Kelly Yu Wenwen (; born 7 November 1989) is a
Chinese Canadian singer, songwriter, and actress.
Personal life
Yu was born in
Dalian, China and moved with her parents to
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
,
British Columbia
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in 2004. She attended
Killarney Secondary School and later moved to
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
, where she attended the
Berklee College of Music.
Career
Yu's first movie was ''Under the Rain'' in 2012, directed by Liu Chen. Her first lead role was in 2014 in the television series ''
One and a Half Summer'' pairing up with
Nichkhun
Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul ( th, นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล; ; born June 24, 1988), better known mononymously as Nichkhun ( ko, 닉쿤), is a Thai American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and model who is currently based in Sou ...
.
In 2017, Yu starred as lead actress in the romantic film ''
The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes''. She sang the theme song of the film.
On Christmas Day of 2022, Kelly announced via Weibo where she will be reprising her role as Lin Jia from Ex-File 3 with other key members returning too.
Filmography
Film
Drama series
Television shows
Discography
Albums
Singles
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Actresses from Dalian
People from Dalian
Singers from Liaoning
21st-century Chinese actresses
Chinese film actresses
Chinese television actresses
21st-century Chinese women singers