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Emma Wu

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.
Emma Wu
Wu at the Elle Run with Style event in 2019
Born
Wu Ying-chieh (吳ご映うつ潔きよし)

(1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 34)
Keelung, Taiwan
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Years active2005–present
Musical career
Also known asGemma
Gui Gui (鬼おに鬼おに)
Oh Young-gyul (오영결)[1]
GenresMandopop, K-pop
Labels
Wu Yingjie
Traditional Chinese吳ご映うつ潔いさぎよ
Simplified Chinese吴映洁

Emma Wu Ying-chieh (Chinese: 吳ご映うつ潔いさぎよ; pinyin: Wú Yìngjié; born 11 August 1989), also known as Gui Gui (Chinese: 鬼おに鬼おに; pinyin: Guǐ guǐ), is a Taiwanese singer and actress.

Early life

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Wu Ying-chieh, nicknamed Gui Gui, was born in Keelung City, Taiwan on 11 August 1989, and is the only child of divorced parents.[2][3] In her early childhood, the family moved frequently, and this resulted in her having to attend five different elementary schools. Wu briefly attended the Dao Jiang Senior High School of Nursing & Home Economics (臺北たいぺい市し私立しりつ稻いね江こう高級こうきゅう護まもる理り家事かじ職業しょくぎょう學校がっこう) before transferring to Zhuangjing Senior Vocational School in the Xindian District of Taipei, where she became classmates with JPM's Wang Zi.[4]

Regarding the origin of her alias, Gui Gui (literally: Ghost), Wu has explained that she is "full of reckless things" (Chinese: 古こ靈れい精せい怪かい) [5] and adopted a phonological pun on the Chinese idiom (Chinese: "鬼おに”靈れい精せい怪かい) to describe herself as having an eccentric or impish personality.

Career

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2005–2009: Variety and musical debut

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In November 2005, Wu debuted as one of the original members of Blackie's Teenage Club (Chinese: 我わが愛あい黑くろ澀會), a variety show seeking talents for the television network, Channel [V]. After three rounds of casting, Wu was recruited to join Hei Se Hui Mei Mei (Chinese: 黑くろ澀會美び眉まゆ), a nine-member Taiwanese girl group established c. 2006. Though the group's name was a clever play on the words "Hei She Hui" (Chinese: 黑くろ社會しゃかい; lit. 'black society', 'triad') and "Mei Mei" (Chinese: 妹いもうと妹いもうと; lit. 'sisters'), it was renamed Hey Girl (Chinese: 黑くろGirl) after a label change and the launch of their first self-titled album in August 2008.

In April 2009, Channel V's director, Andy Chang, responded to rumors of Wu leaving his agency. He expressed that though she was unlikely to renew her contract, the singer would partake in group activities per usual since Hey Girl's record contract did not belong to Channel V. Yet, despite Chang's statement, Wu was notably absent from their album promotions, and on 6 May 2009, he confirmed her departure from both Hey Girl and Channel V's management.

2007–2015: Transition into acting

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In 2007, Wu announced her acting debut with the idol drama, Brown Sugar Macchiato. However, the drama was viewed more as an "introductory chapter" to the two groups, Hey Girl and Lollipop F, than a major production.[6] After thirteen episodes, the series ended on 7 October 2007, and an official soundtrack was released with songs from Lollipop and Hey Girl.[7]

In 2008, Wu starred in Mysterious Incredible Terminator, opposite of Aaron Yan from Fahrenheit and Alien Huang. After the completion of M.I.T., Wu and Aaron, both widely praised for their on-screen chemistry and closeness, were to co-star in Taiwanese drama Momo Love. Yet, filming was halted due to Yan's scheduling conflicts, and once resumed, Wu and Aaron were replaced by Cyndi Wang and Jiro Wang, respectively.

Following a two-year hiatus, Wu signed with Polyface Entertainment Media Group in 2011 and returned to the small screen with I, My Brother (我わが和わ我が的てき兄弟きょうだい·恩おん). Later that year, Wu was cast in the television version of Painted Skin (TV series),[8] in collaboration with Fiona Sit, Chen Yi Rong, and Li Zhong Han. It was also this opportunity that allowed Wu to shift her focus to the Chinese market.

In 2012, Wu debuted on the big screen with a three part-film series, The Four, starring Ronald Cheng, Anthony Wong, Deng Chao, and Liu Yifei. In February 2013, she was cast in the Korean reality show, We Got Married with Ok Taecyeon, of South Korean boy band 2PM, as her virtual husband. Regarding this experience, she has commented, "I feel thankful that you found me. I think the fact that I was able to do this show was a gift from the up above."[9]

In the consecutive years, Wu has starred in Chinese TV dramas: Legend of Lu Zhen, Incisive Great Teacher (犀利さいり仁じん師し), A Different Kind of Pretty Man (不ふ一樣いちよう的てき美男びなん子こ), Roommate Diaries (一いち男なん三さん女じょ合ごう租記), The Four (2015 TV series), The Girl Wearing Tassel Earrings (戴流蘇そ耳環みみわ的てき少女しょうじょ) and The Legend of the Flying Daggers (飛ひ刀がたな又また見み飛ひ刀がたな (2016年ねん電でん視し劇げき)).

2016–present: Musical comeback

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On 7 March 2016, Wu signed with CJ E&M and returned to the music scene.[10][11] In preparation for her Korean debut, she underwent a rigorous 3-month training that included vocal, choreography and Korean lessons. On 26 September, Wu released her first official music video, Sugar Rush, and on 7 October, she launched her first self-titled EP, GEMMA.[12] Introducing the extended play, Wu stated that GEMMA represented a new identity. "G" was derived from her nickname, Ghost (Chinese: 鬼おに鬼おに), while Emma is her proclaimed English name.[13]

In June 2017, Wu parted ways with CJ E&M,[14] and established her personal agency Gemma Wu Studio. In October of the same year, she released the single "Knock Knock Knock" after investing NT$8 million in production works herself.[citation needed]

In August 2019, Wu joined Avex Taiwan and released the single "Love Me Love Me" in celebration of her thirtieth birthday.[15] On 22 September 2020, she released her first studio album GX to commemorate her 15th debut anniversary.

Filmography

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Television series

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Year Title Role Network Notes
2007 Brown Sugar Macchiato Gui Gui (as herself) FTV, Star Chinese Channel Acting Debut
2008 The Legend of Brown Sugar Chivalries Guardian of Cult Star TV Cameo, Ep. 13
Mysterious Incredible Terminator Li Xiao Xing / Tian Mo Xing GTV Female Lead
2009 K.O.3an Guo Huang Yue Ying FTV / GTV Cameo, Ep. 44–46
2011 I, My Brother Lu Wei Wei CTV Female Lead
Painted Skin Xia Bing TVS4, ZJTV, GTV,
Shenzhen Satellite TV 		Supporting Role
Love Recipe Wang Mei Ya CTV Supporting Role
2012 Dream in Blue Shen Xiao Qi ZJTV Supporting Role
Summer Fever Chen Wen Qing / Chen Tian Qing CTV Female Lead
2013 Female Prime Minister He Dan Niang Hunan TV Supporting Role
2014 Incisive Great Teacher Song Wen Wen Dragon TV Supporting Role[18]
A Different Kind of Pretty Man Tong Yu Chen Hunan TV Female Lead
Roommate Diaries Li Mei Dai Supporting Role[19]
2015 The Four (2015 TV series) Ling Yi Yi Supporting Role[20]
The Girl Wearing Tassel Earrings Ruan Qing Tian Hunan TV, Anhui TV Female Lead
Slacker's Food Diary Zhang An An iQiyi, Viu (streaming media) Female Lead[21]
2016 The Legend of the Flying Daggers Fang Ke Ke Youku Supporting Role
TBA The Fairy Lady Chen Xian Qi Female Lead

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Four Ding Dang Supporting Role
2013 The Four II
2014 The Four III
2015 Dream Holiday Dani Guest appearance
2016 Days of Our Own Chen Yinuo[22] Supporting Role
2018 More than Blue Bonnie Guest appearance
2021 My Fairy Girl Wu Xiao Xue Female Lead

Variety shows

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Year Title Notes
2005–2009 Blackie's Teenage Club Ep. 79-958
2006–2007 Mo Fan Bang Bang Tang Assistant host
2007 Mei Mei Pu Pu Feng DJ
2007–2008 Fashion in House Guest host
2009 Golden Taxi
Game GX
Mi Gu Celebrity School
2010 Ultimate Player
2011 Genius Go Go Go
2013 We Got Married World Ver. with Ok Taecyeon
2016 Who's the Murderer Season 1 Guest
2017 Who's the Murderer Season 2
Fans! Fans!
Who's the Murderer Season 3
2018 Twenty-Four Hours (TV series) Season 3
Best Friends’ Perfect Vacation
Back to Field Season 2
Who's the Murderer Season 4
2019 Who's the Murderer Season 5
2020 Mr. Player

Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
2020 Shamlet Queen Stage production at the National Theater in Taipei, Taiwan

Music video appearances

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Year Title Artist(s)
2006 "Manservant (男おとこ傭やとい)" Kenji Wu
2009 "The Sky You Can't See (你看不ふ到いた的てき天空てんくう)" Evan Yo
2010 "Red" Wallace Chung
2011 "Missing You" Liu Zi Qian
"Sticking to You"
"Love's Secret Recipe (愛あい的てき秘方ひほう)" Kenji Wu
2013 "Love Away from Me One Meter" Hu Xia
2016 "Not Letting Go" Ben Wu
2020 "I Think I Love You" 曹楊 Young
2021 "Still Alone" 黃き偉えら晉すすむ Wayne Huang

Discography

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See also: Hey Girl (group) § Discography

Studio album

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Title Album details
GX
  • Released: 22 September 2020
  • Labels: Avex Taiwan
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. GO
  2. Go Home, huh？ (你要不要ふよう先さき回かい家か？)
  3. Me, Myself and GEMMA (一個人いっこじん跳とべ舞まい)
  4. Renee's Game (雷かみなり妮遊戲ゆうぎ)
  5. Gugoo Game (feat. Pikotaro)
  6. What you gonna do (我わが是ぜ你的誰だれ)
  7. Love Me Love Me (啦咪啦咪)
  8. Knock Knock Knock

Extended plays

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Title Album details
Gemma
Track listing
  1. Sugar Rush (Chn ver.)
  2. Waiting For Your Love (等とう你愛)
  3. Always (一いち直じき)
  4. By My Side (愛あい在ざい我身わがみ邊べ)
  5. Sugar Rush (Kor ver.)

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart
positions 		Album
CHN[23]
"Knock Knock Knock" 2017 — GX
"Love Me Love Me" 2019 37
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Collaborations

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Year Title Other artist(s) Album
2013 "I Love You" Ok Taec-yeon We Got Married Global Edition OST
2018 "Small Meteor" (小しょう流星りゅうせい) Silence Wang 200 Million Years Old Classmate [zh] OST

Soundtrack appearances

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Year Title Album
2012 "Breaking Rules" (犯はん規ぶんまわし) Summer Fever [zh] OST
"The Flavour Of Summer" (那な年ねん夏なつ天たかし的てき味あじ道どう)
2018 "Kitty Bomb" More than Blue OST

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2009 1st Degree Idol Drama Awards Best Female Actress Pi Li MIT Won [24]
Best Onscreen Couple (with Aaron Yan) Won
2013–2015 Sina Weibo Dream Valentines Female Artist Won
2014 Taiwan CGC Award Most liked Female Artist Won
2014 Taiwan EToday Award Most popular Female Artist Won
2014 Asia Top Ten Goddess (Voting) Number 4 in Asia Actress Won [25]
2016 Asia Top Ten Goddess (Voting) Number 7 in Asia Actress Won [26]
2017 Hito Radio Music Awards Best New Artist (vocal and dance) Sugar Rush Won [27]
2017 Asia Top Ten Goddess (Voting) Number 9 in Asia Actress and Singer Won [28]

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