William Gao

William Gao
高鑫
Gao in 2023
Born (2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 (age 21)[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • musician
Years active2016–present
Musical career
InstrumentsPiano, keyboard
Member ofWasia Project
Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāo Xīn
IPA[káʊ ɕín]

William Gao (Chinese: 高鑫; pinyin: Gāo Xīn; born 20 February 2003) is an English actor and musician. He is known for his debut role as Tao Xu in the Netflix series Heartstopper (2022–present), for which he was nominated for a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance.[2]

Gao and his younger sister Olivia Hardy formed a music duo called Wasia Project in 2019.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Schneider, Michael (November 2022). "Netflix Leads First-Ever Children's & Family Emmy Nominations Tally". Variety. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  3. ^ "The Wasia Project". Hotvox. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ^ Bhutani, Pankhuri (1 June 2022). "William Gao". Revamp. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2022.