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JuJu Chan Szeto
Born2 February[a]
British Hong Kong
Alma materUniversity of San Francisco (BS)
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (MA)
Occupation(s)Actress, martial artist, model, singer, writer
Years active2008–present
SpouseAntony Szeto (m. 2019)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese司徒鈺芸
Simplified Chinese司徒钰芸
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSītú Yùyún
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSito Juk6-wan4
Musical career
Instrument(s)Piano
Websitewww.jujuchanszeto.com

JuJu Chan Szeto[2] (Chinese: 司徒鈺芸; born 2 February[a]) also known as JuJu Chan (Chinese: 陳鈺芸), is a Hong Kong-born American actress, martial artist, singer, and writer.

Chan pursued martial arts at a young age, an interest she kept up with into adulthood. She started modeling when she was a teenager, released her fist album in 2011, and entered the film industry after receiving her master's degree from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. After competing with the Hong Kong Taekwondo Team, winning medals in international championships, and gone on to fight and won in Thai Boxing championships, she began receiving more action-related roles.[3] Chan received wider recognition as Silver Dart Shi in Netflix's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016). She later returned to Netflix as Zan in Wu Assassins (2019).

Early life and education

Chan was born in Hong Kong. At the age of three, she moved to the United States and settled in San Francisco.[4]

She began to learn martial arts at the age of 10. She first started in judo, as that was the closest school at the time, and went on to learn Shotokan karate, wushu, Hung Ga, Wing Chun, ITF Taekwondo, nunchaku, and muay Thai.[5][4]

Chan graduated cum laude from the University of San Francisco with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a minor in mathematics[6] and dance.[2] She followed it up with a master's degree from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.[7]

Entertainment career

In August 2009, Chan participated in the RTHK reality series Rich Mate Poor Mate (窮富翁大作戰), where four participants from wealthy backgrounds experience the lives of the not so fortunate. During the 120-hour experience, Chan (nicknamed "The Beauty Queen") has to live the life of a single immigrant mother in Hong Kong while taking care of her eight-year-old boy.[8]

Chan starred in Lumina as the title character in 2009. Lumina started as a web series written and directed by Jennifer Thym. The nine-part web series is a dark fantasy.[9][10]

Her fans sometime refer to her as the "female Bruce Lee".[4]

She has one of the lead roles, Ping Wei, the head concubine, in Roger Corman's Hollywood thriller Palace of the Damned (previously named The Living Dead) in 2012. Chan also played the lead actress, Pixie Ho, in an Australian-Chinese Production, Hit Girls, an action comedy short film.[11]

Chan starred as Silver Dart Shi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny directed by Yuen Woo Ping.[12][13]

Chan is the lead actress in Savage Dog[14] released in July 2017.

In August 2018, it was announced that Chan was cast as a recurring character on the Netflix series, Wu Assassins (2019). She played Triad lieutenant Zan Hui.[15] It was announced in February 2021 that she would reprise her role in the sequel film, Fistful of Vengeance.[16] It was later released on February 17, 2022.[17]

In June 2019, Chan joined Dimitri Logothetis's martial arts thriller Jiu Jitsu (2020).[18]

Martial arts career

  • 2013- She represented Hong Kong in the Taekwon-Do (ITF) World Championship in Bulgaria.[19]

Pageant career

In July 2009, she participated in the United Nations Pageants International in Jamaica, where she won Miss Congeniality and Miss United Nation International Ambassador.[20]

Music

Discography

  • I Wanna Hold Your Heart (2011)

Release date: 5 December 2011
Songs：

  1. 那些年的我們
  2. 好勝
  3. 瞬間救地球
  4. I Wanna Hold Your Heart

Music awards

  • 2011 — Hong Kong Metro Radio New Singer Award (2011年度新城勁爆頒獎禮 - 新城勁爆新登場海外歌手)
  • 2011 — Hong Kong uChannel Teens most favorite new singer Award (2011uChannel我撐起樂壇頒獎禮 - 我最喜愛女新人獎)

Other work

In 2010, Chan became the spokesperson and ambassador of Heroes2, a charity organization which focuses on reforestation throughout the areas of rural China.[21]

Chan has also written her first semi-autobiographyTo Live a Beautiful Life, releasing it in June 2010.[22]

Personal life

She has a twin sister.[4]

On October 1, 2019, Chan married frequent collaborator Antony Szeto in Los Angeles.[23]

Filmography

Year Title Alternative title Role Notes Ref.
2008 The Other End of the Gun Sabrina (Supporting role) [citation needed]
2009 Found and Lost (short) Eva (Lead role) [citation needed]
Gong Neui! (short) 港女! Princess (lead role) Also producer [citation needed]
2010 Joggers JuJu (Supporting role) [citation needed]
Unconditional Love (action) Julie (Supporting role) Chinese Kung Fu Fighter [citation needed]
Vela 724 (sci-fi action promo) Princess (Lead role) [citation needed]
2012 The Young Boxer (action) 《詠春小龍》 Bruce Lee's Sister [citation needed]
Palace of the Damned (Horror) Ping Wei (Main Cast) [citation needed]
Hit Girls (Action Comedy) 《职业女杀手》 Pixie Ho (Lead role)
2013 Fist of the Dragon (Action) 《猛龍追擊8小時》 Meili (Lead actress)
2014 Sports Like No Other 《別有動天 第 14 集 演員與跆拳道運動員之間的矛盾》 Main Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 [citation needed]
2016 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny 《臥虎藏龍2》 Silver Dart Shi Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸
2017 Savage Dog Isabelle Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸
2018 Lucid Dreams Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 [24]
2019 The Invincible Dragon Ms. Lady Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 [24]
Hollow Point Amanda Ray Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks Herself [citation needed]
2020 Jiu Jitsu Carmen
2022 Fistful of Vengeance Zan Hui Credited as JuJu Chan
2023 Lights Out [25]

Television series

Year Title Alternative Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2009 Lumina Lumina Wong (Lead role)
2009 Rich Mate Poor Mate 窮富翁大作戰 JuJu (Herself, 選美天后) RTHK Documentary, Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸
2014 Kung Fu Quest 3 《功夫傳奇 3》 Main RTHK Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸
2019 Wu Assassins Zan Hui Netflix Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 [18]

Television

Year Title Alternative Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2019 Noches con Platanito HERSELF Estrella TV (Spanish) [citation needed]
2021 Fight'n Chance (TV Series) HOST [citation needed]

Bibliography

Year Title Alternative Publisher Notes
2010 To Live a Beautiful Life 美麗是活出來的 青馬 Semi-autobiography, Rich Mate Poor Mate, as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸
2011 Rich Mate Poor Mate 窮滋味 Enrich Publishing Book on Rich Mate Poor Mate, as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸
2013 Food & Ordering at a Restaurant 點菜英文 Red Publish Western Dining Tool Book, as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸

Notes

  1. ^ a b JuJu Chan has stopped disclosing her age,[1] hence the available birth years are inconsistent between different sources.

References

  1. ^ "【生日打拳】JuJu28歲生日開P 群星甩底拒公開年齡". Apple Daily (in Chinese). 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. JuJu話過咗20歲之後，就唔再公開年齡
  2. ^ a b "JuJu Chan Szeto: My Journey To Becoming a Martial Arts Actress". Vogue Hong Kong. Retrieved 15 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Action Actress JuJu Chan on Her Path to Hollywood". Prestige Hong Kong. Retrieved 13 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b c d Samson, Carl (5 October 2019). "Meet the 'Female Bruce Lee' and 'Wu Assassins' Star Juju Chan". NextShark. Retrieved 23 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ SCMP Style (21 November 2019). STYLE Interviews: the 'female Bruce Lee' and Wu Assassins star JuJu Chan (YouTube video). South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  6. ^ Carpenter, Ed (22 February 2016). "Alumna Soars in Sequel to Crouching Tiger Movie". University of San Francisco. Retrieved 24 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Carpenter, Ed (22 February 2016). "Action Actress JuJu Chan on Her Path to Hollywood". Prestige. Retrieved 13 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "窮富翁大作戰". Radio Television Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  9. ^ "About Lumina". RockGinger Limited. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  10. ^ "Cast - Lumina". RockGinger Limited. Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  11. ^ "Hit Girls". Fairfield Advance. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Crouching, Hidden... and Streaming?". Impact Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Crouching Tiger's JuJu Chan on why more Hong Kong women do muay Thai". scmp.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Savage Dog: Interview with JuJu Chan". Mike Fury. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  15. ^ Petski, Denise (15 August 2018). "'Wu Assassins': JuJu Chan & Mark Dacascos To Recur In Netflix Martial Arts Drama". Deadline. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  16. ^ Petski, Denise (26 February 2021). "'Wu Assassins' Standalone Movie Set At Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  17. ^ Massoto, Erick (20 January 2022). "'Fistful of Vengeance' Trailer Reveals the 'Wu Assassins' Standalone Movie Coming to Netflix". Collider. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  18. ^ a b Petski, Denise (17 August 2019). "' Tony Jaa, Frank Grillo, JuJu Chan join Nicolas Cage martial arts thriller 'Jiu Jitsu'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Juju Chan to compete in Taekwondo competition". Yahoo! Newsroom. Retrieved 9 September 2013. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ AsianWeek Staff (31 July 2009). "Four Asians Crowned in U.N. International Pageant". AsianWeek. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011.
  21. ^ "Heroes2 Appoints JuJu Chan As Goodwill Ambassador - HeroesToo - ECOfriendly habits for a better tomorrow". heroestoo.org. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  22. ^ "Kung Fu Movie Guide". www.kungfumovieguide.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  23. ^ "JuJu Chan Official Instagram". Instagram. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  24. ^ a b JuJu Chan at hkmdb.com
  25. ^ JuJu Chan at action-flix.com
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