Zaizai Lin

Zaizai Lin Chen-shi (; born 22 May 1990) is a Taiwanese actress. She made her acting debut in Taipei Exchanges, and was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Television Series in the 48th Golden Bell Awards for her role in the romance series An Innocent Mistake (2012). She also starred in the lesbian-themed romance series Fragrance of the First Flower (2021–2024), and won Best Leading Actress in a Miniseries in the 57th Golden Bell Awards with her performance in the first season.

Early life Lin was born on 22 May 1990. Her parents divorced when she was ten years old. To support Lin and her sister, her mother worked two jobs as an accountant and market hawker, prompting Lin to start working at a night market and restaurants to alleviate her mother's financial burdens. During junior high school, she became involved with gangs and spent most of her time in billiard halls and comic book stores. She often skipped classes in high school to work and eventually suspended her studies in the sophomore year. She was discovered by a talent scout at the age of 16, and she accepted the offer due to the high salary. In 2008, Lin gained public recognition for her advertisements for Kymco and her appearance in Mayday's music video for "". and later revealed in an interview with TVBS that the decision led to her losing several film role offers. She took a hiatus from acting the following year due to pregnancy and returned in 2017, and starred in the Chinese-Hong Kong romance film A Nail Clipper Romance that was released in the same year. Han Cheung of Taipei Times praised her performance as "pretty solid" and lamented her character's lack of screen time. She had been dating both males and females since junior high school. In November 2016, Lin announced that she had given birth to a son in September with her boyfriend and film director Lin Li-shu, after five years of dating. The partners raised their son together and lived in Hualien County, but they did not marry, with Lin describing them as in an open relationship and stating that they had no plans for marriage. In August 2023, Lin published her autobiography We All Have the Ability to Experience Freedom.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes/ 2010 Taipei Exchanges Joise (薔兒) 2011 Jump Ashin! #599 Wu Hsiao-li (吳小莉) The Customer Segment: Lane 256 2014 Little Sun (小太陽) Lucy News anchor Cameo 2017 A Nail Clipper Romance Lulu 2018 Alice (愛莉絲) Seren (濏媛) 2021 Nan Chih-yang's ex-girlfriend Voice cameo

Television Year Title Role Notes/ 2010 Gloomy Salad Days Ni Ke (妮可) Recurring role 2012 Chung Man-ching (鍾曼青) Main role 2014 The Lying Game Zhou Yi (周宜) Recurring role Penguins at North Pole Temu (鐵木) Main role; television film Apple in Your Eye Hsiao Yun (小芸) Cameo 2015 Yu Miao-miao (于淼淼) Main role 2021–2024 Yi-ming (江怡敏) Main role (season 1–2) 2023 Cheng Feng (程楓) Recurring role (–) 2024 Imperfect Us A mother Cameo

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2013 48th Golden Bell Awards Best Leading Actress in a Television Series 2022 57th Golden Bell Awards Best Leading Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film