Wu Ke-Xi

Wu Ke-Xi (born 6 February 1983) is a Taiwanese actress. She has had starring roles in most of Midi Z's films. In 2016, Wu was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for her role in The Road to Mandalay.

Life and career Wu received her bachelor's degree in Turkish language and culture at National Chengchi University. Besides English and Turkish, she also learned Burmese, Thai and Southwestern Mandarin for her performances as Sino-Burmese characters in several Midi Z's films.

Filmography Feature film Year English title Original title Role Notes/ 2012 Poor Folk 窮人。榴槤。麻藥。偷渡客 San-mei 2013 Taipei Factory 台北工廠 Burmese refugee Segment "Silent Asylum" 2014 Ice Poison 冰毒 San-mei 2016 Two Idiots 傻瓜向錢衝 Monica The Road to Mandalay 再見瓦城 Lien Ching 2017 The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful 血觀音 Tang Ning 2018 5×1 Actress VR film (segment "The Making of") 2019 Nina Wu 灼人秘密 Nina Wu Also as screenwriter 2022 Redeeming Love Mai Ling 2024Black Tea Ying Nominated - 74th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear TBAThe Exiles Also as screenwriter

Short film Year English title Original title Role Notes 2010 Solitary-ism 一個人主義 Girl 2010 It All Comes Too Late Patty Wu 2014 Burial Clothes 南方來信-安老衣 San-mei The Palace on the Sea 海上皇宮 San-mei 2015 Soulik 蘇力 The girlfriend Jump Off Or Live On 跳下去，活下來 Chang Hsin-ju 2018 Magician on the Roof 天台上的魔術師 Sung Ying

Telefilm Year English title Original title Role Notes 2009 Fireworks 煙花時分 Woman 2011 One Step is Enough 出走的好理由 Hsiao-mi

Television series Year English title Original title Role Notes 2010 Days We Stared at the Sun 他們在畢業的前一天爆炸 Bar proprietress

Theater

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2014 2nd Canada International Film and Television Festival Best ActressIce Poison 2015 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Best ActressThe Palace on the Sea 15th Chinese Film Media Awards Best ActressIce Poison 2016 53rd Golden Horse Awards Best Leading ActressThe Road to Mandalay 2018 58th Asia-Pacific Film Festival Best Actress 18th Chinese Film Media Awards Best Supporting ActressThe Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful 2019 56th Golden Horse Awards Best Original Screenplay Nina Wu (share with Midi Z) 2020 22nd Taipei Film Awards Best Screenplay