Shu Qi Profile
Name: Shu Qi (Hsu Chi, Xu-Kei, Shuqi, Qi Shu, Fanny Hsu)
Chinese name: 舒淇
Birth name: Ling Li-Hui 林立慧
Birth date: April 16, 1976
Birth place: Taipei, Taiwan
Height: 168cm
Profession: Actress
Star sign: Aries
Blood type: AB

Shu Qi Biography
Shu Qi (born April 16, 1976) is a Taiwanese actress.  She started her entertainment career as a nude model for magazines and booklets at age of 18. Her potential was recognized by Hong Kong filmmake Manfred Wong.  She was singed up to star in many Hong Kong films such as Sex & Zen 2.  In the same year, she starred for Viva Erotic which was about the erotic film industry in Hong Kong. Viva Erotica swept the 1997 Honk Kong Film Awards with 8 nominations, 2 with Shu Qi for Best New Performer and Best Supporting Actress… Shu Qi won both of the awards.

In 1999, Ang Lee approached Shu for the role of Jen in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Six weeks into filming, her manager, Manfred Wong, not foreseeing the film's massive international success, pulled her out to do a soft drink commercial in Japan, and the part went instead to Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.

In 2002, she appeared in the Hollywood film The Transporter and the Asian action film So Close. In 2004, she played the main role in the Hong Kong horror film The Eye 2.

In 2005 she won the Best Actress Award at the 2005 Golden Horse Awards for her three roles in Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Three Times.

In 2008 she was member of the jury of the Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival.

[Info from www.wikipedia.org]