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Annie Yi
伊能靜
Born
Wu Chin-yi (吳靜怡)

(1968-03-04) 4 March 1968 (age 56)[1]
Taipei, Taiwan
Other namesShizuka Inoh
Occupations
Years active1986–present
Spouses
(m. 2000; div. 2009)
(m. 2015)
Children2
Musical career
Also known asAnnie Shizuka Inoh
OriginTaipei, Taiwan
Genres
Instrument
Spinoff ofFeiying Trio[2]
Chinese stage name: Yi Neng-ching
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYī Néngjìng
Wade–GilesYi1 Neng2-ching4
Chinese legal name: Wu Chin-yi
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Jìngyí
Wade–GilesWu2 Ching4-yi1
Japanese name
Kanji伊能 静江 / 伊能 静
Hiraganaいのう しずか
Katakanaイノウ シズカ
Transcriptions
RomanizationInō Shizuka

Wu Chin-yi[3] (Chinese: 吳靜怡; pinyin: Wú Jìngyí; born March 4, 1968), professionally known as Annie Yi (Chinese: 伊能靜; pinyin: Yī Néngjìng) or Annie Shizuka Inoh (Japanese: 伊能 静, romanizedInō Shizuka), is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer.

Early life

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Wu Chin-yi[note 1] was born on March 4, 1968, in Taipei, Taiwan, the youngest of seven daughters of Yang Shu-wan[note 2] and Wu Min[note 3]. Her mother is from Keelung and her father is from Shandong. Her father divorced her mother to married another woman who gave him a boy, her half-brother Wu Pu-hui[note 4].

During her childhood, she was sent to study in an English-language primary school at Hong Kong. Then, she moved to Japan to live with her mother and her step-father, Yoshimitsu Inoh[note 5], a Japanese man from the Ryukyu Islands. She took her step-father's surname and took a Japanese name "Shizuka Inoh"[note 6]. She lived in Tokyo, Japan for six years and studied at Tokyo Chinese School.

Career

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At the age of 17, she returned to Taiwan from Japan and became a singer under Liu Wen-cheng’s Flying Eagle Production. She took the stage name "Yi Nengjing"[note 7], by simplifying her Japanese name dropping the last character. She debuted alongside her labelmates Donna Chiu and Fang Wen-lin, becoming a popular teen idol in the late 1980s and 1990s, and also expanded her singing career to Hong Kong and Japan.

Since 1995, Yi successfully transitioned from music to film, working with Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien on three films, including her debut Good Men, Good Women (1995), followed by Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996), and a cameo in Flowers of Shanghai (1998). In 1999, Yi starred in 8 ½ Women, a film by British director Peter Greenaway. Yi is also a writer of both fiction and nonfiction, known for her self-help books on relationships.

Since the early 2000s, Yi shifted her career focus to mainland China. In addition to acting, she actively participated as a judge on talent shows, notably serving as a four-time judge from 2010 to 2013 on China's Got Talent. In 2020, Yi participated in the popular reality show Sisters Who Make Waves.

Personal life

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Relationships

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On February 14, 2000, Yi married Taiwanese singer Harlem Yu in the United States. They had dated for 14 years. On March 20, 2009, the Yi and Yu officially issued a divorce statement, ending their eight-year marriage. From this marriage, Yi had a son Harrison Yu[note 8] born on 16 March 2002 in the United States.

On March 21, 2015, Yi married Chinese actor Qin Hao in Phuket, Thailand. Yi gave birth to their daughter Cindy Qin[note 9] in 2016 in the United States.

Political views

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In the early 2010s, Yi was actively engaged in public discussions on Weibo, such as in the 2011 Wenzhou train collision, cultivating a civic-minded, pro-democracy image, sometimes referred to as a public intellectual.[4] However, her career was derailed due to her criticism of government censorship and support for press freedom during the 2013 Southern Weekly incident, which resulted in a brief Weibo ban and a year-long TV ban.[5][6] Since her return, Yi has shifted her public stance towards a pro-CCP and pro-unification position, which has sparked controversy in her native Taiwan.[7] In 2024, she was invited to attend the reception celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.[8]

Religion

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In 2019, Yi raised controversy on Weibo for promoting the teachings of Indian godman Kalki Bhagwan. After the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and China Anti-Cult Association (CACA) issued a warning about the Oneness cult's activities, she removed the related Weibo posts.[9][10]

Adoption

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On 25 September 2013, Yi announced that she adopted Xia Junfeng's son Xia Jianqiang[note 10] as her godson and his wife Zhang Jing[note 11] as her blood sister.[11]

Filmography

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Film

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Year English title Original title Role Notes
1987 Naughty Cadets on Patrol 大頭兵出擊
1989 Emergency Police Lady 霹靂警花 Yin Xiaojun
1995 Good Men, Good Women 好男好女 Liang Ching
1996 Goodbye South, Goodbye 南國再見,南國 Pretzel
1997 Gun with Love 我血我情 Yingying
Wolves Cry Under the Moon 國道封閉 Jade
1998 Flowers of Shanghai 海上花 Golden Flower
1999 8½ Women Simato English-language film
2006 Fifteen-Minute Angel 天使一刻鐘 Yu Luoxin TV film
2007 Call for Love 爱情呼叫转移 Liang Huijun
Crossed Lines 命运呼叫转移 Doctor Lü Segment 4: "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" (山难)
2010 Secret Battleground 孤島秘密戰
Ancient Town Affection 古镇情缘 Ye Bei
Will Tomorrow Ever Come 明天是否来临 Xinming
2011 Coming Back 回马枪 Min Yue
Perfect Baby 巴黎宝贝 Rose
My Kingdom 大武生 Xiaoyu
2012 The Assassins 銅雀臺 Fu Shou
2013 Better and Better 越来越好之村晚 Chief interviewer
The Palace 宮鎖沈香 Empress Xiaojingxian
Timeless Love 时光恋人 Zhong Ying
The Empire Symbol 帝国秘符 Ayako Ono
2015 The Queens 我是女王 Melissa also director, co-writer, and co-producer

TV series

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Year English title Original title Role Notes
1991 The 700-Million Bride 七億新娘 Jiang Xujie
1997 Portrait of a Fanatic 情在艰难岁月中 Fu Lu
1998 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow 明天有你 Tian Jingzi
2000 April Rhapsody 人間四月天 Lu Xiaoman
The Voices Within 心灵物语 Su Huimin
2001 Poor Prince 貧窮貴公子 Lingzi
Married Off to Japan 远嫁日本 Zhou Mingli
2002 In Love 偷偷愛上你 Ni Chunchun
2003 A Leaf in the Storm 風聲鶴唳 Zhang Wanxin
Painting Soul 畫魂 Xia Mengying
2005 Lovelorn High Heels 失戀高跟鞋 Zhang Ning
2006 The Life and Death Love 生死绝恋 Yang Yinghong
Concubines of the Qing Emperor 大清後宮 Consort Xiang
2007 Sad Songs of the Qinhuai River 秦淮悲歌 Liu Rushi
2008 The Spirit of the Sword 浣花洗劍錄 Princess Tuochen
The Long River East Flows 長河東流 Yuniang
2009 Love Tribulations 鎖清秋 Li Yue'e
Fuego 狼烟 Lu Peipei
The Young Lawyer Ji Xiaolan 少年訟師紀曉嵐 Wu Shishi
Three Women's Secret 三个女人的秘密 Wang Ding
Great Porcelain Merchant 大瓷商 Wei Qiuhe

Television show(s)

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Year English title Original title Role Notes
2020 Sisters Who Make Waves 乘风破浪的姐姐 cast member

Notes

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Names in native languages

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  1. ^ traditional Chinese: 吳靜怡; simplified Chinese: 吴静怡; pinyin: Wú Jìngyí; Wade–Giles: Wu2 Ching4-yi1
  2. ^ traditional Chinese: 楊淑婉; simplified Chinese: 杨淑婉; pinyin: Yáng Shūwǎn; Wade–Giles: Yang2 Shu2-wan3
  3. ^ traditional Chinese: 吳敏; simplified Chinese: 吴敏; pinyin: Wú Mǐn; Wade–Giles: Wu2 Min3
  4. ^ traditional Chinese: 吳不悔; simplified Chinese: 吴不悔; pinyin: Wú Bùhuǐ; Wade–Giles: Wu2 Pu2-hui3; lit. 'no regrets'
  5. ^ Japanese: 伊能 祥光, romanizedInō Yoshimitsu
  6. ^ Japanese: 伊能 静江, romanizedInō Shizuka
  7. ^ traditional Chinese: 伊能靜; simplified Chinese: 伊能静; pinyin: Yī Néngjìng
  8. ^ Chinese: 庾翰睿; pinyin: Yǔ Hànruì
  9. ^ Chinese: 秦伊皓; pinyin: Qín Yīhào
  10. ^ Chinese: 夏健強; pinyin: Xià Jiànqiáng
  11. ^ simplified Chinese: 张晶; traditional Chinese: 張晶; pinyin: Zhāng Jīng

References

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  1. ^ "伊能静迎52岁生日感慨发长文:比任何时候都精彩|生日|伊能静|52岁_新浪娱乐_新浪网". 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Reclusive Taiwanese singer Liu Wen-cheng sent wedding hongpao via post". The Straits Times. 20 December 2020. formed a girl group Feiying Trio, comprising (Donna) Chiu and fellow Taiwanese singers Annie Yi and Fang Wen-lin
  3. ^ "伊能靜亮出台灣護照「愛國棄日籍」 網友嗤:作秀! 原文網址: 伊能靜亮出台灣護照「愛國棄日籍」 網友嗤:作秀!". ETtoday (in Chinese). 13 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ "伊能静拒"公知"标签:我没这个能力和胆量_娱乐频道_凤凰网". ent.ifeng.com. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  5. ^ "中国国台办今天就台湾艺人伊能静事件表态". RFI - 法国国际广播电台 (in Simplified Chinese). 16 January 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  6. ^ ETtoday新聞雲 (22 September 2014). "伊能靜傳遭封殺 超紅節目曝光她求婚影片馬上被禁播 | ETtoday星光雲 | ETtoday新聞雲". star.ettoday.net (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  7. ^ "台藝人紛發文賀中國國慶 陸委會:盼珍惜台灣民主自由". www.worldjournal.com (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 31 December 1969. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  8. ^ 聯合新聞網 (1 October 2024). "陸網友看新聞聯播 驚見伊能靜出席「中國國慶招待會」". 噓!星聞 (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Chinese Actress Deletes Her Weibo Post Promoting 'Controversial Indian Spiritual Courses'". News18. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  10. ^ "After Taiwanese Actor's Post, China Warns About Indian 'Cults'". The Quint. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  11. ^ "伊能静收养夏俊峰儿子挑起大陆网民激辩". RFI - 法国国际广播电台 (in Simplified Chinese). 27 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
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