Wu Yan Shu
- Name: Wu Yan Shu
- Native name: 吴彦姝
- Also Known as: Estelle Wu, Wu Yanshu
- Nationality: Chinese
- Gender: Female
- Born: January 1, 1938
- Age: 86
In 2010, her husband and both of her parents passed away, and she moved to Beijing with her daughter. In 2011, one of her students who was working as an actor coordinator in Zhang Jizhong’s adaptation of the Chinese classic tale, Journey to the West, recommended her for the role of Boddhisatva Pilanpo, and she agreed to appear in the television adaption. Her cameo proved to be a breakthrough role for her, and she reinvented herself at the age of 72.
In 2016, her role as Tang Xiu Yi in a romantic comedy, Finding Mr. Right 2, earned her Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards. In the same year, for her role as Ma Jia Lao in the drama film Relocate, she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 31st Golden Rooster Awards, the Chinese equivalent of the Academy Awards.
A major supporting role the following year, Love Education (2017) added further acclaim to her career, and she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, 37th Hong Kong Film Awards and 12th Asian Film Awards. At the age of 84, for her performance in the 2022 film Song of Spring, she won a Tiantian Award for Best actress art 13th Beijing International Film Festival.
Wu was married to Zhang Yi Fei, a known music composer and conductor based in Shanxi, until his death in 2010. She has a daughter named Zhang He Er, who is a screenwriter based in Beijing. Wu is regarded as National Class-A Actor in China.
(Source: Laitimes; Min.News; Wikipedia) Edit Biography
Drama
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Reading Class
Chinese Drama, 0000, 39 eps
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Best Choice Ever
Chinese Drama, 2024, 37 eps
Chen Shu Zhen / Grandma Mai
(Support Role)
|
7.9
|
Our Interpreter
Chinese Drama, 2024, 36 eps
Li Qiu Yi
(Support Role)
|
7.5
|
New Vanity Fair
Chinese Drama, 2023, 40 eps
Qin Li Xian
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
Meet Yourself
Chinese Drama, 2023, 40 eps
Granny Xie
(Support Role)
|
8.9
|
Hu Tong
Chinese Drama, 2022, 36 eps
Nanny Hao
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
Draw the Line
Chinese Drama, 2022, 40 eps
[Old lady] (Ep. 13)
(Guest Role)
|
8.0
|
A Robot in the Orange Orchard
Chinese Drama, 2022, 30 eps
Grandma Tang
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
Life Is a Long Quiet River
Chinese Drama, 2022, 35 eps
Mrs. Zhang
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
The Good Times
Chinese Drama, 2021, 46 eps
Madam Jiang
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Faith Makes Great
Chinese Drama, 2021, 40 eps
Yan Hong Ying (older) [I send my relatives across the river]
(Support Role)
|
7.9
|
My Best Friend's Story
Chinese Drama, 2020, 38 eps
Granny Jiang
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
Shi Cha Hai
Chinese Drama, 2020, 37 eps
Aunt Zhong
(Support Role)
|
7.8
|
I Love Beijing Tiananmen
Chinese Drama, 2020, 48 eps
[Grandma]
(Support Role)
|
10.0
|
Fairyland Lovers
Chinese Drama, 2020, 35 eps
Granny Li [Lin Xia's neighbor] (Ep. 4, 34-35)
(Guest Role)
|
7.9
|
My True Friend
Chinese Drama, 2019, 48 eps
Chen Bi Jun
(Support Role)
|
7.5
|
When We Were Young
Chinese Drama, 2018, 24 eps
Shi Jun Fang [Hua Biao's granny]
(Support Role)
|
8.4
|
Madhouse
Chinese Drama, 2018, 24 eps
Zhao Yi [Dean]
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
Journey to the West
Chinese Drama, 2011, 66 eps
Pilanpo Bodhisattva
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Small Mountain River
Unconfirmed
Chinese Movie, 0000,
Grandmother
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Too Beautiful to Lie
Chinese Movie, 2023,
[Grandma]
(Support Role)
|
7.5
|
Five Hundred Miles
Chinese Movie, 2023,
[Lu Xiao Gu' Grandma]
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
Song of Spring
Chinese Movie, 2022,
Jiang Yu Zhi [Mother]
(Main Role)
|
8.2
|
Love Can't Be Said
Chinese Movie, 2022,
Mr. Guo
(Support Role)
|
7.8
|
Yi Che Kou Zhao
Chinese Movie, 2022,
[Grandmother]
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Ode to the Spring
Chinese Movie, 2022,
(Support Role)
|
8.1
|
Only Fools Rush In
Chinese Movie, 2022,
[Grandma]
(Guest Role)
|
6.9
|
Embrace Again
Chinese Movie, 2021,
Xie Yong Qin
(Support Role)
|
8.1
|
The Curious Tale of Mr Guo
Chinese Movie, 2021,
Su Ling Fang (Old age)
(Bit part)
|
7.7
|
All About My Mother
Chinese Movie, 2021,
[Grandmother]
(Support Role)
|
8.3
|
Love After Love
Chinese Movie, 2020,
[M.me Liang husband's first wife]
(Guest Role)
|
6.8
|
Seeing Nara Again
Chinese Movie, 2020,
Chen Hui Ming
(Main Role)
|
8.0
|
The Whistleblower
Chinese Movie, 2019,
[Gao's Wife]
(Support Role)
|
7.5
|
Fagara
Hong Kong Movie, 2019,
Liu Fang
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
Relocate
Chinese Movie, 2016,
Ma Jia Lao
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Special
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Hu Tong: Chapter 3
Chinese Special, 2022, 9 eps
Nanny Hao
(Support Role)
|
7.4
|
TV Show
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Tasty Life Season 3
Chinese TV Show, 2019, 10 eps
(Ep. 4)
(Guest)
|
10.0
|
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