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(Redirected from Wang Siyi) Taiwanese actress and model
Brenda Wang Szu-yi
Born (Wang Hsin-ching)
(1972-12-11) December 11, 1972 (age 52)
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Alma materNational Taiwan University of Arts
Years active1993–present
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Szu-yi (born Wang Hsin-ching on 11 December 1972), also known as Brenda Wang, is a Taiwanese actress and former model.

Career

Wang became a model in 1985. In 1989 she was named a "Top 10 model in Taipei". She started her acting career in the 1993 mega-hit Taiwanese TV series Justice Pao, but her breakout did not come until 1998, when she portrayed Pan Jinlian in the 1998 Chinese TV series The Water Margin. This role made her well known in mainland China, where she has based her career since.

In 2000, she appeared in a skit on CCTV New Year's Gala along with Pan Changjiang and Gong Hanlin, becoming the first Taiwanese actor to appear on China's most-watched annual television event.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Final Dash (背水一战) Chen Tianhong
2005 Sudden Lover (青春爱人事件) Sister Fen
Survive the Laughter (笑里逃生) Chen Mei
2006 Flying Sword (飛刀)
The Kitchen (后厨) Xu Bing
2007 Call for Love (爱情呼叫转移) Manager Chen
2009 Lanzhou 1949 (蘭州1949) Xiao Yun
An Honest and Upright Official (五品縣令)
Memories of the Clay Plateau (红土地画)
2010 The Love of Kanas (喀纳斯之恋) Chen Ruozhi
2011 Bloody Yanmen Pass (浴血雁門關)
Under the Influence (戒烟不戒酒)
2012 One Night to Be Star (一夜成名)
2013 Happy Life of Yang Guang (杨光的快乐生活) hotel manager
2014 Aurora's Love (爱的北极光)
2017 Hu Yang's Summer
2019 Once Upon a Time in China

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Legends of Liu Po-wen (劉伯溫傳奇) Mei Ying
1993 Justice Pao (包青天) Sun Cuiping Segment 35: "Judgment of Life and Death" (陰陽判)
Ouyang Linglong Segment 40: "The Beggar Prince" (乞丐王孫)
1994 The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants (七俠五義) Ouyang Yunyi
Heavenly Ghost Catcher (天師鍾馗) Du Shiniang
No Tears in Red Dust (紅塵無淚)
1995 Legends of Koxinga (國姓爺傳奇)
The Lover of the First Emperor (秦始皇與阿房女) Yiyun
Hua Mulan (排山倒海花木蘭) Hu Li
1998 The Water Margin (水滸傳) Pan Jinlian
1999 Princess Zhuangji (莊姬公主) Zhuangji
2005 The Heroine Mu Guiying (巾幗英雄穆桂英) Mu Guiying
2006 The Confucian General of Tang Dynasty (大唐儒將開漳聖王) Wu Zetian
Survivor (幸存者)
Let's Remarry (我们复婚吧)
2007 Fairy Couple (天仙配)
2008 Ming Dynasty's Legendary Doctor Li Shizhen (大明醫聖李時珍)
2009 The Rebellious Woman (叛女)
Huang Tingjian, the Talented Son of Great Song (大宋才子黃庭堅) Grand Empress Dowager Cao
2010 Golden Wedding (金婚风雨情)
My Ugly Father (我的丑爹)
The Raid of Ningxiang (凝香劫)
2011 1911 Revolution (辛亥革命) Chen Cuifen
Tears of Pear Flower (梨花淚)
Excessive Sweet Lady (奢香夫人)
The Story of Xiayin (俠隱記)
2012 Ocean Couple (望海)
Winter Snow (冬雪)
The Phantom (幻影)
Secret Battles on Mount Taiyang (密戰太陽山)
2013 Happy Noodle (幸福的面条)
Nine Deaths, One Life (九死一生)
2014 A Century of Huanxiang (百年莞香)
The King of Games (游戏之王)
The Strait (海峡)
The Love Song of Xikou (西口情歌)
Cuilan's Love (翠兰的爱情)
TBA Wind and Rain (風雨)

References

  1. Brenda Wang at douban.com
  2. Brenda Wang at chinesemov.com

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