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Chen Shiang-Chyi

ActorBorn November 27, 1969 (55 years)
Chen Shiang-chyi (Chinese: 陳湘琪; pinyin: chén xiāng qí; born 27 November 1969) is a Taiwanese actress best known for her long-lasting collaboration with critically acclaimed filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang.

When she was studying at the Taipei National University of the Arts, Chen was spotted by Edward Yang when he walked by her acting class. After her performance in Yang's A Confucian Confusion, she moved to New York City to study performing arts, later graduating from the Educational Theatre master's program at New York University.

After Chen returned to Taiwan, she starred in many of Tsai Ming-liang's films. She also appeared in Lin Cheng-sheng's Sweet Degeneration (1997), which was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2014, she won the Best Actress award at the Golden Horse Film Festival for her performance in Exit. Chen teaches at the Taipei National University of the Arts as an assistant professor of theatre.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The River

Known For

  • Goodbye, Dragon Inn
  • The Wayward Cloud
  • What Time Is It There?
  • A Confucian Confusion
  • Stray Dogs
  • The Skywalk Is Gone
  • The River
  • I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
  • The Hole
  • Exit
  • The Receptionist
  • Increasing Echo
  • Bear Hug
  • Half of Heaven

Filmography

2021
Increasing Echo · as Mrs. Yan. Hsiu-Hsin Yeh
2017
2016
The Receptionist · as Sasa
2014
The Clearstream Affair · as Mrs. Yin
2014
Exit · as Ling-Tzu
2013
Stray Dogs · as Woman
2013
Soul · as Yun
2009
2006
2005
The Wayward Cloud · as National Museum Narrator
2004
Bear Hug · as Mom
2003
Goodbye, Dragon Inn · as Ticket Woman
2003
The Missing · as Cast
2002
The Skywalk Is Gone · as Young Woman
2001
What Time Is It There? · as Shiang-Chyi
2000
Half of Heaven · as Anyi
1998
Restless · as Lin Qing Qing
1998
The Hole · as (voice)
1998
1997
The River · as Hsiao-Kang's Girlfriend
1997
Sweet Degeneration · as Ju-Feng
1994
1992
1991
A Brighter Summer Day · as Little Doctor's Fiancée

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