Mandy Wei

Mandy Wei
Mandy Wei
	Wei in 2017
Born	5 September 1984; Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Alma mater	Taipei Municipal Neihu Senior High School ; Soochow University
Occupation	Actress, model, host
Years active	2006-present
	Musical career
Also known as	Wei Man

Mandy Wei (Chinese: 魏蔓; pinyin: Wèi Màn) is a Taiwanese actress, model and host. She started her career as a model and then as a MTV host before starting a career in acting. Wei attended Soochow University and speaks Mandarin, Taiwanese and English.[1]

Early life

Mandy Wei was born on September 5, 1984 in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the older of a two-child family, with a younger brother. She attended Taipei Municipal Neihu Senior High School and later Soochow University, majoring in International Business Trade. She has said she was, and showed images of herself being an overweight teen when growing up, weighing at 65 kg (143 lbs) at her heaviest. Her weight issue caused her to have low self-esteem problems during her teenage years.[2] In her university years she decided to have a change in lifestyle by eating healthy and with daily exercise she was able to slim down to around 50 kg (110 lbs), which is the weight she has maintained.[3][4]

Career

Modeling

Wei started her career in 2006 as a lingerie and swimwear model. She had modeled for lingerie brand NuBra Taiwan and appeared on spreads for FHM Taiwan and GQ Taiwan magazine.[5] After gaining exposure through her modeling work she was chosen to appear in Jay Chou's 2008 music video Snake Dance (蛇舞).[6]

Hosting

In 2008, MTV Taiwan offered Wei a VJ position to host their entertainment news program and music program "MTV FUN Music" (MTV FUN音樂) where she interviewed local musical acts. In 2012 Wei became the host for entertainment gossip news website Apply Daily Taiwan.

Acting

Wei got her start in acting as a supporting character in the 2008 idol drama ToGetHer (愛就宅一起), playing "Luo Sha Sha" (羅莎莎), the leader of a University mean girls cliche, who picks on a homely girl played by Rainie Yang and is a huge fan of a celebrity idol Mars, played by Jiro Wang. She spent the next few years playing supporting characters in sometimes forgettable dramas and other times more popular dramas such as 2011 Material Queen (拜金女王).

Her big break came in 2012 when she was cast as "Dr. He Cai Rong" (何采蓉) in SETTV's weekly hit drama Love, Now (真愛趁現在). Originally a minor supporting character, her chemistry with second male lead Bobby Dou (竇智孔) proved to be a winning combination and soon her role was expanded to a main supporting role.

After gaining recognition from Love, Now, Wei was offered her first leading role to star in Sanlih's Sunday night drama Deja Vu (回到愛以前). She played "Xu Hai Lin" (徐海琳), a desperate women on the brink of suicide who gives up the love of the man she loves in order to bring him back to life. The drama started out weak coming in last place during its premiere episode, but soon gained an audience by coming in first place in its time-slot on every episode after that.[7]

With the success of Deja Vu Sanlih offered Wei another leading role in their 2014 Sunday night drama Say Again Yes I Do (再說一次我願意), playing "Shu Xin Kui" (舒芯葵), a women who marries a man she just met on a whelmed, played by Lin Yo Wei, only to find out she can't stand him and divorces him abruptly only to meet him a few years later and falls in love with him again.[8] For this drama Wei decided to change her look by drastically cutting off her long hair to a near pixie cut.[9] Her appearance was a drastic change from her previous projects, but the drama was another rating success, coming in first place in every episode during its time-slot.

In mid 2015, Wei once again collaborated with Sanlih by starring in a romantic comedy opposite Jasper Liu. Wei played "An Xi" (安希), a caring and independent woman who cannot stand injustice. Since Wei's hair had not grown out since Say Again Yes I Do concluded filming, she had to wear hair extensions to obtain a more youthful appearance since she had flash back scenes when her character was a university student.[10][11]

In 2016, Wei played the lead in Sanlih Friday night drama, Swimming Battle, alongside Kingone Wang. Wei played "He Yu Die" (何雨鰈), a woman who lost her memories.

Filmography

Television series

Year	Original title	English title	Role
2009	愛就宅一起	ToGetHer	Luo Sha Sha
2009	十年過後-轉筆高手	Ten Years Later, Great Writer	Ai Li Si
2011	拜金女王	Material Queen	Guo Xiao Qian
	田庄英雄	Local Hero	Luo Pei Zi
	萌的或然率	Meng's Probability	Mandy
2012	PM10-AM03	PM10-AM03	Wei Qi
2012	真愛趁現在	Love, Now	He Cai Rong
2013	回到愛以前	Deja Vu	Xu Hai Lin
2014	真愛配方	First Kiss	He Tian Tian
2014	再說一次我願意	Say Again Yes I Do	Shu Xin Kui
2015	他看她的第2眼	When I See You Again	An Xi
2016	飛魚高校生	Swimming Battle	He Yu Die
2017	櫻桃小丸子	Maruko TV Drama	Ying Xing Zi
2017	噗通噗通我愛你	Memory Love	Jin jia-en
2019		Brave to Love
	美味滿閣	Sweet Family	Fang Yi Qian

Films

Year	Original title	English title	Role	Notes
2010	愛你一萬年	Love You 10,000 Years	Vivian
2011	燃燒吧！歐吉桑	War Game 229	Jolin
2012	女孩壞壞	Bad Girls	Jessica
2014	極光之愛	Endless Nights in Aurora	Coco
2016	湄公河行动	Operation Mekong	Fang Xing Wu's girlfriend	Cameo

As presenter

Year	English title	Original title
2008	MTV News
2008	MTV Fun Music	MTV FUN音樂
2009	MTV 2009 Gongliao Ocean Music Festival	MTV 2009貢寮海洋音樂季
2010	Western Mediterranean Cruise	發現地中海
2012	Apple Entertainment News	蘋果娛樂新聞
2012	I Love The Man	我愛男子漢

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Details	Video
2008	So What (當我們開始旅行)	Singer(s): Judy Zhou 周定緯 Album: So What	Video on YouTube
2008	Snake Dance (蛇舞)	Singer(s): Jay Chou 周杰倫 Album: Capricorn (魔杰座)	Video on YouTube
2011	Noah's Ark (諾亞方舟)	Singer(s): Mayday 五月天 Album: The Second Round (第二人生)	Video on YouTube
2012	Fight For You (為你而戰)	Singer(s): Live Machine 機動現場 Album: Reset Activate (重生再起)	Video on YouTube
2012	Dad, I Love You (爸, 我愛你)	Singer(s): BASOL 爸說 Album:	Video on YouTube
2015	Fried Rice (炒飯)	Singer(s): N-Ray 胡恩瑞 Album: I Am N-Ray (我是胡恩瑞N-RAY)	Video on YouTube
2015	Warning (預告)	Singer(s): GJ 蔣卓嘉 Album: See You Again	Video on YouTube

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Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2013	2013 Sanlih Drama Awards	Viewers Choice Drama Award (with Yao Yuan Hao)	Deja Vu	Nominated
		Best Actress Award		Nominated
		Best Screen Couple Award (with Yao Yuan Hao)		Nominated
		Best Kiss Award (with Yao Yuan Hao)		Nominated
		Best Crying Award (with Yao Yuan Hao)		Nominated
2014	2014 Sanlih Drama Awards[14]	Viewers Choice Drama Award (with Lin Yo Wei)	Say Again Yes I Do	Nominated
		Best Actress Award		Nominated
		Best Kiss Award (with Lin Yo Wei)		Nominated
2015	2015 Sanlih Drama Awards	Viewers Choice Drama Award (with Jasper Liu)	When I See You Again	Nominated
		Best Actress Award		Nominated
		Best Screen Couple Award (with Jasper Liu)		Nominated
		Best Kiss Award (with Jasper Liu)		Nominated
		Best Selling S-Pop Magazine Award		Nominated
2016	2016 Sanlih Drama Awards	Viewers Choice Drama Award (with Kingone Wang)	Swimming Battle	Nominated
		Best Actress Award		Nominated
		Best Screen Couple Award (with Kingone Wang)		Nominated
		Best Kiss Award (with Kingone Wang)		Nominated
		Best Crying Award (with Kingone Wang)		Nominated

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References

Lady Emperor facebook page. Retrieved May 28, 2015
魏蔓書呆抑鬱猛堆肥胖妞剷油把帥哥 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
魏蔓拒见网友：体重飙升担心对方幻灭 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
女神不好當　魏蔓吞兩個月水煮餐 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
GQ 魏蔓女主角預告性感最終回 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
波濤洶湧！安心亞獲今夏最熱比基尼女 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2015-05-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 「回到愛以前」收視2.58再創新高臉書破十萬 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
PRESS CONFERENCE OF LIN YO WEI & MANDY WEI’S SUNDAY DRAMA, SAY AGAIN YES I DO. Retrieved May 29, 2015
Mandy Wei Chops Off Long Locks Of Hair For Upcoming Drama, Retrieved May 29, 2015
直擊／長得太帥錯了嗎？劉以豪為新劇扮醜　魏蔓：太難了！(in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
劉以豪為即將上演的華劇 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
Mandy Wei at douban.com
Mandy Wei at chinesemov.com
2014華劇大賞／燈燈～完整得獎名單在此！. Retrieved May 29, 2015

External links

Mandy Wei on Facebook (in Chinese)
Mandy Wei on Instagram
Mandy Wei Weibo page(in Chinese)

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[1] Lady Emperor facebook page. Retrieved May 28, 2015

[2] 魏蔓書呆抑鬱猛堆肥胖妞剷油把帥哥 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015

[3] 魏蔓拒见网友：体重飙升担心对方幻灭 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015

[4] 女神不好當　魏蔓吞兩個月水煮餐 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015

[5] GQ 魏蔓女主角預告性感最終回 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015

[6] 波濤洶湧！安心亞獲今夏最熱比基尼女 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015

[7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2015-05-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 「回到愛以前」收視2.58再創新高臉書破十萬 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015

[8] PRESS CONFERENCE OF LIN YO WEI & MANDY WEI’S SUNDAY DRAMA, SAY AGAIN YES I DO. Retrieved May 29, 2015

[9] Mandy Wei Chops Off Long Locks Of Hair For Upcoming Drama, Retrieved May 29, 2015

[10] 直擊／長得太帥錯了嗎？劉以豪為新劇扮醜　魏蔓：太難了！(in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015

[11] 劉以豪為即將上演的華劇 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015

[12] Mandy Wei at douban.com

[13] Mandy Wei at chinesemov.com

[14] 2014華劇大賞／燈燈～完整得獎名單在此！. Retrieved May 29, 2015