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Mandy Wei

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Mandy Wei
魏蔓
Wei in 2017
Born (1984-09-05) 5 September 1984 (age 40)
NationalityTaiwanese
Alma materTaipei Municipal Neihu Senior High School
Soochow University
Occupations
Years active2006-present
Musical career
Also known asWei Man

Mandy Wei (Chinese: 魏蔓; pinyin: Wèi Màn) is a Taiwanese actress, model and host. She started her career as a model and then as a MTV host before starting a career in acting. Wei attended Soochow University and speaks Mandarin, Taiwanese and English.[1]

Early life

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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 Neihu Senior High School and later Soochow University, 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.[2] 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.[3][4]

Career

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Modeling

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Wei started her career in 2006 as a lingerie and swimwear model. She had modeled for lingerie brand NuBra Taiwan and appeared on spreads for FHM Taiwan and GQ Taiwan magazine.[5] After gaining exposure through her modeling work she was chosen to appear in Jay Chou's 2008 music video Snake Dance (蛇舞).[6]

Hosting

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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 interviewed local musical acts. In 2012, Wei became the host for entertainment gossip news website Apply Daily Taiwan.

Acting

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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.

After gaining recognition from Love, Now, Wei was offered her first leading role to star in Sanlih's Sunday night drama Deja Vu (回到愛以前). She played "Xu Hai Lin" (徐海琳), a desperate women on the brink of suicide who gives up the love of the man she loves in order to bring him back to life. The drama started out weak coming in last place during its premiere episode, but soon gained an audience by coming in first place in its time-slot on every episode after that.[7]

With the success of Deja Vu Sanlih offered Wei another leading role in their 2014 Sunday night drama Say Again Yes I Do (再說一次我願意), playing "Shu Xin Kui" (舒芯葵), a woman who marries a man she just met on a whelmed, played by Lin Yo Wei, only to find out she can't stand him and divorces him abruptly only to meet him a few years later and falls in love with him again.[8] For this drama Wei decided to change her look by drastically cutting off her long hair to a near pixie cut.[9] Her appearance was a drastic change from her previous projects, but the drama was another rating success, coming in first place in every episode during its time-slot.

In mid 2015, Wei once again collaborated with Sanlih by starring in a romantic comedy opposite Jasper Liu. Wei played "An Xi" (安希), a caring and independent woman who cannot stand injustice. Since Wei's hair had not grown out since Say Again Yes I Do concluded filming, she had to wear hair extensions to obtain a more youthful appearance since she had flash back scenes when her character was a university student.[10][11]

In 2016, Wei played the lead in Sanlih Friday night drama, Swimming Battle, alongside Kingone Wang. Wei played "He Yu Die" (何雨鰈), a woman who lost her memories.

Filmography

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Television series

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Year Original title English title Role
2009 愛就宅一起 ToGetHer Luo Sha Sha
十年過後-轉筆高手 Ten Years Later, Great Writer Ai Li Si
2011 拜金女王 Material Queen Guo Xiao Qian
田庄英雄 Local Hero Luo Pei Zi
萌的或然率 Meng's Probability Mandy
2012 PM10-AM03 PM10-AM03 Wei Qi
真愛趁現在 Love, Now He Cai Rong
2013 回到愛以前 Deja Vu Xu Hai Lin
2014 真愛配方 First Kiss He Tian Tian
再說一次我願意 Say Again Yes I Do Shu Xin Kui
2015 他看她的第2眼 When I See You Again An Xi
2016 飛魚高校生 Swimming Battle He Yu Die
2017 櫻桃小丸子 Maruko TV Drama Ying Xing Zi
噗通噗通我愛你 Memory Love Jin jia-en
2019 Brave to Love
美味滿閣 Sweet Family Fang Yi Qian

Films

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Year Original title English title Role Notes
2010 愛你一萬年 Love You 10,000 Years Vivian
2011 燃燒吧!歐吉桑 War Game 229 Jolin
2012 女孩壞壞 Bad Girls Jessica
2014 極光之愛 Endless Nights in Aurora Coco
2016 湄公河行动 Operation Mekong Fang Xing Wu's girlfriend Cameo
2023 我的天堂城市 My Heavenly City Claire

As presenter

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Year English title Original title Notes
2008 MTV News
MTV Fun Music MTV FUN音樂
2009 MTV 2009 Gongliao Ocean Music Festival MTV 2009貢寮海洋音樂季
2010 Western Mediterranean Cruise 發現地中海
2012 Apple Entertainment News 蘋果娛樂新聞
I Love The Man 我愛男子漢

Music video appearances

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Year Song title Details Video
2008 So What
(當我們開始旅行)
  • Singer(s): Judy Zhou 周定緯
  • Album: So What
Video on YouTube
Snake Dance
(蛇舞)
Video on YouTube
2011 Noah's Ark
(諾亞方舟)
Video on YouTube
2012 Fight For You
(為你而戰)
  • Singer(s): Live Machine 機動現場
  • Album: Reset Activate (重生再起)
Video on YouTube
Dad, I Love You
(爸, 我愛你)
  • Singer(s): BASOL 爸說
  • Album:
Video on YouTube
2015 Fried Rice
(炒飯)
  • Singer(s): N-Ray 胡恩瑞
  • Album: I Am N-Ray (我是胡恩瑞N-RAY)
Video on YouTube
Warning
(預告)
  • Singer(s): GJ 蔣卓嘉
  • Album: See You Again
Video on YouTube

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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2013 2013 Sanlih Drama Awards Viewers Choice Drama Award (with Yao Yuan Hao) Deja Vu Nominated
Best Actress Award Nominated
Best Screen Couple Award (with Yao Yuan Hao) Nominated
Best Kiss Award (with Yao Yuan Hao) Nominated
Best Crying Award (with Yao Yuan Hao) Nominated
2014 2014 Sanlih Drama Awards[14] Viewers Choice Drama Award (with Lin Yo Wei) Say Again Yes I Do Nominated
Best Actress Award Nominated
Best Kiss Award (with Lin Yo Wei) Nominated
2015 2015 Sanlih Drama Awards Viewers Choice Drama Award (with Jasper Liu) When I See You Again Nominated
Best Actress Award Nominated
Best Screen Couple Award (with Jasper Liu) Nominated
Best Kiss Award (with Jasper Liu) Nominated
Best Selling S-Pop Magazine Award Nominated
2016 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards Viewers Choice Drama Award (with Kingone Wang) Swimming Battle Nominated
Best Actress Award Nominated
Best Screen Couple Award (with Kingone Wang) Nominated
Best Kiss Award (with Kingone Wang) Nominated
Best Crying Award (with Kingone Wang) Nominated

References

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  1. ^ [1] Lady Emperor facebook page. Retrieved May 28, 2015
  2. ^ [2] 魏蔓書呆抑鬱猛堆肥 胖妞剷油把帥哥 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
  3. ^ [3] 魏蔓拒见网友:体重飙升担心对方幻灭 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
  4. ^ [4] 女神不好當 魏蔓吞兩個月水煮餐 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
  5. ^ [5] GQ 魏蔓 女主角預告性感最終回 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
  6. ^ [6] 波濤洶湧!安心亞獲今夏最熱比基尼女 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
  7. ^ "「回到愛以前」收視2.58再創新高 臉書破十萬__娛樂新聞_Yes娛樂". Archived from the original on 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2015-05-29. 「回到愛以前」收視2.58再創新高 臉書破十萬 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
  8. ^ [7] PRESS CONFERENCE OF LIN YO WEI & MANDY WEI’S SUNDAY DRAMA, SAY AGAIN YES I DO. Retrieved May 29, 2015
  9. ^ [8] Mandy Wei Chops Off Long Locks Of Hair For Upcoming Drama, Retrieved May 29, 2015
  10. ^ [9] 直擊/長得太帥錯了嗎?劉以豪為新劇扮醜 魏蔓:太難了!(in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
  11. ^ [10] 劉以豪為即將上演的華劇 (in Chinese). Retrieved May 28, 2015
  12. ^ Mandy Wei at douban.com
  13. ^ Mandy Wei at chinesemov.com
  14. ^ [11] 2014華劇大賞/燈燈~完整得獎名單在此!. Retrieved May 29, 2015
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