How did Jackie Chan’s daughter end up living in poverty in Canada? Etta Ng Chok-lam, the Hong Kong icon’s love child with beauty queen Elaine Ng, was just spotted queuing for free food in Toronto

Oct 13 , 2022

Hong Kong film icon Jackie Chan and his estranged daughter, Etta Ng Chok-lam. Photos: Getty Images, Handout

Her estranged dad may make millions – Chan was just confirmed for Disney’s 1001 Nights – but 22-year-old Ng and her wife, influencer Andi Autumn, have been struggling financially for years

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Not all celebrity kids are born with a silver spoon. For Etta Ng Chok-lam, the 22-year-old biological daughter of Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan, life is far from it.

Etta Ng was spotted lining up for free food in Toronto, Canada. Photo: Handout

On October 9, Ng was spotted in Toronto, Canada, queuing up for free food wearing baggy pants and an oversized jacket, as reported by Malay Mail.

Meanwhile, Chan has just been confirmed for yet another multimillion-dollar project, with Disney’s live-action adaptation of 1001 Nights, which Deadline broke news of the day after Ng was spotted wandering around scavenging for meals.

Etta Ng Chok-lam is the biological daughter of Jackie Chan and Elaine Ng. Photo: @ettazen/Instagram

It’s not the first time Ng has made headlines for her life in poverty. Despite these struggles, it seems that Chan – who is worth US$400 million, per Celebrity Net Worth – has not done much, if anything, to help his estranged daughter.

Etta Ng did not know her father growing up. Photo: @ettazen/Instagram

So how exactly did the daughter of Hong Kong’s richest film icon end up living a life of poverty on the streets of Canada?

She is Jackie Chan’s love child with a former beauty queen

Actress Elaine Ng Yi-lei (right) and her daughter Etta Ng (left). Source: Weibo