Shu Qi

Shu Qi is one of those performers who makes you forget you're watching acting — she just exists on screen with this magnetic, effortless quality that most people spend careers chasing. Born Lin Li-hui in Taiwan, she reinvented herself so completely that "Shu Qi" became its own phenomenon across Hong Kong cinema and beyond. Her Golden Horse Best Actress win for "Three Times" and the Asian Film Award for "The Assassin" confirmed what her fans already knew, but honestly the awards undersell it — watching her in Hou Hsiao-hsien's films, or in Western productions like "The Transporter", is its own argument. The fact that she also served on the juries at Cannes, Venice, and Berlin is a quiet flex that speaks to how seriously the global film world takes her. A genuinely rare talent.

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Name (English)

Shu Qi

Name (Japanese)

スー・チー

Reading

すー・ちー

Born

April 16, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

Xindian District, Taiwan

Height

168 cm

Occupation

actor / singer / model / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

Awards & achievements

• 2005 Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress
• 2016 Asian Film Award for Best Actress

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sqwhat/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shu%20Qi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233859

Tags

• actor
• singer
• model

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.