At age 12, Fung lived with Madam Wee Poh Keok, whom she called "kai leong", or godmother.

[4][5] She then went to study in the United Kingdom, during which she met her future first husband, Chiu Joi Keung, who worked in finance.

[4] In Hong Kong, director Clifton Ko offered Fung the leading role in Wonder Mama, a television drama film.

[3] During the 1980s she starred in a series of historical television period dramas, including playing China's lone female emperor, Wu Zetian.

In 1997, Fung married Yoong Siew Chuen, a Malaysian architect, and moved to Penang Island, Malaysia.