Janet Hsieh

Janet Josephine Hsieh (; born January 20, 1980) is a Taiwanese-American television personality, model, and violinist based in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the host of the Discovery Travel and Living Channel's long-running series Fun Taiwan. The program is currently in its 16th season and has expanded to include Fun Asia, Fun Taiwan Challenge, Fun Taiwan All Stars, and Aquachallenge. She has been nominated four times and won once for the Taiwanese Golden Bell Awards as Best Host of a Travel Program, and once for Best Host of a Variety Program. She has one elder sister. Her father is from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and her mother is from Taipei; both of her parents moved from Taipei to Texas to attend university there. During her time at MIT, she was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega women's fraternity, a member of the college rowing team, and served on the university's Ring Committee, the group responsible for designing the MIT class ring. She also ran the Boston Marathon during this time.

Career

Volunteer and EMT After graduation from college, Hsieh spent time in Jamshedpur as a community outreach volunteer with Tata Steel Rural Development Society (TSRDS) and enrolled in medical school at the University of Texas at San Antonio, although she ultimately decided to leave the school. where she completed a six-month stint at Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Tienmu.

Television In 2005, Hsieh auditioned for a new Discovery Travel and Living television series exploring the island of Taiwan, entitled Fun Taiwan.

Music Hsieh learned to play the violin at age five and was part of the Texas Young Virtuosos, who played at the White House for President George Bush and in Europe. In Taiwan, she has performed three concerts at the National Concert Hall, twice in 2011 and again in 2013. She also played as one of 4,645 participants at Changhua Stadium in 2011, joining Changhua County youth to set a Guinness World Record for "Largest Violin Ensemble."

Author Hsieh published her first Chinese-language travel book, Traveling with 100 Toothbrushes, in 2010. She has since published two additional travel-related titles, Backpack to the Future and Au for You, as well as two English learning books, Janet's Funtastic English and [email protected].

In 2016, Hsieh and her husband George Young co-authored the book Starting at The End (Chinese language title: "在世界的盡頭說：我願意"). The book shares their sometimes conflicting stories on how they met, as well as their fifty-day journey through Texas, Argentina, and through to their wedding in Antarctica.

Personal life Hsieh married George Young in January 2015. They have two sons, one born in 2016 and the other in 2021.

Hsieh achieved a black belt in Taekwondo 2015 Constellation Women: Aries Chen Yin-Hsiu TV Series; 10 episodes 2017 High 5 Basketball Lin Chia-Lu TV Series; 13 episodes

A Bread Factory Part One May Film A Bread Factory Part Two May Film 20 Zhi Hou Wei Han-Jen TV Series;

Big Three Dragons Hotel Manager Film Mechanical Souls Ah-hui Film Deja Vu Janet TV Series; 1 episode

Adventure of the Ring TV Series; 1 episode The Ghost Bride Hsiao Yu TV Series; 4 episodes

Shen Chin Hsiang Yeh Yun TV Series; 6 episodes Malignant Nurse J D Marco 2023 Love in Taipei Aunt Claire 2024 Weekend in Taipei Woman in Bathroom 2025 Zero Day Attack Mayor of Taipei

Music video appearances Sneezing by Yen-j (2012) 3 Idiots by Mayday (2011) What's Wrong with Rock?! by Leehom Wang (2008) Setting You Free by Nicky Lee (2005)