Menu

Known For

Vivian Wu is known for:

  • Heaven & Earth
    Le Ly lives in a small Vietnamese village whose serenity is shattered when war breaks out. Caught between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese army, the village is all but destroyed. After being both brutalized and raped, Le Ly resolves to flee. She leaves for the city, surviving desperate situations, but surviving nonetheless. Eventually she meets a U.S. Marine named Steve Butler who treats her kindly and tells her he would like to be married -- maybe to her.
  • The Last Emperor
    A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
    The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to perfect the art of becoming one. The turtles also assist a small village in an uprising.

Related Actors

These actors are frequently suggested for roles along with Vivian Wu.

Top Casting Suggestions

Vivian Wu has been suggested to play 10 roles. Click below to see other actors suggested for each role, and vote for who you think would play the role best.

Biography

Vivian Wu (born February 5, 1966 in Shanghai), is a Chinese actress, known for her roles in The Last Emperor (1987), Heaven & Earth (1993), The Joy Luck Club (1993), and The Pillow Book (1996) and as the historical figure of Soong May-ling, commonly referred to as Madam Chiang Kai-shek, in two major Chinese motion pictures The Soong Sisters (1997) and The Founding of a Republic (2009) Description above from the Wikipedia article Vivian Wu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​