Ady An | |
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Chinese name | 安以軒 (traditional) |
Chinese name | 安以轩 (simplified) |
Pinyin | Ān Yǐxuān (Mandarin) |
Birth name | Wu Wen-Ching (吳玟靜) |
Ethnicity | Han |
Born |
Taipei, Taiwan |
September 29, 1980
Other name(s) | An Yixuan |
Occupation | Actress, singer |
Label(s) | Huayi Brothers |
Years active | 2001 - present |
Ancestry | Hui'an, Fujian, China |
Ady An Yixuan (Chinese: 安以軒; born 吳玟靜 on 29 September 1980) is a Taiwanese actress and singer.
Ady An debuted in 2000, filming the drama Mala Xianshi. She rose to fame in 2004 after starring in the youth idol drama The Outsiders opposite Dylan Kuo, after which she chose to develop her acting career in mainland China. The same year, she starred in Chinese Paladin, an adaptation of the action RPG The Legend of Sword and Fairy, which increased her recognition in China.
Since then, she had played many roles in both Chinese and Taiwanese television dramas, such as The Legend of Hero (2005), The Great Revival (2006), Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain (2006). In 2006, she starred in Fast Track Love, the first race-car series in mainland China.
In 2008, she starred in the republican drama Yun Niang alongside Feng Shaofeng and Leanne Liu, which achieved #1 in ratings upon its premiere on SMG.
The following year, she signed with Huayi Brothers, and was chosen to play the role of Zhao Min in the television series The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Louis Cha. In the same year, An also returned to Taiwanese screens, starring as Liang Mucheng alongside Vanness Wu in Autumn's Concerto, which became the second highest rated Taiwanese idol television drama to date.