Feb 5, 1966

Shanghai, China

Vivian Wu was born in Shanghai, China, in 1966 as Wu Jun Mei. She started acting at
age 15 with the Shanghai Film Studio, and then later studied Travel Industry
Management at Hawaii's Pacific University. After that she played 'Wen Hsiu' in the
Oscar-winning The Last Emperor (1987) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. In 1993
Vivian was cast by directer Oliver Stone in Heaven & Earth (1993) and The Joy Luck
Club (1993). Since then she has been working constantly in film and television and
was c... ... (read more...) ast by directer Peter Greenaway in 8 ? Women (1999) and The Pillow Book
(1996), in which she starred alongside Ewan McGregor. Vivian also played Soong
May-ling in the hit film Song jia huang chao (1997) and was chosen by People
magazine as one of the most beautiful people in the world in 1990.