Shu Qi

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Gender: Female
Born: 16th April 1976 (currently 36 years old)
Nationality: Republic of China (Taiwan)
Movies: Gorgeous, So Close, Jian Gui 2, The Storm Riders, The Transporter, Three Times, The Wesley's Mysterious File, City of Glass, Confession of Pain, Home Sweet Home, Seoul Raiders, The Lucky Guy, Visible Secret, Martial Angels, Viva Erotica, Blood Brothers, Just One Look, My Wife is a Gangster 3, Forest of Death, Young and Dangerous: The Prequel, Portland Street Blues, Unexpected Challenges, The Foliage, A Man Called Hero, Love Me, Love My Money, Look for a Star, If You Are the One, Millenium Mambo, New York, I Love You, Bishonen, Metade Fumaca, Beijing Rocks, Young and Dangerous 6: Born to Be King, The Legend of Chen Zhen, Another Meltdown, Looking for Mister Perfect, Wesley's Mysterious Files, Sex and Zen II, Home Sweet Home, Young and Dangerous 5, City Under Siege, A Beautiful Life, The Fruit is Swelling, Love

Shu Qi (Chinese: 舒淇; pinyin: Shū Qí; Wade–Giles: Shu Ch'i; born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui (林立慧). Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi or Shu Kei (Cantonese/Japanese). Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order as Qi Shu.

Born in Xindian, Taipei County (now New Taipei City), the young Shu Qi moved to Hong Kong at the age of 17. She began in the softcore porn modelling industry, appearing on the cover of Penthouse Hong Kong for February 1995 issue and the Chinese edition of Playboy magazine. She eventually came under the management of Hong Kong producer Manfred Wong, who signed her on to several softcore Hong Kong films such as Sex & Zen II in 1996.

She starred in Derek Yee's 1996 film, Viva Erotica, which was about the erotic film industry in Hong Kong, opposite Karen Mok and the late Leslie Cheung. At the Hong Kong Film Awards, she received the Best Supporting Actress award for the film. Since then, she has appeared in mainstream Hong Kong films such as Gorgeous (1998) opposite Jackie Chan, Stanley Kwan's The Island Tales (1999) and Hou Hsiao-Hsien's critically acclaimed Millennium Mambo (2000).

In 2002, she

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