After graduating from Hawaii Pacific University in 1987, she settled in the United States. In the same year, she was talent scouted by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci to play Puyi's young concubine Wenxiu in the movie "The Last Emperor". She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Italian Film Festival, and began to gain international popularity and became a successor to Chen Chong, thus being the third Chinese actress to successfully break into Hollywood.
Wu was selected as "one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world" by the American "People" magazine.
In 1993, she participated in the film "The Gone Daughter" directed by Oscar Luis Costo, whom she married in 1996.
Over the years, she has won several awards such as "Actor of the Highest Honor at the 1998 American Independent Film Spirit Awards"; "Sexist Chinese Actress at the 2000 Asian Performing Arts Dynamics A Magazine"; "Best Supporting Actress at the 2007 Academy Awards"; "2010 Inspirational Women of the World"; "2011 Successful Women Award"; "2011 Youku Best Actress"; "2014 Outstanding Overseas Chinese Actress" for court film "Nanping Hongli"; "Best Supporting Actress at the 2015 Chinese American Film Festival" for "The Queens"; "Most Popular Actress Award 2017 at the 11th Paris Chinese Film Festival" for the movie "Youth Dinner"; and "Best Supporting Actress Award at the 2018 China-US TV Festival" for the drama "Always With You".", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/QNX1Wc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tan Kai", "alternateName": "谭凯", "birthDate": "January 13, 1972", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "Tan Kai (English name: Kevin Tan) is a Chinese actor.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/61orp_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jing Chao", "alternateName": "经超", "birthDate": "April 15, 1986", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "Jing Chao is a Chinese actor. Born on April 15, 1986, he made his acting debut in 2008 Chinese movie “Love With My Former Wife.” He has also appeared in “Mother’s Heart” (2010), “Beautiful Housewives” (2011), “Death Notify” The Darker” (2014), “Chinese Paladin 5: Clouds of the World” (2016) , “Decoded” (2016), Tiger Father Dog Son (2017), Huang Fei Hong (2017), Magic City (2018), Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018), Princess Silver (2019) and The Legend of Xiao Chuo (2020).
Jin graduated from Beijing Film Academy. He married actress Li Jia Lin, also known as Li Lin, in 2014. They have two children.
(Viki) (Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/eYyYrd_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karlina Zhang", "alternateName": "张佳宁, 張佳寧, Zhang Jia Ning, Zhang Karlina, Карлина Чжан", "birthDate": "May 26, 1989", "nationality": "Liaoyuan, China", "description": "Zhang Jianing also known as Karlina Zhang, is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her roles as Lin Beixing in Shining for One Thing and Muyun Yanshuang in Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy. In 2009, Zhang debuted with a supporting role in the television series Auntie Duohe. In 2012, Zhang starred in the family drama Father's Love and won the LeTV Awards for Outstanding Actress. The same year, she starred in the period melodrama Family On The Go directed by Kong Sheng, portraying a village girl. Zhang won the Best New Actress at the Tongniu Awards for her performance, as well as the Most Popular Actress award at the Jiangsu Television Awards. (Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/zhang-karlina.png" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lin Zi", "alternateName": "林籽", "birthDate": "September 5, 1995", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "Lin Zi (English name: Icey), born as Fan Lingzi in Changsha, Hunan Province, is a Chinese graphic model and actress. She graduated from Beijing Film Academy.
While still schooling in 2011, she participated in the "Ninth Ruili Cover Model Contest" and won the runner-up position in the Changsha Division and the Top 30 in the country. Consequently, she served as a graphic model for magazines such as Ruili Apparel & Beauty, Fashion & Entertainment, and A grade covers.
Lin officially entered showbiz in 2015 with her participation in her first military idol drama "Deep Blue". She gained more attention in 2016 from her role in the revolutionary war drama "Red Flag Scrolling the West Wind".
It was reported that Lin and actor Li Zi Feng got married in June 2021 and held their wedding in Beijing in July.