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Chen Shiang-Chyi
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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 int…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Chen Shiang-Chyi's Filmography
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Increasing Echo
as Mrs. Yan. Hsiu-Hsin YEH
The Deserted
The Receptionist
as Sasa
The Clearstream Affair
as Mrs. Yin
Exit
as Ling-tzu
Stray Dogs
as Woman
Past Present
as Self
Soul
as Little Yun
Visage
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
as Chyi
The Wayward Cloud
as National Museum Narrator
Bear Hug
as Mom
My Stinking Kid
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
as Ticket Woman
Robinson's Crusoe
as Hsui-Ling
The Skywalk Is Gone
as Young Woman
Love Drifting Between Intimacy and Loneliness
as Lee Ling-hsuan
What Time Is It There?
as Shiang-Chyi
Half of Heaven
as Anyi
Restless
as Lin Qing Qing
The Hole
as (voice)
Tsuru-Henry
The River
as Hsiao-Kang's Girlfriend
Sexy Story
Yours and Mine
Sweet Degeneration
as Ju-feng
A Confucian Confusion
as Qiqi
Growth Period
as Qiqi
Likely Consequence
as Wife (As Chen Zianqi)
A Brighter Summer Day
as Little Doctor's Fiancée