Annie Chen
Annie Chen Ting Ni 陳åºå¦® | |
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Pinyin | Chén TÃng NÄ« (Mandarin) |
Born |
Taichung, Taiwan | April 28, 1989
Occupation | model, actress, host, endorser |
Official website | Annie Chen's profile on CatWalk |
Also known as | 妮妮 Ni Ni |
Annie Chen (born 陳åºå¦®; pinyin: Chén TÃng NÄ«),[1] is a Taiwanese model, actress, and endorser.
She was the first person to win at the The First Kaiwo "Phantasy Star" CatwalkGirl modelling contest in 2007.[2] A year later, she made her acting debut in Prince + Princess 2, playing the lead role Zhao Ke Rou (趙克柔).[3]
Biography
Early life and education
Annie Chen was born on April 28, 1989 in Taichung, Taiwan. She is an only child. Chen has stated in interviews that she was conceived through in vitro fertilization because her parents had a difficult time conceiving a child naturally.[4] Her father owned a wholesale frozen poultry business in Taichung that went bankrupt in 2010 due to the bird flu virus outbreak that year in Taiwan. She attended Viator Catholic High School (è¡›é“ä¸å¸) during her junior high school, and graduated her secondary studies in Shin Min High School (新民高ä¸). She took Department of Finance at the Kainan University, in which she began to work during her senior year. She, then, moved at the Hsing Wu University of Science and Technology, Department of Finance, where she applied for leave because of her work.[5]
Career
2007-2008: Modelling and acting debut
Annie Chen is 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) tall.[6] During her post-secondary years, she joined a modelling competition where she won the championship title at the The First Kaiwo "Phantasy Star" CatwalkGirl contest in 2007.[2] The selection process was between June 18 to August 18 of 2007.[7] After winning, she began to work at the Catwalk Production House and get more opportunities, which includes being an MTV Taiwan VJ host, advertising endorser of various products, and a well-known magazine cover model.[5]
In 2008, she gets her first recognition as an actress after starring in Judy Chou's music video, who came a runner-up in the One Million Star singing competition.[5] Subsequently, she starred on her first acting career in CTS' Prince + Princess 2 (王å看見二公主) as the main female lead, Zhao Ke Rou (趙克柔).[3]
2009-2011: Television series opportunities
In 2009, she starred in Wilber Pan's song entitled "Silence Room for Rent" (寂屋出租) included in his 007 album.[8] She was also cast in CTV's Momo Love as Zhang Kaili (張凱莉), Chen Qi's (Ken Chu) girlfriend.[9]
Chen got her second and third leading roles in a television series during 2010. One is Happy and Love Forever (幸ç¦ä¸€å®šå¼º), the first series of Happy of the Rings trilogy (幸ç¦ä¸‰éƒ¨æ›²çš„首部曲) of Anhui TV, with Ming Dao and Li Yi Feng.[10] She played the character of Pan Xiao Nuo, a girl who coincidentally met Yin Ding Qiang after her ex-boyfriend's betrayal towards her. The next series is CTS' Volleyball Lover (我的排隊情人) with Godfrey Gao. She portrayed the role of Xin Hai Jing (辛海éœ), Bai Qian Rui's childhood friend and a volleyball player.[11] In addition, Chen also starred in Life Drama Exhibition "Public Television life drama" (人生劇展 "公共電視_人生劇展") Goodbye (å†è¦‹å…¨å£˜æ‰“) as Zhao Zhong Ci (趙ä¸æ…ˆ).[12]
Chen, along with Ming Dao, guest starred in the second series of Happy of the Rings trilogy entitled Sunny Happiness in 2011, continuing her relationship with Yin Ding Qiang, now as a wife.[13] She, then, played a supporting role in CTS' Material Queen (拜金女王) as Sa Xia (莎å¤).[14]
At the end of the year 2011, Chen was cast as the main female lead of SETTV television series' Inborn Pair (真愛找麻煩) as Song Yi Jie (宋奕婕).[15]
2012-2013: Love Now and Love Around

For the third time, Chen and Dao portrayed their roles in Happy and Love Forever as a loving couple, and acted along with Mike He and Janine Chang, the casts of Sunny Happiness, in the third and last series of Happy of the Rings trilogy entitled Happy Michelin Kitchen.[16]
After Chen's successful drama with Chris Wang on Inborn Pair in 2012,[17] she started filming Love, Now in Boracay, Philippines with her new leading man, George Hu.[18][19] Chen plays the character of Yang Yi-Ru (楊奕茹), a workaholic person who went on vacation and coincidentally meets Lan Shi-de (è—仕德).[20] The series was successful as both the drama and Chen's pairing with George Hu received positive reviews.[21][22]
Right after their successful team-up on March 5, 2013, Chen and Hu paired up once again on their new television series, Love Around starting on June 9, 2013. SETTV.[23] All 21 episodes of the drama remained number one in its time slot throughout its airing.[24]
2014-Present: Parting with Sanlih
Chen started 2014 mainly concentrating on modeling work. In February, during early develops she turned down the lead role for a SETTV drama called "Love Met Cupid" in order to let her contract with Sanlih E-Television expire and not renew it. The drama "Love Met Cupid" would later become SETTV's drama Pleasantly Surprised, which became a hit.[25]
After taking almost a year hiatus from acting she returned to the small screen in late 2014 with the TVBS drama Boysitter.[26] The drama is about a single unwed mother played by Chen who has to decide if she will take back her irresponsible ex-boyfriend and father of her child played by River Huang or be with her more mature and reliable co-worker played by Melvin Sia.
Personal life
Annie Chen has been rumored since December 2012 to be in a relationship with her "Love, Now" and "Love Around" co-star Taiwanese actor George Hu whom she met during filming of "Love, Now".[27] News of the two dating in real life first started circulating when it was reported that Hu was exclusively carpooling Chen in his own car to and from filming locations everyday, the two holding hands backstage during SETTV 2013 New Years countdown show, and both were caught at a movie theater together. In 2015, both Chen and Hu admitted to be in a relationship since 2012.[28] The two have been caught numerous times by gossip news photographers on private outings together. Sightings of the two by Taiwanese netizens has also been posted on the internet claiming to have witnessed them dining alone together and acting like a loving couple.[29] In February 2014 the two admitted to going on a trip together to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida USA during their vacation time off when reports of fans overseas recognizing them were published. When questioned by reporters about their private relationship both have neither admitted or denied being in a relationship together, both would only say they are "good friends, good good friends, who enjoy each others company", although Chen has stated in interviews that if the other party is willing to go public with the relationship she is willing too also.[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
Television Series
Year | Network | English Title | Original Title | Character/Role |
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2008 | CTS | Prince + Princess 2 | 王å看見二公主 | Zhao Ke Rou (趙克柔) |
2009 | CTV, GTV | Momo Love | 桃花å°å¦¹ | Zhang Kai Li (張凱莉) |
2010 | Anhui TV | Happy and Love Forever | 幸ç¦ä¸€å®šå¼º | Pan Xiao Nuo |
CTS | Volleyball Lover | 我的排隊情人 | Xin Hai Jing (辛海éœ) | |
PTS | "Public Television life drama" - Goodbye | å†è¦‹å…¨å£˜æ‰“ | Zhao Zhong Ci (趙ä¸æ…ˆ) | |
2011 | Anhui TV, CTV | Sunny Happiness | 幸ç¦æœ€æ™´å¤© | Pan Xiao Nuo |
CTS | Material Queen | 拜金女王 | Sha Xia (莎å¤) | |
SETTV | Inborn Pair | 真愛找麻煩 | Song Yi Jie (宋奕婕) | |
2012 | Anhui TV, CTV | Happy Michelin Kitchen | 幸ç¦ä¸‰é¢—星 | Pan Xiao Nuo |
SETTV | Love, Now | 真愛è¶ç¾åœ¨ | Yang Yi Ru (楊奕茹) | |
2013 | TTV | Love Around | çœŸæ„›é»‘ç™½é… | Liang Xiao Shu (æ¢å°èˆ’) |
2014 | TVBS, CTV | Boysitter | ä¿æ‘©å¥³æ¶é å©š | Yuan Fei (å…ƒè²) |
Short films/drama
Date | English title | Original title | Role |
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June 24, 2011 | Clear Honey Star Experience - Female Version | 清蜜星體驗 - "女生版" | Ann (安安) |
April 12, 2013 | At This Moment - Love It 2013 | 這一刻,愛å§2013 | Ren Xin Yi (任心宜) |
Music video appearances
Year | Song Title | Details |
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2008 | "Lonely Box" (寂寞包廂)[38] |
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2009 | "Silence Room for Rent" (寂屋出租) |
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2013 | "Happiness is not a Love Song" (幸ç¦ä¸æ˜¯æƒ…æŒ)[39] |
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2013 | "Chorus is ever so Touching" (副æŒåˆ¥å†é‚£éº¼å‹•äºº)[40] |
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Endorsements
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References
- ↑ "Annie Chen". Facebook. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- 1 2 (Chinese)"陳åºå¦®é‡æƒ…挺 夢幻之星起跑". Sharp Daily. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- 1 2 "事的çµå±€...王å跟公主從æ¤éŽè‘—........". CTS. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ (Chinese) nextmedia.com Retrieved 2013-09-01
- 1 2 3 (Chinese)"陳åºå¦® 2007å¹´å¤¢å¹»ä¹‹æ˜Ÿå† è»". Catwalk. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ "Annie Chen". Catwalk. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ "第一屆凱渥夢幻之星CatwalkGirlé¸æ‹”大賽". Catwalk. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ (Chinese)潘瑋æŸé™³åºå¦®ç”œèœœæ‹MV 年齡差è·å¤§æ„›ç«é›£ç‡ƒ. Sina.com. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ↑ "Momo Love". GTV. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ (Chinese)"Happy and Love Forever". Sina.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ (Chinese)"Volleyball Lover". CTS. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ "Public Television television list". PTS. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ "Sunny Happiness. CTV. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ "Material Queen". CTS. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ "Inborn Pair". SETTV. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
- ↑ "Happy Michelin Kitchen". Baidu. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
- ↑ (Chinese)"宥å‹è½‰æ„›è¨±ç‘‹ç”¯ 陳åºå¦®åˆ¥æŠ±èƒ¡å®‡å¨". Liberty Times. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ↑ (Chinese)"「真愛è¶ç¾åœ¨ã€èƒ¡å®‡å¨ã€é™³åºå¦®åŒéŠé•·ç˜å³¶å–景 竇智å”ç¹³å¸è²»å‘好å‹å¸æŠŠå¦¹"]. WowNews. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ↑ (Chinese)"「真愛è¶ç¾åœ¨ã€èƒ¡å®‡å¨ã€é™³åºå¦®é èµ´é•·ç˜å³¶æµªæ¼«é–ƒå©š". Wow News. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ↑ "Love, Now". SETTV. Retrieved 2013-0-03.
- ↑ (Chinese)"「真愛è¶ç¾åœ¨ã€æ”¶è¦–ç ´äº” 胡宇å¨è¨±è«¾ç©¿æ¯”基尼æ‹æˆ²". WowNews. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ↑ (Chinese)"胡宇å¨æ›–昧æ‹æ‰‹ã€Œå•ªï¼å•ªï¼ã€ã€€ã€Šè˜é™µçŽ‹ã€‹å¤«å©¦ç¾žç´…臉". Yahoo. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ↑ (Chinese)"Love Around". SETTV. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ (Chinese)"八點檔收視率排行". Showbiz Times.
- ↑ éƒé›ªèŠ™å心尪「金希澈比金秀賢帥ã€. Retrieved 10-01-2014 (Chinese)
- ↑ 陳åºå¦®åŠ›æŒºé»ƒæ²³å¾—çŽ ç›¼æ‘¸é‡‘é˜çŽåº§æ²¾å…‰. Retrieved 11-19-2014 (Chinese)
- ↑ (Chinese) George Hu & Annie Chen nownews.com Retrieved 2014-02-14
- ↑ (Chinese) George Hu & Annie Chen yahoo.com news Retrieved 2014-02-16
- ↑ (Chinese) George Hu & Annie Chen chinayes.com news Retrieved 2014-02-14
- ↑ (Chinese) George Hu & Annie Chen appledaily news Retrieved 2014-02-14
- ↑ (Chinese) George Hu & Annie Chen appledaily news Retrieved 2014-02-14
- ↑ (Chinese) George Hu & Annie Chen shcaoan.com news Retrieved 2014-02-14
- ↑ (Chinese) George Hu & Annie Chen ipiao.com news Retrieved 2014-02-14
- ↑ (Chinese) George Hu & Annie Chen chinatimes news Retrieved 2014-02-14
- ↑ (Chinese) George Hu & Annie Chen ettoday news Retrieved 2014-02-14
- ↑ (Chinese) George Hu & Annie Chen ettoday news Retrieved 2014-02-14
- ↑ (Chinese) Annie Chen chinayes.com news Retrieved 2014-02-14
- ↑ "周定緯 - 寂寞包廂 (官方版MV)". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ "::首æ’::Rene劉若英[幸ç¦ä¸æ˜¯æƒ…æŒ]MV官方完整版-三立è¯åŠ‡[兩個爸爸]片尾曲". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
- ↑ Ming Dao MV. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
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