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
Occupations	Actress, singer, model, author
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Christian Chu ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	3
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, singer and socialite.

Early life

Kwan was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her father, Edward Chen Kuo-ho, the former chairman of Jih Sun Financial Holding, while her mother, Tsai Shu-yuan, is the daughter of Tsai Wan-chun, founder of the Lin Yuan Group.

Kwan moved from Japan to Taiwan at 5. She studied dancing at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia before graduating from New York University with a master's degree in arts administration.

Career

In 2001 Kwan began appearing in advertisements and endorsing numerous products, like Tobaby Hair Products and JC Sunglasses. In 2002, she had one of her first leading roles in the Taiwanese film Drop Me a Cat 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. For her role, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award at the 40th Golden Horse Award.^[1][2]

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.

Filmography

References

External links

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