Vivian Wu | |||||||||
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邬君梅 | |||||||||
 Wu in 2007. | |||||||||
| Born | Wu Junmei February 5, 1966 Shanghai, China | ||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||
| Years active | 1981–present | ||||||||
| Spouse |
Oscar Luis Costo (m. 1994) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄔君梅 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 邬君梅 | ||||||||
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Vivian Wu (née Wu Junmei; Chinese: 邬君梅; born February 5, 1966) is a Chinese-American actress.[1][2] Starring in a variety of North American and Chinese productions, her big break came in 1987, when she appeared in the biographical film The Last Emperor. She later went to starring in films Iron & Silk (1990), The Guyver (1991), Heaven & Earth (1993), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), The Joy Luck Club (1993), and most notably playing the leading roles in The Pillow Book (1996) and The Soong Sisters (1997). In 2020, she starred as Dr. Lu Wang in the Netflix science fiction drama series Away, while in 2023, she portrayed Vivian Zhu in the Apple TV+ murder mystery comedy series The Afterparty.
- ^ Reference to Chinese celebraties who hold citizenship in other countries, scmp.com. Accessed 24 August 2022.
- ^ Chen Nan: Lady Shanghai, China Daily, 27 April 2007.