Terri Kwan

Terri Kwan (Chinese: 關穎; pinyin: Guan Ying; born 2 July 1976) is a Taiwanese actress, model, singer and author.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen. In the stage name, the surname is Kwan.
Terri Kwan
Terri in 2010.
Born
Chen Pin-ying (陳品穎)

(1976-07-02) 2 July 1976
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materUniversity of the Arts (Philadelphia)
New York University
OccupationActress, singer, model, author
Years active2001–present
Spouse(s)
Christian Chu
(
m. 2013)
Children2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese關穎
Simplified Chinese关颖

Early life

Kwan was born in Tokyo, Japan. She has a sister and two Yorkshire Terriers called Dodo and Momo. She graduated from New York University with a master's degree in arts administration. In 2001 she began appearing in advertisements and endorsing numerous products, like Tobaby Hair Products and JC Sunglasses.

Career

Kwan starring regularly in both films and television series. In 2002, she got one of her first leading role in the Taiwanese film Drop Me a Cat appearing alongside Japanese actor Shinji Takeda. She has also played a part in the first Chinese-language Asian film ever from Warner Bros., Turn Left, Turn Right, as the supporting role of Ruby. The film also starred Takeshi Kaneshiro and Gigi Leung. For her role, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award at the 40th Golden Horse Award.[1][2]

In 2007, she appeared alongside Peter Ho in My DNA Says I Love You, where they played lovers. Then, in 2009, she appeared in the television series Starlit, shot in Shanghai, together with Jerry Yan. She played a female patient who suffered from the rare disease of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In the same year, she also starred in another Taiwanese film Prince of Tears, which premiered at the 66th Venice Film Festival. She sat as a jury member for the 14th (2009) Pusan International Film Festival's "New Currents" section. Recently, she has also published her own book. She was slated to play the role of Soong Mei-ling in the television series Untold Stories of 1949, with filming starting late 2010.

Filmography

Film
Year English title Original title Role
2002Southbound Swallow
Drop Me a Cat給我一隻貓
2003Turn Left, Turn Right向左走·向右走Ruby
2005The Heirloom宅變Yo
2007Shamo軍雞Moemi Funato
Brotherhood of Legio神選者Ya Zhu
My DNA Says I Love You基因決定我愛你Gigi
2008Good Will Evil兇魅Yi-Hsi
Buttonman鈕扣人Juan
2009Prince of Tears淚王子Ou Yang Qian Jun
2010The Fourth Portrait第四張畫Huang Laoshi (Teacher Huang)
2012Black & White痞子英雄首部曲:全面開戰
Good-for-Nothing Heros請叫我英雄
Mother Android II瑪德2號
2013My Lucky StarCharlize
2014Black & White: The Dawn of Justice

Television series
Year English title Original title Role
2002Toast Boy's Kiss II吐司男之吻II
2003又見橘花香Luo Xin Lei
Dandelion蒲公英Xia Xue
Hi Working GirlHi 上班女郎Cameo
2004'Love Bird 候鳥e人Xiang Zi/Li Yang Xiang
Heaven's Wedding Gown天國的嫁衣Katrina
2005偷天換日
2008Wish to See You Again這裡發現愛Lu Yi
2009Starlit心星的淚光Dong Xiao Lu
gollark: I think the way it works is that you can have any weapon at all (EDIT: except really bad WMDs) as long as you're considered sane, but you're not allowed to use it on people unless they've broken the law.
gollark: You mean the stargates or empires?
gollark: The idea is that if you don't like the constitution you can go somewhere else and not be a citizen.
gollark: wut.
gollark: Nobody is going to be stupid and randomly revolt.

References
  1. MagXone.com Terri Kwan GQ Taiwan October 2009 21 November 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-29
  2. Love HK Film.com 40th Annual Golden Horse Awards 13 December 2003. Retrieved 2011-05-29
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