months later along with fellow
actress Margie Tsang
Wah-Sin. Yammie did a number of movies as well as TVB
serials, soon becoming well known as one of the
TVB's 5 Dragon Girls.
Yammie has a history of mental problems that
reportedly
started after The Greed of
Man where she played a major female character who became
insane after a series of family tragedies and died by accident in
the end.
It was rumoured that she was unable
to "get out" of her character. There have
been quite a number of conjectures upon the origin of her mental
problems, but none is ever confirmed by herself.
In 1995 and 1996, Yammie's parents died in succession. It was
said she broke up with her boyfriend afterwards. In 1998, she got
into a car accident. She was admitted into a mental institution in
1999. Her stage career was completely shattered by then despite she
showed up later in one or two TV serials or movies.
In 2008, Yammie was found wandering in the street smoking
heavily and in her nightgown.[1] Police
later arrived after responding to a concerned pedestrian's call and
sent her to Sheung
Shui station.[1]
Adjudicated bankrupt in 2006, Yammie is currently living on
state welfare of HK$3,700 monthly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yammie_Lam
I think Zhang Ziyi may be suffering from same mental illness
as Lam Kit Ying, both have trouble getting out of the roles
they played in their acting careers.
The rise and fall.....so sad...
