Vivian Wu (born February 5, 1966) is a Chinese actress born in Shanghai, China, and graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In 1996, she married American director Oscar Luis Costo and is now a U.S. citizen. Vivian Wu was born in 1966 into a family of filmmakers in Shanghai, with ancestral roots in Fenghua, Zhejiang (now Ningbo, Fenghua District). Her mother, Zhu Manfang, is a well-known actress. At the age of 16 in 1983, she acted in the film "Cheers for the Young." She later studied Tourism Management at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, graduating in 1987 and settling in the United States. In the same year, she caught the eye of renowned Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci and portrayed Empress Wan Rong, the young bride of Puyi, in the film "The Last Emperor," earning a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the Italian Film Festival. This marked the beginning of her international recognition, making her the third successful Chinese actress to break into Hollywood after Joan Chen. In 1990, she was selected as one of the world's 50 most beautiful people by the American magazine "People." In 1993, she starred in the film "The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca," directed by Oscar Luis Costo, sparking a romance that led to their marriage in 1996. Over the years, she has appeared in numerous films, with notable roles including portraying Soong Mei-ling in Hong Kong director Ann Hui's "Song of the Dynasty" and Chinese director Han Sanping's "The Founding of a Republic." In the British film "The Pillow Book," she boldly performed a nude scene.
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