Ella Chen
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Ella Chen | |||||||
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![]() Ella Chen in 2015 | |||||||
Born | Chen Chia-hwa 18 June 1981 | ||||||
Occupation(s) | Singer, actress, television host | ||||||
Years active | 2001–present | ||||||
Agent(s) | EHalo Entertainment CO., LTD | ||||||
Musical career | |||||||
Also known as | Chen Jiahua | ||||||
Genres | Mandopop | ||||||
Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano, guitar | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 陈 | ||||||
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Ella Chen Chia-hwa (traditional Chinese:
Musical career[edit]
On 8 August 2000, HIM International Music held a 'Universal 2000 Talent and Beauty Girl Contest' in search of new artists to sign under their label. When Chen traveled with her older sister to Taipei for a holiday, she discovered that her sister had registered her for the competition. Intimidated by the long line of contestants and worried of facing ridicule for her tomboy personality, Chen almost gave up before the first round, but her sister convinced her to stay. Chen's deep voice caught the label's attention, and she reached the final round. Her alto voice was noted for its strong and beautiful nature.[1]
Following the conclusion of the contest, Chen returned to her duties at a local hospital, but received a call from HIM International requesting an additional audition. After test recordings were done, she signed on as part of HIM's newest girl group, S.H.E. Her English name 'Ella', which means courage, was derived from a personality test set by HIM Management Co.[2] When Chen first tested out her signature, HIM employees were concerned that the signature would be easily forged due to its simplicity; thus, during S.H.E's early days, Ella signed autographs using the last character of her name, (pinyin: huà). However, as S.H.E's autograph sessions drew larger audiences, Chen reverted to her simpler, English signature.[3]
During her career with S.H.E, Chen has been the most accident-prone member. On 29 July 2003, she was sent to the hospital after jumping from the third story of a building and injuring her spine while filming a variety program; the two other members refused to jump. She returned three weeks later to promote Super Star. In 2005, during the filming of Reaching for the Stars, Chen burned her ears and hair on a candle, prompting crew members to send her to the National Taiwan University Hospital.[4] She stayed away from filming for two days, during which she cut off approximately two centimeters of burnt hair on both sides of her head.[4]
In 2007, Chen was voted by online fans as Taiwan's most down-to-earth artist.[5] Since the release of S.H.E's first album in 2001, Chen has usually been the one to answer reporter's questions.[6] As the tomboy of S.H.E, Chen is frequently the subject of jokes targeting her gender and sexual orientation, but she usually takes the jabs in stride.[7] In one online poll she was labelled as one of China's Four Main Tomboys of the past century.[8]
In 2009, Chen composed a song for her seniors Power Station, entitled "Love Crazy/
Acting career[edit]
Her unusually deep voice earned her a starring role as the voice of Arthur in the Mandarin version of Arthur and the Minimoys.[citation needed]
In 2003, Chen starred in drama series The Rose (
In 2005, Chen and her S.H.E group mates were involved in a drama called Reaching for the Stars (
2010 marked Chen's return to the drama series arena when she starred alongside Jerry Yan (
In 2012, Chen ventured onto the big screen in her first full-length film New Perfect Two (
As a singer and an actress, Chen has also appeared in various music videos such as
In 2013, Chen filmed a Chinese New Year Drama in Shanghai entitled Ji Pin Da Zuo Zhan which required her to film one month straight as she went back and forth from Taiwan to Shanghai to fulfill her group activities in her home country.
Chen also hosted a dating show, Take Me Out, with Harlem Yu which began airing on 13 April 2013. She was nominated for Best Entertainment TV Show Host along with Yu at the 49th Golden Bell Awards. Chen was a judge in Season 2 of the Chinese reality singing television show, Masked Singer.
Chen was a vocal mentor on Produce 101 China, which aired in 2018. In 2020, Chen joined Season 2 of the Chinese survival show, Youth With You, otherwise also known as Idol Producer Season 3, as a vocal coach along with Cai Xukun, Lisa and Jony J.[9]
Personal life[edit]
In October 2016, Chen announced that she was 6 weeks pregnant with her first child with her husband, Alvin Lai, who is Malaysian. Their child, a boy, was born on 12 April 2017.[10] She first revealed her son nine months after his birth on social media.[11] He later appeared at S.H.E 17th anniversary concert as a surprise guest.[12]
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
- Why Not – released 17 April 2015
- Bad Habits – released 01 April 2024 ella chen's instragram
Extended plays[edit]
- Qiang Qiang – released 27 August 2007.
- To Be Ella – released 30 March 2012.
- Me vs. Me – released 28 October 2016
- Ella Show - Entertainment Unlimited Company – released 16 November 2020
Solo / duet[edit]
- 单手
超人 (Dān Shǒu Chāorén / Single-handed Superman) 我 就是我 (Wǒ Jiù Shì Wǒ / I Am Just Me) – A self-penned and self-composed song she made for her Solo Performance in the S.H.E Is The One Concert Tour.[13]- 跟月
亮 Say Goodbye (Gēn Yuèliàng Say Goodbye / Say Goodbye with the Moon) – Solo – unreleased but leaked around April 2010.[14] - 你被
寫 在 我 的 歌 裡 (Nǐ Bèi Xiě Zài Wǒ De Gē Li / You're To Write in My Songs) – Duet with Wu Qing-feng – was the featured artist in What Is Troubling You (你在煩惱 什麼 ) Album by Sodagreen, released 11 November 2011. 別 (Bie / Don't) – A solo in Girl's Dorm (女 生 宿舍 )- 偷偷
愛 著 你 (Tou Tou Ai Zhe Ni / Secretly in Love with You) – Opening theme song of Hana Kimi, but 'Zen Me Ban' was chosen. It was used as a jingle for Pop Radio 2011. - NTC – NIKE 2012 Be Amazing Movement declaration song
熱 水 澡 (Re Shui Zao / Hot Bath) – Commercial single from the original song for Stanley Huang's Leng Shui Zao.- 你好,疯子 (Ni Hao, Feng Zi / Hello Crazy) – Single by Ella Chen from the title of the movie with the same name.
真 的 我 (Zhen De Wo) - Ending Theme Song for Taiwan Drama 謊言遊戲 (The Lying Game)我 的 寶 My Baby (Wo De Bao, My Baby / My Treasure, My Baby)終 於愛情 Finally in Love (Zhong Yu Ai Qing) – Theme song for the movie,脫 單 告 急 (Dude's Manual)- Anytime is Happy Time - Commercial single for Taiwan Beer
心 不 名狀 Inexplicable (Xin Bu Ming Zhuang) - Theme Song for the movie,大 三 元 (Big Three Dragon)都 幾 歲 了 How Old Are You (Dou Ji Sui Le) - Theme Song for the Taiwan GTV drama,幸福 一 家人 (The Family)- 囉哩叭唆 Stop Nagging (Luo Li Ba Suo)
晚 安 歌 Good Night (Wan An Ge)
Filmography[edit]
Television series[edit]
Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Magical Love | Juliet | ||
2003 | The Rose | Zheng Baihe | ||
2005 | Reaching for the Stars | Ren Jie | ||
2006 | Hanazakarino Kimitachihe | Lu Ruixi (Ashiya Mizuki) | ||
2007 | The Lollipop Idol Drama | Herself | ||
2010 | Down With Love | 就想赖着你 | Yang Guo | |
2013 | Ji Pin Da Zuo Zhan | Yang Aiwa | ||
2014 | The Lying Game | 謊言 |
Sun Zhen | |
2014 | Love by the River | Chen Yuanxiu | ||
2023 | Dr. Lifesaver | Xu Min’an | ||
2024 | Dr. Lifesaver 2 | Xu Min’an |
Film[edit]
Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | The Long Goodbye | |||
2011 | Abba | |||
2012 | Perfect Two | Ma Niu | ||
2012 | Bad Girls | Ah Dan | ||
2015 | Lucky Star | Wang Zu Hong | ||
2015 | The Missing Piece | Sha Sha | ||
2019 | Big Three Dragons | Shen Wu Que | ||
2023 | Red Line | Hui Hui |
Variety show[edit]
Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | Produce 101 | Vocal Instructor | ||
2020 | Youth With You 2020 | Vocal Instructor |
Music videos[edit]
Year | Song title | Artist |
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2017 | "Beginning of the End" ( |
Mayday |
2019 | "Like Boom Boom" ( |
Nine One One |
References[edit]
- ^ "网易
教育 频道". 5 November 2003. Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2023. - ^ "Selina revealed what their English names were before S.H.E". YouTube. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "《S.H.E
生活 的 娱乐叙事 》(4)". Sina.com. 14 September 2004. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2023. - ^ a b Feng Yijian. Liberty Times. Ella catches fire; hair burnt, ears swollen. Archived 26 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine 23 June 2005. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
- ^ (in Chinese) Yahoo! China News. Fans vote; sweetheart Cindy Wang is too fake, Tony Chen's fakeness gets him first place[permanent dead link]. 16 March 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
- ^ (in Chinese) S.H.E Girl Friends had three people sleeping on one bed. Archived 14 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine 2 December 2001. Retrieved 27 February 2007.
- ^ Woodworth, Max (13 August 2004). "Pop Stop - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "T2T!
流行 娛樂 台 ". Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2007. - ^ "Ella Chen Praises BLACKPINK's Lisa as a "Human Barbie"".
三 八 姐 姐 . 13 March 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020. - ^ "Meet S.H.E singer Ella Chen's newborn baby boy". The Straits Times. 13 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Ella Chen's Son Is Nine Months Old And He's A Total Cutie". 8 Days. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Ella Chen's son steals spotlight at S.H.E's 17th anniversary concert". 8 Days. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Chansingh, Joyce. XINMSN Entertainment. S.H.E is the One! Archived 21 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. 18 April 2010
- ^ (in Chinese) HIM Official Website. HIM Staff clarifies the issue about Ella's leaked song Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. 14 April 2010
- ^ "Ella Chen at douban.com". Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "Ella Chen at chinesemov.com". Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
External links[edit]
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- Ella Chen at IMDb
- Ella Chen at the Hong Kong Movie Database
- Ella Chen on Facebook
- Ella Chen on Instagram
- Ella Chen on Weibo (in Chinese)
- Ella Chen's channel on YouTube
- Ella Chen at HIM International Music (in Chinese)
- S.H.E at HIM International Music (in Chinese)
- Ella Chen
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Pingtung County
- S.H.E members
- Taiwanese people of Hakka descent
- People from Meixian District
- Taiwanese television actresses
- Taiwanese film actresses
- Hakka musicians
- Participants in Chinese reality television series
- Taiwanese idols
- Taiwanese expatriates in Malaysia
- 21st-century Taiwanese actresses
- 21st-century Taiwanese singers
- 21st-century Taiwanese women singers