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Vivian Wu
Born: 5th Feb 1966 Shanghai, China
Dept: Acting
Vivian Wu (born February 5, 1966 in Shanghai), is a Chinese actress, known for her roles in The Last Emperor (1987), Heaven & Earth (1993), The Joy Luck Club (1993), and The Pillow Book (1996) and as the historical figure of Soong May-ling, commonly referred to as Madam Chiang Kai-shek, in two major Chinese motion pictures The Soong Sisters (1997) and The Founding of a Republic (2009)
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 88
Film: 49 (56%)
Television: 39 (44%)
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Filmography
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As she was about to graduate from university, Fei Li was hit by a suddenly broken old tree and fell into a coma for more than a decade. After waking u ... view
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After years of working in major cities, three siblings from the Wu family return to their hometown. Through life’s challenges and family conflicts, ... view
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Lin Yongkun (1 ep.)
2026
An insecure Chinese-American teenager undergoes experimental surgery to appear white, hoping to secure the prom queen title and peer acceptance. ... view
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Sofia Huang
Mar 2025 (first aired)
After his wife’s death, retired professor Shen Zhuoran reluctantly returns to dating. He meets four very different women: a compassionate nurse, a b ... view
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Yao Shuishan (36 ep.)
Feb 2025 (first aired)
Set in post-revolution China, the He family faces challenges after the passing of their father, He Changsheng. With six daughters navigating love, wor ... view
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Liu Meixin (38 ep.)
Jun 2022 (first aired)
Mira is an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who comes to France to star as “Irma Vep” in a remake of the Fren ... view
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Jade Lee (2 ep.)
Feb 2022 (first aired)
Shen Huixing, a former top student and full-time mom, decides to reenter the workforce, leading to challenges as she balances her career and family re ... view
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Cai Shengmei (38 ep.)
Jan 2022 (first aired)
Nothing is as it seems in this hilarious murder mystery where each suspect's story is told through a different film genre. ... view
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Vivian (10 ep.)
Jan 2022 (first aired)
At 40, successful lawyer Chen Shan struggles to balance her demanding career and strained marriage. As her husband Sun Lei grows distant and a new cli ... view
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Bai Mei (46 ep.)
Aug 2021 (first aired)
A story that follows a married couple during their "trial period" and the mother-in-law who turns into a "strict examiner" to put the relationship bet ... view
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Li Shuangqin (14 ep.)
Dec 2020 (first aired)
During the late stages of the Warring States era of the Qin state, Ying Zheng, Lu Bu Wei, Li Si, Wang Jian and many formidable politicians work togeth ... view
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华阳夫人 (78 ep.)
Sep 2020 (first aired)
American astronaut Emma Green must leave her husband and teenage daughter behind to command an international space crew embarking upon a treacherous m ... view
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Yu (10 ep.)
May 2020 (first aired)
Grandfather Gao Sihai, a forensic expert, faces wrongful accusations that impact his career and health. His son, Gao Jian, died while investigating an ... view
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Shen Chaoying (51 ep.)
Original title: 我們永不言棄
2020
Zhou Si, who was so desperate in boxing, was sentenced to five years in prison for an accident. After his release, his wife died, leaving only his dau ... view
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Dec 2019 (first aired)
Luo Bing is a senior partner at Panorama Law Firm. He is a lawyer who cares only about winning cases. Dai Xi goes to his law firm to argue with him ab ... view
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Liao Jiamin (42 ep.)
Aug 2018 (first aired)
The road to becoming an empress is paved with treachery. Ruyi is a consort who quickly learns to navigate the treacherous politics of the the royal co ... view
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Niohuru Zhenhuan (87 ep.)
Apr 2018 (first aired)
Sheng Xia is in a hurry to get married and bear children due to a hereditary disease. CEO Qiu Yang went through two failed marriages and now even expe ... view
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Qiu Yue (40 ep.)
Mar 2018 (first aired)
A group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19—from captain to newest recruit—risk their lives and hearts both in the line of duty and ... view
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Petra Lau (1 ep.)
Original title: 海上浮城
2018
A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River tow ... view
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Candy Wang
Dec 2017 (first aired)
Gu Jiayi navigates the love and pressure from her overbearing mother and a close-knit group of elderly women, whose lifelong friendship is tested by m ... view
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Qiu Ya (41 ep.)
Original title: 烽火芳菲
2017
It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it a ... view
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Old Nunu
Original title: 父子雄兵
2017
Despite already hitting 30, Fan Xiaobing has yet to accomplish anything of note in his 10 years of being an entrepreneur. To fund the development of h ... view
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邬仙仙
Original title: 京城81号II
2017
A cultural relic restorer discovers the skeletons of babies while working in an old mansion. The bloody events of the past drags everyone working on t ... view
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谢梅瑛
Jul 2017 (first aired)
A group of city dwellers who have to make choices about love and career. Based on Hong Kong novelist Yi Shu's novel of the same name. ... view
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Aunt Wu (2 ep.)
Original title: 六人晚餐
2016
The triumphs and travails of six members of two single parent families in 19th century Yunnan. ... view
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Su Qin
Aug 2016 (first aired)
In order to find out the truth about his mother's death, the heir of Feng Shang Group Shang Boran joins a fashion magazine publisher while hiding his ... view
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Leng Shan (28 ep.)
Original title: 杜拉拉追婚记
2015
To chase promotion or to chase marriage? Young career-woman Lala returns after five years as a recently engaged young woman, but faces challenges when ... view
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Qu Luoyì
Original title: 我是女王
2015
Based on the novel of the same name, the film follows three cosmopolitan women, an actress, a PR specialist and a gallery manager, all wrestling with ... view
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Tina
Original title: 谁是卧底之王牌
2014
In 1934, agents of the Kuomintang government round up suspects and torture them to find out which one is an undercover communist spy. ... view
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Xiaohong's Mother
Apr 2014 (first aired)
During the Ming Dynasty, Yu Qilin arrives in the capital with her foster mother’s token, seeking justice. She crosses paths with Jin Yuanbao, a weal ... view
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Madam Jin (45 ep.)
Sep 2013 (first aired)
Xia Bing is a 26-year old woman whose motto is “No marriage or kids until the age of 30.” Life takes an unexpected turn when she becomes pregnant ... view
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Li Muzi / Liu Xiaoqing (38 ep.)
Original title: 哺乳期的女人
2013
On an old barge moored close to a small village inhabited by old people and children, live young Wang Wang and his grandfather. The latter is immensel ... view
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Clinic Director
Original title: 宫锁沉香
2013
In Qing Dynasty, Chen Xiang and Liuli became maids and friends in the imperial palace. Liuli wanted to be famous whereas Chen Xiang just wanted to liv ... view
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Empress Xiaogongren
Mar 2013 (first aired)
"Xiaoyanglou", in the context of Tianjin, tells the story of the sorrowful joys and sorrows of the Tianjin business giant Sima Zuyin living in Xiaoyan ... view
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Unknown/various (30 ep.)
Original title: 南平红荔
2012
The film is a courtroom-themed, socially conscious drama based on the real-life story of Judge Zhan Hongli, head of the Juvenile Court at the Yanping ... view
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Original title: Cha Wu Ci Ren
2012
China, Jiangsu province, the present day. On 15 October, after depositing the funerary urn of his father, Professor Gu Daqing (Feng Dalu), who died of ... view
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2011
A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with ... view
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Sophia's Aunt
2010
The definitive and true-life story of Nancy Kwan Ka-Shen, who as a young Eurasian girl from Hong Kong, captured the hearts and minds of cinemagoers ar ... view
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Herself
Dec 2009 (first aired)
The rise of the Qin state in the Warring States period during the reign of Duke Xiao of Qin. ... view
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华阳夫人 (78 ep.)
Original title: 建国大业
2009
The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country. ... view
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Song Meiling
May 2009 (first aired)
Dwelling Narrowness (Chinese: 蜗居; pinyin: Wōjū), also known literally as Snail House, was a 2009 television series broadcast in Mainland China, ... view
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姜淼淼 (35 ep.)
Original title: 桃花运
2008
Follows urban youngsters in their pursuit of true love and all the set backs and comedic mishaps along the way. ... view
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Ye Sheng Ying
2007
A murder mystery set in contemporary Shanghai about a beautiful woman caught in a web of vengeance and deceit. ... view
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Zhu Mei Li
Sep 2005 (first aired)
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of ... view
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Prophet Ghost / Dana Clark (2 ep.)
2005
Eve is a precocious nine year-old girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional Chinese immigrant family in Vancouver where Confucian doctr ... view
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May-Lin Eng
Original title: Kinamand
2005
Keld is in a rut. His wife of 25 years has left him. For sustenance, he eats his way through the menu at the local Chinese takeaway. The owner talks h ... view
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Ling
Original title: 美人依旧
2005
Set in 1948 against the backdrop of Communism's rise, "Fei" is the story of two sisters--Fei and Ying--bound together by the will of their late father ... view
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Ying
2003
2068, the ozone layer is gone and the world is a wasteland. A band of mercenaries attempt to break into a Estate that is guarded by a automated defenc ... view
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Diana
2002
A young Chinese female cop comes to Southern California on a hunt for a high-profile criminal from mainland China. ... view
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Wu Wen Li
2000
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to h ... view
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Nicole Chan
1999
After his wife dies, middle-aged businessman Philip Emmenthal, at the prompting of his playboy son Storey, populates his Geneva villa with eight-and-a ... view
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Kito
1998
A blind Asian-American woman lives with her son and daughter-in-law. The two women barely tolerate one another and the son, a doctor simply turns hims ... view
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Natalie
1998
Something in his past keeps career Army man John Paul Vann from advancing past colonel. He views being sent to Vietnam as part of the US military advi ... view
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Lee
Original title: 宋家皇朝
1997
Ai-ling married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling married Chiang ... view
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Soong Mei Ling / Madam Chiang
Oct 1996 (first aired)
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against th ... view
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Tamara Shui Fa Lee (1 ep.)
Original title: 玫瑰漩涡
1996
An impulsive rendezvous with her American employer causes the break-up of Lin's marriage. Her husband, Li, leaves her for a stewardess, but when Lin's ... view
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Lin Hui
Sep 1996 (first aired)
Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and wh ... view
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Taya Kwan (1 ep.)
Sep 1995 (first aired)
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of offic ... view
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Angelique Sonsiri (1 ep.)
1995
Nagito has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan. However, once Nagiko's ... view
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Nagiko
1994
After the death of his brother Wago, Jian-Wa Chang now roams America's countryside while looking for his place in the world. He is hit by a van of two ... view
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Lili
Sep 1994 (first aired)
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened e ... view
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Janet Wade (1 ep.)
1994
The saga picks up in Washington, D.C., where Jian-Wa is competing in a classical music competition. Back in L.A., Jian-Wa's brother, Wago, is wanted b ... view
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Lili
1994
The continuing saga of the Chang brothers: Jian-Wa and Wago. Picking up where it left off, Jian-Wa has left L.A. after a gang fight that involved Wago ... view
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Lili
1994
Two students in the Peoples Republic of China are forced to flee out of China after having taken part in a protest action for freedom. They come to Am ... view
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Lili
Feb 1994 (first aired)
Vanishing Son is a short-lived syndicated action television series that was part of Universal Television's Action Pack. Starting as a series of four m ... view
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Lili (4 ep.)
1993
In a small Vietnamese village torn apart by war, a young woman faces unimaginable horrors before deciding to escape to the city. There, she encounters ... view
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Madame Lien
1993
Journalism Major Paxton Andrews loses the man she loves in the Vietnam War. Always having followed the beat of a different drum, she decides to work o ... view
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France Tran
1993
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts. ... view
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An Mei's Mother
1993
The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to perfect the art of becoming ... view
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Mitsu
Oct 1992 (first aired)
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against o ... view
Character:
May-Ling Shen (1 ep.)
1991
FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien d ... view
Character:
Mizky Segawa
1991
Iron and Silk is a 1990 movie based on the eponymous book by American writer Mark Salzman. It details his journey to China after college to study Chin ... view
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Ming
1990
A Chinese immigrant tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism. ... view
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Moo-Ling
Jun 1989 (first aired)
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in ... view
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Jeri Drumbeater (1 ep.)
1987
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by h ... view
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Wen Hsiu
Original title: 超国界行动
1986
The international terrorist organization Black Storm wants to assassinate a foreign general when he visits Beijing. ... view
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童年
Original title: 秋天里的春天
1985
Zhou's husband died in the Cultural Revolution. She lived arduously with her only son. Lo, a kind postman, helped her during her hardest time. ... view
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顾小玲
Sep 1984 (first aired)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ... view
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April Dunbar (1 ep.)
Miko Ishida (1 ep.)
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