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Vivian Sung
宋芸樺
Sung at the 59th Golden Horse Awards in November 2022
Born	(1992-10-21) 21 October 1992 (age 32) Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Alma mater	Fu Jen Catholic University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2014-present
Notable work	Café. Waiting. Love Our Times Lost Romance
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	宋芸樺
Simplified Chinese	宋芸桦
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sòng Yúnhuà Wade–Giles Sung Yün-hua Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Sung3 Wan4waa4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Sòng Ûn-hôa

Vivian Sung Yun-hua (Chinese: 宋芸樺; born 21 October 1992) is a Taiwanese actress. She is best known for the films Café. Waiting. Love (2014) and Our Times (2015), as well as the television series Lost Romance (2020). She was nominated for the Best Leading Actress award at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards for her role in Our Times.

Career

Before her debut, Sung starred in many short films and music videos, mostly along with her friends. She first appeared in IGUband's music video "So I Stopped". The music video was widely circulated amongst students, resulting in her receiving many short film offers. Thereafter, with a growing interest in the entertainment industry, Sung began by signing a contract with Star Ritz.

Sung's debut movie was screenwriter and producer Giddens Ko's romance film Café. Waiting. Love, in which she plays the lead role of Lee Si-ying. Ko said on his blog that he was hoping to find new people to play the lead roles and had to do a lot of interviews and auditions. At that time, Sung was still a third-year university student, studying at Fu Jen Catholic University, Department of Textiles and Clothing. After Sung's interview with film producer Angie Chai, Ko told his agent, "This girl is perfect for the role!" After several rounds of auditions and interviews, Sung was chosen to play the role. Café. Waiting. Love premiered in August 2014, earning more than NT$200 million at the Taiwan box office, earning Sung much recognition.

In 2015, Sung starred in her second film, Our Times, as lead character Lin Zhen-xin. The film's producer, Yeh Ju-fen, said that after ten auditions, she had never seen an actor like Sung. Director Frankie Chen said in an interview that Sung is a logical thinking girl, but her character is the complete opposite and acts based on her instincts instead. Hence, on her first day of filming, Sung could not even get into character. Mentor Xu Jiehui suggested to break down Sung's elegance, forcing her to learn how to be her character by unlearning how to be herself.

Our Times topped the box office in Taiwan, earning more than NT$400 million. Sung received her first award nomination for Best Actress at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards. Then 22 years old, she was the youngest among the five candidates. While Sung did not win the award, she was praised for her performance of the theme song, "A Little Happiness," at the awards ceremony.

After appearing in two movies, Sung appeared in the TVBS television series Taste of Love as the lead actress, in which she played a tour guide overly obsessed with good food.

In 2016, Sung was cast as the lead character, Shen-xi, in the Chinese fantasy web series Proud of Love. The first season aired on Youku on 9 September 2016, and concluded with the second season on 1 January 2017.

The third film that Sung starred in was Take Me to the Moon, in which she played lead character Li En-pei (also named Emma). The film premiered in December 2017.

In 2020, Sung starred in the romantic fantasy drama Lost Romance, in which she played an editor of a publishing company who finds herself transported into the pages of a romance novel and comes face-to-face with the man of her dreams (played by Marcus Chang). Lost Romance was named as the Most Popular Taiwanese Drama of the Year 2020 by DailyView, and Sung and Marcus Chang were praised for their on-screen chemistry.

On 28 November 2020, Sung started her YouTube channel where she posts videos with her celebrity friends including Marcus Chang, Bruce Hung, and Simon Lian.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Music video

Awards and nominations

References

1. Teh, Yvonne (14 August 2014). "Film review: Café. Waiting. Love will appeal to fans of You are the Apple of My Eye". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
2. 謝幸恩 (25 November 2014). "輔大美女年曆 正妹髮溼好吸睛". 中時新聞網 (in Chinese). 旺旺中時媒體集團. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
3. Yi, Ho (14 August 2015). "Movie review: Our Times 我的少女時代". Taipei Times. Taiwan, China: Liberty Times. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. The younger Lin, played by Vivian Sung (宋芸樺), is a plain, clumsy girl who spends her high-school days goofing around with friends and fawning over the most popular boy in school, Ouyang (Dino Lee, 李玉璽).
4. Lee, Edmund (2 December 2017). "Film review: Take Me to the Moon – Vivian Sung, Jasper Liu contemplate ambitions and dreams in time-travelling romcom". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
5. "《我的婆婆》拿第二！2020年度20大精彩台劇 網路最紅冠軍出爐｜每日調查". 《我的婆婆》拿第二！2020年度20大精彩台劇　網路最紅冠軍出爐｜每日調查 (in Traditional Chinese). 18 December 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
6. 林俐瑄 (11 September 2020). "宋芸樺披婚紗嫁張立昂 《浪漫輸給你》掀劇情高潮 - Yahoo奇摩新聞". tw.news.yahoo.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
7. 娛樂星聞 (5 September 2020). "《浪漫輸給你》收視蟬聯冠軍 張立昂、宋芸樺大放閃親不停 | 娛樂星聞". star.setn.com (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
8. Vivian Sung at douban.com
9. Vivian Sung at chinesemov.com

External links

• Vivian Sung at IMDb
• Vivian Sung at the Hong Kong Movie Database
• Vivian Sung on Instagram

• 1992 births
• Living people
• Taiwanese Taoists
• Fu Jen Catholic University alumni
• Taiwanese film actresses
• Taiwanese television actresses
• 21st-century Taiwanese actresses
• Actresses from Taipei