Grace Huang

Grace Huang (Chinese: 黃芝琪; pinyin: Huáng Zhīqí) is a Taiwanese-Australian actress of Cantonese descent,[1] best known for her role as the Gemini Female in the RZA directed martial arts film, The Man with the Iron Fists.[2][3]

This article is about the actress. For the woman convicted of wrongful death, see 2013 Huang Case in Qatar.

Grace Huang
Grace Huang at the 2014 AACTA Awards
Born (1983-01-26) 26 January 1983
Taiwan
OccupationModel, Actress
Years active2006–present

Career

Huang starred as Mei Chen in the pilot for the 2013 CBS TV series Intelligence, and plays May in the Hong Kong action film Cold War starring Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau and Tony Leung Ka-fai.[4] She is also starring as Bunny in the Hong Kong comedy-romance film Love in Space, and as Jenny in the Hong Kong Action film Overheard alongside Daniel Wu, Michael Wong, Sean Lau, which is directed by Felix Chong and Alan Mak.[5]

Huang won a Best Actress award at the HollyShorts Film Festival for her portrayal of the character Ava Chen in Jennifer Thym's vampire-and-angel action short film, Bloodtraffick.[6][7][8] A frquent collaborator with Thym on several other projects, she is involved in the Hong Kong-set feature film Jasmine in which Huang stars in alongside Byron Mann, Jason Tobin, Brian Yang, Sarah Lian, and Eugenia Yuan and in which Thym produced and Dax Phelan directed.[9] In 2013, she played the role of a love interest to Sean Faris in Lost for Words.[10]

Apart from being active in Australian and Hong Kong cinema, Huang has also appeared in the Taiwanese Golden Bell Award-winning television drama "Friends". She frquently appears in print and TV ad campaigns for Vidal Sassoon, Neutrogena, Canon, HSBC and the Australian Tourism Board, and has been featured on the covers of magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, FHM, Oyster, Elle, and Marie Claire.[11]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009OverheardJenny
2010Red EarthShort film
2011BloodtraffickAva ChenShort film
Love in SpaceBunny
2012The Man with the Iron FistsGemini Female
Cold WarMay Cheung
2013Badges of Fury
Lost for WordsAnna
2014JasmineJasmine To
2015InfiniClaire Grenich
The Man with the Iron Fists 2Gemini Female
2016Independence Day: ResurgenceLin Tang
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris ChildJandi
2018 In Like Flynn Achun
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012Strangers 6Fei Fei
2014IntelligenceMei Chen1 episode: "Pilot"
2015HidingCindy1 episode
Paranormal MindMadam O
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References
  1. "thegracehuang | ABOUT". Official site of Grace Huang, Actor. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. Codi Hauka, Schema Magazine, Grace Huang | A Force to be Reckoned With, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. The Man with the Iron Fists Premiere: Grace Huang, Trailer Addict, http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/the-man-iron-fists/premiere-grace-huang
  4. James Marsh, Twitch Film, Tensions Overheat in New Cold War Trailer, http://twitchfilm.com/2012/08/tensions-overheat-in-new-cold-war-trailer.html
  5. Grace in Overheard Movie with Daniel Wu, http://www.alivenotdead.com/gracehuang/Grace-in-Overheard-Movie-with-Daniel-Wu--profile-713580.html
  6. Jasmin Nevada, Interview with Winner Grace Huang Best Actress 'Bloodtraffick' Jennifer Thym Director & Gerrit Wunder, Film Composer, http://hollyshortsfilmfestival.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-with-winner-grace-huang-best.html
  7. FilmSlate, Hollyshorts 2011 Comes to a Close, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Todd Brown, Twitch, First Teaser from Hong Kong Action Fantasy Bloodtraffick, http://twitchfilm.com/2011/08/first-shot-from-hong-kong-action-fantasy-blood-traffick.html Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Asians on Film, Grace Huang, http://www.asiansonfilm.com/tag/grace-huang/
  10. Patricia Frater, Film Business Asia, Lost For Words speaks English in HK, http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/lost-for-words-speaks-english-in-hk
  11. Grace Huang Bio, IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3876431/bio
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