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Tang Wei
Starring in Lust, Caution and Decision to Leave.
Finding Mr. Right · The Golden Era
- Born
- 7 October 1979
- Birthplace
- Hangzhou, China
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Tang Wei
Tang Wei is a Chinese actor whose career spans Chinese-language and South Korean cinema.
Early life
Arts family
Her father was a painter and her mother a Yue opera performer.
Drama school
Entered the Central Academy of Drama’s directing programme in 2000.
Career
- 2007
International breakthrough
Ang Lee cast her in Lust, Caution.
- 2010
Cross-border career
Starred in Late Autumn, a Korean-directed production shot in the United States.
- 2022
Renewed acclaim
Played the enigmatic central character in Decision to Leave.
Selected work
Finding Mr. Right
Led a romantic comedy set partly in Seattle.
The Golden Era
Portrayed writer Xiao Hong.
Decision to Leave
Won major South Korean acting awards for her performance.
Beyond work
Marriage
Married filmmaker Kim Tae-yong in 2014 after meeting on Late Autumn.
Family
Their daughter Summer was born in 2016.
Sources & photo credit
Wikipedia biography and references ↗Further biography and career ↗Photo: K-POPIT 케이팝잇. CC BY 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
