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Karsin Bak aka Karsin Berthel is a Hong Kong singer and film actress of Chinese and German descent, most active around the mid-1980s to 1990s.

Bak originally debuted as the lead singer of the band Borderline (邊界樂隊), which won first place at the 1986 Hong Kong Carlsberg Pop Music Festival. Borderline recorded two LPs before disbanding, with Bak going onto form the band Purple Heart and eventually launching a solo career in 1993. As a solo artist, she collaborated with Sandy Lam on "I Don't Hate No One" (我沒有恨誰), which was a Cantonese cover version of Wilson Phillips' 1992 single, "You Won't See Me Cry."

As an actress, she has appeared in 14 films since 1990, most notably in Teddy Chan's 1994 Category-III film, Twentysomething.

Early life

Bak studied Fashion Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute.

Discography

Borderline

• 1987: Borderline (發條愛情)
• 1989: Going Underground (地下旅程)

Purple Heart

• 1991: Beyond Borderline (超越邊界)

Solo

• November 1993: I Have Myself (我有我)

Filmography

• Look Out, Officer! (1990)
• Twentysomething (1994)
• In the Heat of Summer (1994)
• Only Fools Fall in Love (1995)
• Hong Kong Graffiti (1995)
• Happy Hour (1995)
• Heaven Can't Wait (1995)
• Those Were the Days (1996)
• Troublesome Night (1997)
• 97' Lan Kwai Fong (1997)
• Expect the Unexpected (1998)
• Moonlight Express (1999)
• The Kid (1999)
• Everyday Is Valentine (2001)

References

1. "Carlberg Pop Music Festival '86 > Final Report". Retrieved 2015-01-05.
2. "Bak Ka-Sin on HKMDB". Retrieved 2015-01-05.
3. "Award Winners". Retrieved 2015-01-05.

External links

• Bak Ka-Sin on Hong Kong Movie Database

• Hong Kong film actresses
• 20th-century Hong Kong women singers
• Living people
• 20th-century Hong Kong actresses
• Hong Kong people of Chinese descent
• Hong Kong people of German descent