Ili Cheng (; born Cheng Chia-chen, ; 31 August 1993), nicknamed Jipai Mei (; ), is a Taiwanese internet celebrity and model, who has appeared in television programmes, feature films, videos and a music EP. She came to fame in January 2012 when her promotional video for a fried

chicken cutlet Cutlet (derived from French language, French ''côtelette'', ''côte'', "rib") refers to: # a thin slice of meat from the leg or ribs of mutton, veal, pork or chicken # a dish made of such slice, often breaded cutlet, breaded (also known in var ...

restaurant went viral. Thereafter she became an internet celebrity.

Early life

Her parents divorced when she was seven. Her father, being much richer than her mother, gained custody of her and her younger brother, but they did not live with their father. Instead, they lived together with his father's ex-wife and four older half-siblings on his father's side. Her mother died of stomach cancer when she was 17. She changed her name to Cheng Chia-chun (鄭家純) in 2013.

Career

She started working as a part-time model in mid-July 2011. In 2012, she was featured in a promotional video, which became viral, for a chicken cutlet shop.

Political views

Cheng actively engages in political discussion covering a wide range of issues. She has been supporting

anti-nuclear movement The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies. Some direct action groups, environmental movements, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, nationa ...

in Taiwan since 2013. She joined the

Sunflower Student Movement The Sunflower Student Movement is associated with a protest movement driven by a coalition of students and civic groups that came to a head between March 18 and April 10, 2014, in the Legislative Yuan and, later, also the Executive Yuan of T ...

in 2014. She supports Hong Kong democracy movements.

Personal life

On 2 November 2022, Cheng married with a Japanese pediatrician named Akira.

Works

Photo albums

*15 August 2012 ''18 Sui De Liwu'' *26 February 2013 ''The gift of 18th–Lili Shashin-shū'' *22 July 2015 ''Wo Shi Zheng Jiachun''

Japanese photo DVD

*16 November 2012 ''Ili The First'', ''First! Ili'' (DVD) *26 April 2013 ''Ili "Yakusoku..."'' (DVD) *26 April 2013 ''Ili "Yakusoku..."'' (Blu-ray 3D) *26 July 2013 ''I'm iLi'' (DVD) *26 July 2013 ''I'm iLi'' (Blu-ray)

Films

*2013 ''Campus Confidential'' as Wu Yifen *2015 ''One Night in Taipei'' as Hong Dou *2016 ''True Love is Ghost''

Dramas

Dubbing

Music videos

*November 2012: Forgive Me - Fir A Qin Real *December 2013: Wo Bu Dong Ai - Ryan

Records

References

Notes

External links

* * *The viral video that launched Cheng's career: {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Ili 1993 births Living people Taiwanese female models