Wu Ke-xi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.

Wu Ke-Xi
Wu in 2024
Born	(1983-02-06) 6 February 1983 Taipei, Taiwan
Education	Bachelor's Degree in Turkish Language
Alma mater	National Chengchi University
Occupation(s)	Actress, Screenwriter
Years active	2004—present
Agent	Creative Artists Agency
Chinese name
Chinese	吳ご可か熙
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú KěXī

Wu Ke-Xi (born 6 February 1983) is a Taiwanese actress. She has had starring roles in most of Midi Z's films. In 2016, Wu was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for her role in The Road to Mandalay.

Life and career

Wu received her bachelor's degree in Turkish language and culture at National Chengchi University. Besides English and Turkish, she also learned Burmese, Thai and Southwestern Mandarin for her performances as Sino-Burmese characters in several Midi Z's films.

Filmography

Feature film

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
2012	Poor Folk	窮きゅう人じん。榴槤。麻藥まやく。偷渡客きゃく	San-mei
2013	Taipei Factory	台北たいぺい工廠こうしょう	Burmese refugee	Segment "Silent Asylum"
2014	Ice Poison	冰毒	San-mei
2016	Two Idiots	傻瓜向こう錢ぜに衝	Monica
	The Road to Mandalay	再さい見み瓦かわら城じょう	Lien Ching
2017	The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful	血ち觀音かんのん	Tang Ning
2018	5×1		Actress	VR film (segment "The Making of")
2019	Nina Wu	灼人秘密ひみつ	Nina Wu	Also as screenwriter
2022	Redeeming Love		Mai Ling
2024	Black Tea		Ying	Nominated - 74th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear

Short film

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
2010	Solitary-ism	一個人いっこじん主義しゅぎ	Girl
2010	It All Comes Too Late	—	Patty Wu
2014	Burial Clothes	南方みなかた來信らいしん-安あん老ろう衣ころも	San-mei
	The Palace on the Sea	海上かいじょう皇宮こうぐう	San-mei
2015	Soulik	蘇そ力つとむ	The girlfriend
	Jump Off Or Live On	跳とべ下か去さ，活かつ下か來らい	Chang Hsin-ju
2018	Magician on the Roof	天台てんだい上うえ的てき魔術まじゅつ師し	Sung Ying

Telefilm

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
2009	Fireworks	煙けむり花はな時分じぶん	Woman
2011	One Step is Enough	出走しゅっそう的てき好こう理由りゆう	Hsiao-mi

Television series

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
2010	Days We Stared at the Sun	他た們在畢業的てき前ぜん一天いってん爆ばく炸	Bar proprietress

Theater

Year	English title	Original title
2004	Scenes From A Marriage	婚姻こんいん場景じょうけい
2004	Hamlet	哈姆雷かみなり特とく
2006	Listen to the Summer Wind	聽見夏なつ天たかし的てき風かぜ
2007	Road Kill	攔截公おおやけ路ろ
2007	Little Prince	小しょう王子おうじ
2007	After She's Gone	離はなれ家か後ご
2007	Zi Ran Xi Ti	自然しぜん習題
2008	Copenhagen	哥本哈根
2008	Lost and Found	失しつ物ぶつ招領
2009	Calmi Cuori Appassionati	冷靜れいせい與あずか熱情ねつじょう之の間あいだ
2009	7 Stories	七なな個こ故事こじ
2010	The Vagina Monologues	陰かげ道どう獨白どくはく
2010	Apartment 3A	—

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2014	2nd Canada International Film and Television Festival	Best Actress	Ice Poison	Won
2015	Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia	Best Actress	The Palace on the Sea	Won
	15th Chinese Film Media Awards	Best Actress	Ice Poison	Nominated
2016	53rd Golden Horse Awards	Best Leading Actress	The Road to Mandalay	Nominated
2018	58th Asia-Pacific Film Festival	Best Actress		Nominated
	18th Chinese Film Media Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful	Nominated
2019	56th Golden Horse Awards	Best Original Screenplay	Nina Wu (share with Midi Z)	Nominated
2020	22nd Taipei Film Awards	Best Screenplay		Nominated

External links

• Wu Ke-xi at IMDb
• Wu Ke-xi at the Hong Kong Movie Database
• Wu Ke-Xi on Facebook