Vivian Sung

Vivian Sung Yun-hua (Chinese: 宋芸樺; pinyin: Sòng Yúnhuà; born 21 October 1992) is a Taiwanese actress, best known for the films Café. Waiting. Love and Our Times. She was nominated for the Best Actress award at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards for her role as Lin Chen-hsin in Our Times.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sung.
Vivian Sung
Sung in July 2018
Born (1992-10-21) 21 October 1992
Taipei, Taiwan
Alma materFu Jen Catholic University
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present
Chinese name
Chinese宋芸樺
Vivian Sung
Chinese宋芸樺

Career

Before her debut, Sung starred in many short films and music videos, mostly along with her friends. She first appeared in IGUband's music video "So I Stopped". The music video was widely circulated amongst students, resulting in her receiving many short film offers. Thereafter, with a growing interest in the entertainment industry, Sung began by signing a contract with Star Ritz.

Sung's debut movie was screenwriter and producer Giddens Ko's romance film Café. Waiting. Love, in which she plays the lead role of Lee Si-ying. Ko said on his blog that he was hoping to find new people to play the lead roles and had to do a lot of interviews and auditions. At that time, Sung was still a third-year university student, studying at Fu Jen Catholic University, Department of Textiles and Clothing. After Sung's interview with film producer Angie Chai, Ko told his agent, "This girl is perfect for the role!" After several rounds of auditions and interviews, Sung was chosen to play the role. Café. Waiting. Love premiered in August 2014, earning more than NT$200 million at the Taiwan box office, earning Sung much recognition.

In 2015, Sung starred in her second film, Our Times, as lead character Lin Zhen-xin. The film's producer, Yeh Ju-fen, said that after ten auditions, she had never seen an actor like Sung. Director Frankie Chen said in an interview that Sung is a logical thinking girl, but her character is the complete opposite and acts based on her instincts instead. Hence, on her first day of filming, Sung could not even get into character. Mentor Xu Jiehui suggested to break down Sung's elegance, forcing her to learn how to be her character by unlearning how to be herself.

Our Times topped the box office in Taiwan, earning more than NT$400 million. Sung received her first award nomination for Best Actress at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards. Then 22 years old, she was the youngest among the five candidates. While Sung did not win the award, she was praised for her performance of the theme song, "A Little Happiness," at the awards ceremony.

After appearing in two movies, Sung appeared in the TVBS television series Taste of Love as the lead actress, in which she played a tour guide overly obsessed with good food.

In 2016, Sung was cast as the lead character, Shen-xi, in the Chinese fantasy web-series Proud of Love. The first season aired on Youku on September 9, 2016, and concluded with the second season on January 1, 2017.[1]

The third film that Sung starred in, as lead character Li En-pei, was Take Me to the Moon, which premiered in December 2017.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Starry Eyes
2014Café. Waiting. LoveLee Si-ying
2015Our TimesLin Zhen-xin
2015Les Aventures d'AnthonyXiaohei
2017Mon Mon Mon MonstersStudentCameo
2017Take Me to the MoonLi En-pei
2018The Way of the BugJing Xiang
2018Hello Mr. BillionaireXia Zhu
2019Nina WuKiki
2019Love The Way You AreZhou Lin Lin

Television series
YearTitleRole
2015Taste of LoveYe Xiaohe
2016-2017 Proud of Love Shenxi
2019Memory Eclipse
2019My Spicy GirlXia Ruyue
2020Lost RomanceZheng Xiao En

Music video
YearArtistSong title
2011IGUband"So I Stop"
2013Mayday"Three Fools"
2015Kenny Khoo"The One and Only"
2015Hu Xia"Take Care of Her For Me"
2015Ming Bridges"Beautiful Melody"
2016Mayday"Tough"

[2] [3]

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
201552nd Golden Horse AwardsBest Leading ActressOur TimesNominated
gollark: The Infinite Collider
gollark: The Nightmare Collider
gollark: The Collider of Devastation
gollark: The Doom Collider
gollark: Suggested xkcd telescope names: The Very Large Telescope ☑ The Extremely Large Telescope ☑ The Overwhelmingly Large Telescope ☑ (Canceled) The Oppressively Colossal Telescope ☐ The Mind-numbingly Vast Telescope ☐ The Despair Telescope ☐ The Cataclysmic Telescope ☐ The Telescope of Devastation ☐ The Nightmare Scope ☐ The Infinite Telescope ☐ The Final Telescope ☐ I propose these names for colliders:The Oppressively Colossal Collider

References
  1. "《别那么骄傲》". Baidu. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. Vivian Sung at douban.com
  3. Vivian Sung at chinesemov.com
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