Anya Wu was born on February 17, 1976 in Taiwan; by age 6 she had
moved with her family to the United States. She was raised in New York
City, where she was discovered by a record company to become a singer
back in Taiwan. While she was in Taiwan preparing for her album's release,
she became the first female DJ in Taiwan clubs. She caught much media
attention, even media from Hong Kong.
With so much public attention, her magazine interview caught the eye of
Director Jingle Ma, who convinced Golden Harvest, a film, production, and
exhibition company, to relocate her to Hong Kong and sign her, but by the
time they found her, he had already started "Moi Moi Cha," the film for which
he had wanted her, so her debut film became "Born to Be King", the final
installment of the "Young & Dangerous" series, as Jordan Chan's wife Nanako.
Since Anya relocated to Hong Kong, her profile has swiftly increased with the
support of Golden Harvest. She has since had larger roles in several of the
studio's post-millennium efforts. She appeared as one of Ekin Cheng's many
girls in "For Bad Boys Only", and in 2001 took more action-oriented in two hot
action films, "Sharp Guns" and "Fire Ghost", in which she menaced Stephen
Fung and Nicholas Tse. She went on to become one of the top up-and-coming
actresses in both Hong Kong and Taiwan, and her gorgeous looks have also
graced numerous magazine covers, print ads, and TV shows in both regions.
In 2002, Anya began work on the "remake/sequel" to "Naked Killer", titled "Naked
Weapon" as Kat, best friend of Maggie Q.'s character Charlene. She also recently
worked in Hong Kong on a stage play, "Glengarry Glenross", in the challenging role
of Blake that has always been played by a man. Tickets were sold out and another
performance had to be added. After that, she starred in Tsui Hark's thriller "Vampire
Hunters" as Sasa.
After the liquidation of Golden Harvest's talent agency, Anya decided to return to her
native Taiwan and dabble in TV series. She starred in one called "Pink Godfather", as
well as Taiwan's version of "Sex and the City", in which she played "Samantha." After
one year she realized that her focus was still more on films and headed to join the
fiercely-competitive, growing industry in China. Being fluent in Chinese as well as
English, she currently works on co-productions with Chinese and foreign production
companies.
