Kuo Shu-yao | |
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Kuo at Taipei New Year's Eve Party 2011
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Background information | |
Chinese name | 郭書瑤 |
Pinyin | Guō Shūyáo (Mandarin) |
Born |
Taipei, Taiwan |
18 July 1990
Other name(s) | Kuo Shu-yau Guo Shu-yao Yao Yao (瑶瑶) |
Occupation | Actress, singer, television host |
Label(s) | Seed Music (2009–2014) |
Years active | 2008–present |
Kuo Shu-yao (Chinese: 郭書瑤, born 18 July 1990), nicknamed Yao Yao, is a Taiwanese actress, singer and television host. In 2013 she won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer.
In May 2007, Kuo's father died and she began working part-time at a restaurant to support her family. Two years later, in 2009, she entered show business as a model. After signing with Seed Music in 2009, she debuted as a singer and released a mini album titled Love Hug on September 25, 2009.
In 2017, she played the titular character in the supernatural coming-of-age drama The Teenage Psychic. The 6-episode series, an adaptation of the short film The Busy Young Psychic by writer-director Chen Ho-yu, is HBO Asia's first Mandarin-language original series.