Cheryl Yang (Chinese: 楊謹華; pinyin: Yáng Jǐnhuá; born 12 December 1977) is a Taiwanese actress.[1] She joined the entertainment scene at the age of 14 when she filmed her first commercial. Not long after she started her career, she filmed a music video together with Andy Lau, which garnered her attention in the industry. She rose to prominence when she filmed the Taiwanese drama My Queen in 2009 with actor Ethan Juan.

Cheryl Yang
楊謹華
Yang at the 57th Golden Bell Awards in October 2022
Born
Yang Ching-hua

(1977-12-12) 12 December 1977 (age 46)
Alma materYu Da High School of Commerce and Home Economics
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1992-present
AgentOne Shot Entertainment
Spouse
Ben Chen
(m. 2018)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊謹華
Simplified Chinese杨谨华
Hanyu PinyinYáng Jǐnhuá

Personal life

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In 2001, during the filming of Poor Prince, Yang was rumored to have relationships with both Vic Chou and Ken Zhu. She later admitted to having dated Ken Zhu for four months.[2] In 2009, Ethan Juan revealed during a promotion event for My Queen in Malaysia that Yang had also dated Vic Chou.[3] During the filming of My Queen in 2009, Yang dated Harry Chang of Da Mouth. The relationship lasted for over a year. From 2012 to 2015, she was in a relationship with photographer Chao-Zhang Ke.[4]

Yang dated Ben Chen, a Taiwanese-American businessman, for two years and they married in December 2018. [5]

Yang and Elva Hsiao shared a close friendship for 16 years, but the two parted ways in 2017.[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year English title Original title Role Notes
2002 L'elisir d'amore 愛情靈藥 Japanese woman
Twenty Something Taipei 台北朝九晚五 Eva
2004 West Town Girls 終極西門 Gucci
2007 I Wish 奇妙的旅程 Qi Li
2008 1895 一八九五 Huang Xian Mei
2012 100% Kiss 一百分的吻 Xiao Hua
2013 Saving Mother Robot 瑪德2號 Fang Fang
2014 Live@Love 活路:妒忌私家偵探社 Du Ji Ling
2017 All Because of Love 痴情男子漢 Tan-meng Special appearance
2019 Without her, Even Hero is 0 我是顧家男 Xu Shuang Shuang
2020 Do You Love Me As I Love You 可不可以,你也剛好喜歡我 Shih Tung
2022 Minxiong Haunted House 民雄鬼屋 Ho Sheng-hsin / Ho Te-hsin

Television series

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Year English title Original title Role Network Notes
2001 Poor Prince 貧窮貴公子 You Mei CTS
2002 - 音樂愛情故事:張清芳 azio
Come to My House 來我家吧 Xiao Mei CTV Cameo
- 聖夏0度C Hui Jun
- 音樂愛情故事:劉若英 aizo
My Secret Garden 我的秘密花園 Chen En En CTV Cameo
2003 Happiness Equation 幸福方程式
Diary of Sex and the City 熟女慾望日記 Ah Pan CTV
心動列車─喔!對面的
My Secret Garden 2 我的秘密花園2 Chen En En CTV
Snow Angel 雪天使 Elaine Liang CTS
2004 Only You 我只在乎你 Wan Qiu CTS
男丁格爾 Girl who committed suicide CTV Cameo
2005 The Hospital 白色巨塔 Ma Yi Fen CTV
2006 Love Queen 戀愛女王 Zhang Jing Han CTS
Angel Lover 天使情人 Vivan STAR Chinese Channel
2007 Mask 面具 Su Mei Xin FTV
2008 The Days When Morning Glory Bloomed 牽牛花開的日子 Rong Lian Lian CTV
2009 My Queen 敗犬女王 SETTV, TTV Netflix
Fall in Love 爱上女主播 TTV
2010 Zhong Wu Yen 鍾無艷 Zhong Wu Yen SETTV
2011 Happy Michelin Kitchen 幸福三顆星 Xin Duo Duo CTV
2012 Once Upon a Love 原來愛.就是甜蜜 Tian Ru Mi FTV, GTV
2013 Big Red Riding Hood 大紅帽與小野狼 Wu Zhang Mei TTV
The Birth Of The Queen 女王的誕生 Tang Mei Bao CTV
2014 Tie the Knot 媽咪的男朋友 Li Xiao Mei SETTV
The End of Love 愛情的盡頭 PTV
2015 A Touch of Green 一把青 Qin Qian Yi PTS Netflix
2017 My Dear Boy 我的男孩 Mei Shuang TTV Main Channel and GTV
2021 Light the Night 華燈初上 Su Ching-yi Netflix
2023 Oh No! Here Comes Trouble 不良執念清除師 Ye Bao-sheng GTV iQIYI
2024 Born for the Spotlight 影后 Zhou Fan Netflix

Music video appearances

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Artist Song title Notes
Coco Lee It's a Party -
Andy Lau Les Miserables -
Andy Lau Ice Rain -
Andy Lau Stolen Memories -
Andy Lau Boys and Girls -
Julia Peng Memorable -
Wang Pei Rong Let Go -
Jeff Chang From The Beginning Until Now -
Elva Hsiao Spread Your Wings and Fly -
Shunza 我心動了、 And The Music There… -
Jay Chou Dad, I'm Back -
Ronald Cheng
Kelly Chen
Milky Way -
Elva Hsiao Both Lonely -
A-do Almost -
Fish Leong Looking For Someone My Queen OST
David Tao Adoration -
David Tao Your Song -
David Tao Zero to Hero -
David Tao RE:DT -
Huang Xiaoming MOOPA (Move Party) -
A-Lin We will be Better -
Wan Fang New everlasting love -

Theater

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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2007 42nd Golden Bell Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series The Hospital Nominated
2009 44th Golden Bell Awards Best Leading Actress in a Television Series My Queen Nominated
2014 49th Golden Bell Awards Best Leading Actress in a Television Series The Queen! Nominated
2016 51st Golden Bell Awards Best Leading Actress in a Television Series A Touch of Green Nominated
21st Asian Television Awards Best Actress Won
2017 52nd Golden Bell Awards Best Leading Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film Rock Records in Love - New Everlasting Love Nominated
2020 55th Golden Bell Awards Best Leading Actress in a Television Series The Mirror Nominated
25th Asian Television Awards Best Actress Nominated
2022 57th Golden Bell Awards[7] Best Leading Actress in a Television Series Light the Night Nominated
5th Asian Academy Creative Awards Best Leading Actress Nominated
2024 59th Golden Bell Awards[8] Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series Oh No! Here Comes Trouble Won

References

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  1. ^ Cheryl Yang at chinesemov.com
  2. ^ "杨谨华承认曾与朱孝天拍拖 称谈过7次恋爱(图)_影音娱乐_新浪网". ent.sina.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  3. ^ "楊謹華被揭嗒過仔仔 - 東方日報". orientaldaily.on.cc. Archived from the original on 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  4. ^ "【師娘嬌嗔擾鄰】蕭亞軒玩完13段戀情 楊謹華敗犬復活". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2017-08-22. Archived from the original on 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  5. ^ Lim, Ruey Yan (2023-10-09). "Actress Cheryl Yang celebrates husband's birthday with uni sushi 'cake'". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  6. ^ 娛樂組 (2021-12-07). "【生日同歡護醉夫4】16年閨密好到穿同條內褲 楊謹華蕭亞軒雙姝怨扯上柯震東". 鏡週刊 Mirror Media (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  7. ^ "【金鐘獎入圍公布】《華燈初上》林心如、楊謹華搶視后 《茶金》溫昇豪、郭子乾爭視帝". Up Media. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  8. ^ "楊謹華入圍金鐘8次終奪戲劇女配角淚崩 喊這輩子最幸運就是當演員" [Yang Jinhua has been shortlisted for the Golden Bell for 8 times and finally won the supporting actress in drama. She burst into tears and said that the luckiest thing in her life is to be an actor.]. Central News Agency (Taiwan) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 19 October 2024. Archived from the original on 20 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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