
Chen Shiang-Chyi
Biography
Chen Shiang-chyi (Chinese: 陳湘琪; pinyin: chén xiāng qí; born 27 November 1969) is a Taiwanese actress best known for her long-lasting collaboration with critically acclaimed filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang.
When she was studying at the Taipei National University of the Arts, Chen was spotted by Edward Yang when he walked by her acting class. After her performance in Yang's A Confucian Confusion, she moved to New York City to study performing arts, later graduating from the Educational Theatre master's program at New York University.
After Chen returned to Taiwan, she starred in many of Tsai Ming-liang's films. She also appeared in Lin Cheng-sheng's Sweet Degeneration (1997), which was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2014, she won the Best Actress award at the Golden Horse Film Festival for her performance in Exit. Chen teaches at the Taipei National University of the Arts as an assistant professor of theatre.
Filmography

Increasing Echo
2022
as Mrs. Yan. Hsiu-Hsin YEH

The Deserted
2018

The Receptionist
2017
as Sasa

The Clearstream Affair
2015
as Mrs. Yin

Exit
2014
as Ling-tzu

Stray Dogs
2014
as Woman

Past Present
2013
as Self

Soul
2013
as Little Yun

Visage
2009

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006
as Chyi

The Wayward Cloud
2005
as National Museum Narrator

Bear Hug
2004
as Mom

My Stinking Kid
2004

Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003
as Ticket Woman

Robinson's Crusoe
2003
as Hsui-Ling

The Skywalk Is Gone
2003
as Young Woman

Love Drifting Between Intimacy and Loneliness
2002
as Lee Ling-hsuan

What Time Is It There?
2001
as Shiang-Chyi

Half of Heaven
2001
as Anyi

Restless
2001
as Lin Qing Qing

The Hole
1998
as (voice)

Tsuru-Henry
1998

The River
1997
as Hsiao-Kang's Girlfriend

Sexy Story
1997