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Shu Qi
Chinese name 舒淇 (Traditional)
Chinese name 舒淇 (Simplified)
Birth name 林立慧
Born April 16, 1976 (1976-04-16) (age 32)
Taipei, Taiwan
Years active 1996 - present
Official site http://www.shu-qi.com/

Shu Qi (Chinese: 舒淇; pinyin: Shū Qí; Wade-Giles: Shu Ch'i) (born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui (林立慧). Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Wade-Giles (ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz) sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system (phonetic notation and Transcription) for the Mandarin Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi or Shu Kei (Cantonese). In Linguistics, romanization (or latinization, also spelled romanisation or latinisation) is the representation of a Word or Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order as Qi Shu.

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Biography

Early career

Born to a financially challenged family in Sindian City, Taipei County, the young Shu Qi moved to Hong Kong at the age of 17 where she became a model for nude girls magazines and softcore movie shorts, but she never worked for porn entertainment. Sindian City, ( Traditional Chinese: 新店市 Simplified Chinese: 新店市 Hanyu Pinyin: Xīndiàn shì Tongyong Pinyin: Sindian Shi Taipei County ( is located in northern Taiwan and encircles Taipei City. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Softcore (or soft porn) is a form of Pornography, either video or nude Glamour photography, that is less explicit than hardcore material Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema. She eventually came under the management of Hong Kong producer Manfred Wong, who signed her on to several softcore Hong Kong films such as Sex & Zen II. Manfred Wong Man-Chun ( born in January 1, 1957 in Hong Kong is a Hong Kong Radio personality, Film producer, Screenwriter

Career

She starred in Derek Yee's 1996 film, Viva Erotica, which was about the erotic film industry in Hong Kong, opposite the late Leslie Cheung and Karen Morris. Derek Tung-Sing Yee ( born in 1957 is a Hong Kong Film director and former Shaw Brothers Actor, who has achieved fame and Viva Erotica ( is a 1996 Hong Kong film directed by Derek Yee and Lo Chi-Leung. Sex in film refers to the presentation in motion pictures of sex acts including love scenes. Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing ( September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003) nicknamed elder brother (哥哥 was an Actor and Musician Born as Karen Joy Morris, known more commonly in the Sinosphere as Karen Mok or Mok Man-Wai, is a two-time Golden Melody Award -winning Hong Kong-based At the Hong Kong Film Awards, she received the Best Supporting Actress award for the film. The Hong Kong Film Awards ( HKFA;) founded in 1982, are the most prestigious film awards in Hong Kong and among the most respected in China Since then, she has appeared in mainstream Hong Kong films such as Gorgeous (1998) opposite Jackie Chan, Stanley Kwan's The Island Tales (1999) and Hou Hsiao-Hsien's critically acclaimed Millennium Mambo (2000). Gorgeous ( is a 1999 Hong Kong martial arts - action / Romantic comedy film, directed by Vincent Kok. Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong Sang, 陳港生 on 7 April 1954 is an Actor, action choreographer, Film director Stanley Kwan ( born October 9, 1957) is a Hong Kong Film director and producer. Hou Hsiao-Hsien ( (born April 8, 1947) is an award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan 's New Wave cinema movement. Millennium Mambo (also known as Qianxi Manbo) directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Hsiao-hsien Hou, is a 2001 film an intriguing

In 1999, Ang Lee approached Shu for the role of Jen in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Ang Lee ( (born October 23, 1954) is an Academy Award -winning Film director from Taiwan. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon ( is a Chinese-language Film in the Wuxia ( chivalric and martial arts) style Six weeks into filming, her manager, Manfred Wong, not foreseeing the film's massive international success, pulled her out to do a soft drink commercial in Japan, and the part went instead to Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Zhang Ziyi (born February 9, 1979, in Beijing) is one of the best-known Golden Globe -nominated Chinese Film Actresses

In 2002, she appeared in the Hollywood film The Transporter and the Asian action film So Close. The Transporter (French Le Transporteur) is a Franco-American action / Crime movie directed by Louis Leterrier and So Close ( Chik yeung tin see) is a 2002 action-adventure Hong Kong film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Shu Qi, In 2004, she played the main role in the Hong Kong horror film The Eye 2. The Eye 2 ( Traditional Chinese: 見鬼2 Simplified Chinese: 见鬼2 Pinyin: Jiàn Guǐ 2; Yale: Gin3 Gwai2 2

In 2005 she won the Best Actress Award at the 2005 Golden Horse Awards for her three roles in Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Three Times. The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards ( is a Film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan (the Republic of China) since 1962 Hou Hsiao-Hsien ( (born April 8, 1947) is an award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan 's New Wave cinema movement. Three Times (最好的時光 Zui hao de shi guang; lit 'Best of Times' is a 2005 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien.

In 2008 she was member of the jury of the Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival. The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading Film festivals and most reputable media events held in Berlin

Partial filmography

References

Footnotes

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/12/21/for-the-record-89520-20261711/

External links

For other uses see Those Were the Days. Those Were the Days (Chinese 精裝難兄難弟 is a 1997 Hong Kong movie directed Street Angels (紅燈區 is a 1996 Hong Kong film directed by Billy Tang Hin-Shing. For other uses check here Growing Up (disambiguation Growing Up is the debut album from Japanese Punk rock band Hi-Standard Viva Erotica ( is a 1996 Hong Kong film directed by Derek Yee and Lo Chi-Leung. Sex and Zen II (玉蒲團二之玉女心經 is a 1996 Hong Kong film directed by Chin Man Kei.
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