Vivian Wu
Biography
Vivian Wu is a Chinese-born American actress who started acting at 16 at the Shanghai Film Studio and landed her breakthrough in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor (1987) as Wenxiu, a part she auditioned for in 1985. She went on to appear in Iron & Silk (1990) and the superhero comedy Guyver (1991), and her performance in The Joy Luck Club (1993) and her leading role in the erotic drama The Pillow Book (1996) brought her critical praise. Other credits include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), and she played Soong Mei-ling in The Soong Sisters (1997) and The Founding of a Republic (2009). She earned a Genie Award nomination as May-Lin Eng in Eve and the Fire Horse (2005), guested on television shows including ER and Murder, She Wrote, and returned to Hollywood productions in 2020 as astronaut Lu Wang in the Netflix series Away.
60years old
Turns 61 on February 5in 115 days
- Born Shanghai
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Vivian Wu Junmei
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 39 years1987 to 2026
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Big break
In 1985 Vivian Wu auditioned for Wenxiu in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, a 1987 film. She landed the role six months afterward, and it became her first big screen part.
Early training
Vivian Wu attended Shanghai Shixi High School, and she started acting at the age of 16 at Shanghai Film Studio.
A change of course
Vivian Wu served as a judge on World's Got Talent, a Hunan TV program. She was among the four original judges on the show.
Vivian Wu movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Wayne Wang directed two of these films, Peter Greenaway two. Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Joan Chen's page
Russell Wong's page
Victor Wong's page
Wayne WangDirector, 2 films, 1993 to 2011
All films by Wayne Wang
All films by Peter Greenaway
Box office
What Vivian Wu's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$191 million
9 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$63M32.7% of the total
- 2$44M23.0% of the total
- 3$42M22.1% of the total
- 4$33M17.2% of the total
- 5$5.9M3.1% of the total
- 6$1.3M0.7% of the total
- 7$1.1M0.6% of the total
- 8$906K0.5% of the total
$437,568from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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