Terri Kwan

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 mater	University of the Arts (Philadelphia) New York University
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer, model, author
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Christian Chu ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	關穎
Simplified Chinese	关颖
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guan Ying

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

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.

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
2002	Southbound Swallow
	Drop Me a Cat	給我一隻貓
2003	Turn Left, Turn Right	向左走·向右走	Ruby
2005	The Heirloom	宅變	Yo
2007	Shamo	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
2008	Good Will Evil	兇魅	Yi-Hsi
	Buttonman	鈕扣人	Juan
2009	Prince of Tears	淚王子	Ou Yang Qian Jun
2010	The Fourth Portrait	第四張畫	Huang Laoshi (Teacher Huang)
2012	Black & 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
2013	My Lucky Star		Charlize
2014	Black & White: The Dawn of Justice

Television series

Year	English title	Original title	Role
2002	Toast 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 Girl	Hi 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
2008	Wish to See You Again	這裡發現愛	Lu Yi
2009	Starlit	心星的淚光	Dong Xiao Lu

External links

• Terri Kwan at IMDb
• Terri Kwan at chinesemov.com