Biography

An actress from Taiwan, Shiang-chyi Chen was discovered by director Edward Yang while she was taking an acting class. She appeared in two of Yang's films, including A Confucian Confusion (1994). She then studied performing arts at New York University. Afterwards, Chen resumed her career in Taiwan, and she is best-known for her work with director Tsai Ming-liang over the next decade. Chen had starring roles in several of Tsai's films, including What Time Is It There? (2001), Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003), The Wayward Cloud (2005), and I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006). Chen won the Best Actress Golden Horse Award for her performance in Exit (2014). She is an assistant professor of theatre at the Taipei National University of the Arts.
- IMDb mini biography by: Patrick Lin