Wu Chin-yi (; born March 4, 1968), better known as Annie Yi () or Annie Shizuka Inoh ( ja, 伊能静, Inō Shizuka), is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer.

Early life and education

Wu Chin-yi () was born on March 4, 1968 in

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, Taiwan, the youngest of seven daughters of Yang Shu-wan () and Wu Min (). Her mother is from Keelung and her father is from Shandong. Her father divorced her mother to married another woman who gave him a

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, her

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Wu Pu-hui (). During her

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, she was sent to study in a

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to learn

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. Then, she moved to Japan to live with her mother and her step-father 伊能祥光, a Japanese man from the

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. She took her step-father's surname and took a Japanese name "Shizuka Inoh" ( ja, 伊能静江, Inō Shizuka). She lived in

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, Japan for six years and studied at

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. After returning to Taiwan in 1988, she took the stage name "Yi Nengjing" (), by simplifying her Japanese name dropping the last character. In 2010, she was selected as a judge for the television series ''

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''.

Personal life

On February 14, 2000, Yi married Taiwanese singer

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in the United States. They had dated for 14 years. On March 20, 2009, the Yi and Yu officially issued a divorce statement, ending their eight-year marriage. From this marriage, Yi had a son Harrison Yu () born on 16 March 2002 in the United States. On March 21, 2015, Yi married Chinese actor

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, Thailand. Yi gave birth to their daughter Cindy Qin () in 2016 in the United States. On 25 September 2013, Yi announced that she adopted Xia Junfeng's son Xia Jianqiang () as her

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and his wife Zhang Jing () as her blood sister.

Controversy

In 2019, Annie Yi removed her social media post promoting the teachings of Indian godman

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after the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and China Anti-Cult Association (CACA) issued a warning about the Oneness cult's activities in the state run media

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Filmography

Film

TV series

Television show(s)

References

External links

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Annie's Internet Conservatory
Official site (in

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Annie's Blog
1968 births Living people 20th-century Taiwanese women singers 21st-century Taiwanese women singers 20th-century Taiwanese actresses 21st-century Taiwanese actresses Taiwanese film actresses Taiwanese television actresses Actresses from Taipei Taiwanese Mandopop singers Cantopop singers Japanese-language singers Musicians from Taipei Taiwanese women film directors Film directors from Taipei China's Got Talent Taiwanese expatriates in Hong Kong Taiwanese expatriates in Japan {{Taiwan-singer-stub