Océane Zhu

For the warlord late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, see Zhu Xuan.

Océane Zhu Xuan (born on April 4, 1987) is a Chinese model, former beauty queen, and actress based in Hong Kong. She joined TVB in 2009 and left in 2015 to explore a career in Mainland China.

Océane Zhu
Océane Zhu Xuan in 2009.
Born	(1987-04-04) 4 April 1987 Beijing, People's Republic of China
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present
Chinese name
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhū Xuán Yue: Cantonese Jyutping zyu1 syun4

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhu.

Life and career

Early life

Océane was born and raised in Beijing. Growing up, she had been interested in the performing arts and longed to study it in France. Both her parents are in the Chinese Army and at seventeen, her parents gave her the option of either joining the military or study abroad; she chose to pursue her dreams. She eventually moved to Paris and studied acting at Cours Florent (a private French drama school) to hone her craft and graduated in 2010, making her fluent in Mandarin and French.

2008 Miss China Europe and Miss China International

While studying in Paris, she was a part-time model and learned about the Miss China Europe 2008 pageant when a reporter asked her about it. Feeling she had nothing to lose, she attended and won the competition. Afterwards, she represented Paris in the Miss China International 2008 pageant in Hong Kong and also won. Like all beauty pageant winners in HK, Océane was offered a contract to act in TVB and began her acting career.

Joining TVB and 2009 debut

While Océane joined TVB in 2009, she wouldn't make an official appearance in HK until 2010 in the drama Some Day. Usually the pageant winner is untrained in acting and go through acting school before making their debut, Océane was already trained and still went through the acting courses to refine her acting and speak Cantonese. However, she made her acting debut in the 2009 Taiwanese historical drama (later remade into a movie): the Prince of Tears. Océane would work in TVB for the next seven years. During her time with TVB though, Océane never had lead roles and only played support roles due to her limited fluency in Cantonese.

2015 TVB departure and 2018 marriage

By around October 2015, Océane declared she was leaving TVB. Her contract was expiring and she decided not to renew; she decided to explore her career in Mainland China. She would venture into film, featured in 2016's Line Walker and 2017's The Bittersweet. By September 2018, she privately got married in Belgium to a second generation rich man from Mainland China. As of 2020, Océane has yet to return in any dramas nor films.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Prince of Tears	Jin Wanping	Nominated — Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer Nominated — Asian Film Awards for Best New Performer
2010	Perfect Wedding	Fanny
2012	Cross	Lee's wife
2015	Triumph in the Skies	Winnie
2016	Line Walker	CIB Detective (cameo)
2017	The Bittersweet

Television dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Some Day	Shuang	Cameo (episode 118)
	Twilight Investigation	Nip Bing
2011	7 Days in Life	Yao Dan
	Be Home for Dinner	Susan Nin So-shan	Sitcom regular
	The Life and Times of a Sentinel	Consort Tung-ngok	2 episodes
	Super Snoops	Chu Ka-bik
	Ad Mania	Pang Ruolin
2012	When Heaven Burns	Angus Sung's girlfriend	Cameo (episode 30)
	Queens of Diamonds and Hearts	Leng Lei	Cameo (episode 22)
	King Maker	Lei Oi-oi
2012-2015	Come Home Love	Shum Shui-ching	Series recurring character
2013	Season of Love	Yoyo	Episodes 1–5: "Chapter of Spring"
	Sergeant Tabloid	Constable Lam Oi-oi	Previously warehoused; released overseas April 2012
	A Great Way to Care II	To Man-wai
	Slow Boat Home	Don Man Wing-tung
	A Change of Heart	Christina. J	Episode 12
	Triumph in the Skies II	Kate	Episodes 1 & 2
2014	Shades of Life	Wong Mei-fan	Episode 2
2015	Romantic Repertoire	To Chi-chin
2016	Captain of Destiny	Wu So-na

External links

• Océane's official TVB Blog
• Zhu's information at Hudong.com
• Océane Zhu's Instagram