Mandy Wei
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Wei at promotional event on Nov 29, 2012
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| Background information | |
| Pinyin | Wèi Màn (Mandarin) |
| Origin | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Born |
September 5, 1984 Taipei, Taiwan |
| Other name(s) | Wei Xiaowan |
| Occupation | Actress, Model, Host |
| Label(s) | LADY EMPEROR ENTERTAINMENT Co., Ltd |
| Years active | 2006 - Present |
| Education |
Taipei Municipal Nei-Hu Senior High School Soochow University (Taiwan) |
| Website | Lady Emperor Ent. page |
Mandy Wei (Chinese: 魏蔓; pinyin: Wèi Màn) is a Taiwanese actress, commercial model and host. She started her career as a model and then MTV host before starting a career in acting. Wei attended the highly prestige private Soochow University (Taiwan) and speaks Mandarin, Taiwanese and English. She is currently under LADY EMPEROR ENTERTAINMENT Co., Ltd management and signed to Sanlih E-Television exclusively for acting projects.
Mandy Wei was born on September 5, 1984 in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the older of a two child family, with a younger brother. She attended Taipei Municipal Nei-Hu Senior High School and later Soochow University (Taiwan), majoring in International Business Trade. She has said she was and showed images of herself being an overweight teen when growing up, weighing at 65 kg (143 lbs) at her heaviest. Her weight issue caused her to have low self-esteem problems during her teenage years. In her university years she decided to have a change in lifestyle by eating healthy and with daily exercise she was able to slim down to around 50 kg (110 lbs), which is the weight she has maintained.
Wei started her career in 2006 as a lingerie and swimwear model. She has modeled for lingerie brand NuBra Taiwan and appeared on spreads for FHM Taiwan and GQ Taiwan magazine. After gaining exposure through her modeling work she was chosen to appear in Jay Chou's 2008 music video Snake Dance (蛇舞).
In 2008, MTV Taiwan offered Wei a VJ position to host their entertainment news program and music program "MTV FUN Music" (MTV FUN音樂) where she would interview local musical acts. In 2012 Wei became the host for entertainment gossip news website Apply Daily Taiwan.
Wei got her start in acting as a supporting character in the 2008 idol drama ToGetHer (愛就宅一起), playing "Luo Sha Sha" (羅莎莎), the leader of a University mean girls cliche, who picks on a homely girl played by Rainie Yang and is a huge fan of a celebrity idol Mars, played by Jiro Wang. She spent the next few years playing supporting characters in sometimes forgettable dramas and other times more popular dramas such as 2011 Material Queen (拜金女王). Her big break came in 2012 when she was cast as "Dr. He Cai Rong" (何采蓉) in SETTV's weekly hit drama Love, Now (真愛趁現在). Originally a minor supporting character, her chemistry with second male lead Bobby Dou (竇智孔) proved to be a winning combination and soon her role was expanded to a main supporting role.
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