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Sylvia Chang
Born: 22nd Jul 1953 Chiayi, Taiwan
Dept: Acting
Sylvia Chang Ai-chia (Chinese: 張艾嘉, born 21 July 1953) is a Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 126
Film: 116 (92%)
Television: 10 (8%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Family, Music, Fantasy, History, Adventure, Animation, War & Politics
Filmography
May 2025 (first aired)
An aspiring stand-up comedian turns her struggles into heartfelt humor as she balances work and relationships while caring for her aging father. ... view
Character:
Lady on the MRT (1 ep.)
Original title: Moon le Panda
2025
Due to his poor academic performance, twelve-year-old Tian is sent to live with his grandmother in the remote mountains of Sichuan. Far from the hustl ... view
Character:
Nai Nai Zhao
Jan 2025 (first aired)
Sylvia Chang, with a deep love for Hong Kong, embarks on a journey to explore the city’s international airport. She delves into its restricted areas ... view
Character:
Self (6 ep.)
Original title: 女兒的女兒
2024
Jin is in her 60s. Her husband gone, her concern is for daughter Zuer, in New York trying out IVF with her partner Michelle. When Jin receives news th ... view
Character:
Jin Ai-xia
Original title: 二十四味
2024
After years abroad, April returns to her homeland, discovering her divorced parents rekindling old ties. Memories of her extreme self-harm resurface a ... view
Character:
Oct 2024 (first aired)
Acclaimed actor, director and writer Sylvia Chang puts on a chef's hat and leads a team to conquer the many hurdles of opening a diner. ... view
Character:
Self (12 ep.)
Original title: 香港經典光影重塑
2024
A documentary that takes audiences on a captivating journey into uncharted territories, pushing the boundaries of filmmaking and advancing the art for ... view
Character:
Original title: 燈火闌珊
2023
Accomplishing her late husband's wish of remaining a mysterious neon sign, a depressed middle-aged widow and the neon signmaker's protégé discover s ... view
Character:
Heung Kong
Mar 2022 (first aired)
Leading Taiwan cinema names Hou Hsiao-hsien (“The Assassin,” “The Puppetmaster”) and Lee Kang-sheng (“Days,” “Goodbye, Dragon Inn”) ar ... view
Character:
Wu Yue Nü (7 ep.)
Wu Yuenu (7 ep.)
Original title: 如果有一天我将会离开你
2022
Where is home? For a group of Chinese students studying and working in Tokyo, it might be the Nankokute restaurant whose manager has been in Japan for ... view
Character:
Li Lili
Original title: 热带往事
2021
On a dark night, Xueming hits a pedestrian with his car and flees the scene. Desperate to escape his feelings of guilt, he decides to approach the dea ... view
Character:
Mrs. Liang
Original title: 好好拍電影
2020
One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a “star” for the first time in Man Lim-chung's directorial debut. A forerunner of ... view
Character:
Original title: 夕霧花園
2019
A woman seeking a quiet life in post-World War II British Malaya finds love and a common interest in gardening with a mysterious Japanese man. ... view
Character:
Older Teoh Yun Ling
Original title: 繼園臺七號
2019
Set in Hong Kong in 1967 — a time of complex politics when it was still a British colony — No. 7 Cherry Lane revolves around a love triangle betwe ... view
Character:
Mrs Yu (voice)
Original title: 地球最后的夜晚
2018
Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved and whom he has never been ab ... view
Character:
Wildcat's Mother / Red-haired Woman
Original title: 相爱相亲
2017
When Huiying hears that her mother's dying wish is to be buried next to her husband, she discovers that his remains are in the countryside and cared f ... view
Character:
Qiu Huiying
Original title: 分贝人生
2017
A poor family struggles to cope with tragedy and mental illness in a fractured society. ... view
Character:
Li Jun
Original title: 我們的那時．此刻
2016
In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a document ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: 冲天
2015
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of WWII, this documentary film describes the eight years of dauntless air-force fighting of the rep ... view
Character:
Original title: 山河故人
2015
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025. ... view
Character:
Mia
Original title: 華麗上班族
2015
Two assistants, Lee Xiang and Kat, start new jobs at the financial firm Jones & Sunn. Lee Xiang is an earnest young man who naively enters the world o ... view
Character:
Winnie Chang
Original title: 無涯：杜琪峯的電影世界
2013
As Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this painstaking documentary exploring him and his Boundless world of ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: 观音山
2011
In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a roc ... view
Character:
Chang Yueqin
Original title: 乘着光影旅行
2009
Focusing on Mark Lee Ping-bin, one of the most talented and prolific cinematographers in Asia, the movie details the itinerant lifestyle of a deeply o ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: 吴清源
2007
The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the t ... view
Character:
Shu Wen
Original title: 海南雞飯
2005
With her elder two sons being gay, a traditionally-minded mother fears her youngest son could be too, thereby losing her last chance to have any grand ... view
Character:
Jen
2005
Yvonne is a divorced middle-aged Chinese immigrant who thinks her life is over, and she is doomed to spend the rest of her days as a slave to her larg ... view
Character:
Yvonne
2004
A woman in her 20s, another in her 30s and a third in her 40s must each find a way to navigate the challenges they face in life and love. ... view
Character:
Lily
Original title: 白鴿計劃：台灣新電影二十年
2002
Richly illustrated with film clips and interviews, OUR TIME, OUR STORY tells the still-evolving story of the Taiwanese "new wave," from its rise in th ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: 地久天長
2001
Based on a true story, Xiao Fu was contracted HIV virus through blood transmission due to hemophilia. He made his difference by writing a book before ... view
Character:
Mrs Tam
Original title: 心動
1999
A female director decides to make a autobiographical film on her love life and we see it through the use of flashbacks and brilliant intercutting. ... view
Character:
Sheryl
Original title: Le violon rouge
1998
300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, En ... view
Character:
Xiang Pei (Shanghai)
Original title: 我要活下去
1995
A woman stops waiting for her med student boyfriend and marries a rich man so she can pay her grandmother's medical bills. ... view
Character:
Original title: 飲食男女
1994
Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each da ... view
Character:
Jin-Rong
Original title: 新同居時代
1994
Three flatmates share a luxury flat. A philandering hairdresser meets his match. A young stockbroker meets his boss's soon-to-be-ex-wife. A pregnant l ... view
Character:
Anna Lau
Original title: 新不了情
1993
Unable to make it as a commercial success because he staunchly refuses to sell out, a struggling Hong Kong musician rediscovers his love of music and ... view
Character:
Min's Doctor
Original title: 如烟往事
1993
Wan Renle, a man in his sixties in Taipei, becomes eccentric after buying an old record, leading to hallucinations about reuniting with a former lover ... view
Character:
Original title: 踢到寶
1992
Two inventors encounter a friendly little ghost, and stumble onto a plot to capture the ghost's uncle who was responsible for his untimely death. Howe ... view
Character:
Pregnant Woman
Original title: 双龙会
1992
Identical twins are separated at birth, one becoming a streetwise mechanic, and the other an acclaimed classical concert conductor. Finally meeting in ... view
Character:
Mrs. Ma
Original title: 莎莎嘉嘉站起來
1991
Two sisters seek diversion after repeat disappointments with men. ... view
Character:
Sylvia Lau
Original title: 豪門夜宴
1991
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer Boss Hung has secured the other two. Both aim to ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: 暴風少年
1991
A story about the adventures of two rebellious teenage buddies and their fathers' struggle to keep them on the right path. ... view
Character:
Original title: 廟街皇后
1990
Wah runs a brothel and has a daughter, Yan, on the loose, born and bred in the same underworld. The two finally go on an ultimate collision course emo ... view
Character:
Wah
Original title: 吉星拱照
1990
Lam Bo Sun, the richest man in Hong Kong, is expected to marry the ditziest of socialites in a matter of weeks. On a whim, he leaves everything behind ... view
Character:
Hung Leung Yuk
Original title: 八両金
1989
An ex-pat travels from New York to his home village in rural China after a long absence. On his way, he meets a familiar girl. ... view
Character:
Jenny
Original title: 人在紐約
1989
Three Chinese women with vastly different backgrounds get acquainted and become friends amid the social desolation of New York. ... view
Character:
Wang Hsiung Ping
Original title: 阿郎的故事
1989
Ah-Long, a father living a low-class lifestyle, while trying to raise his son, Porky. The strong bond between father and son is tested when a chance e ... view
Character:
Sylvia Poon / Por-Por
Original title: 褲甲天下
1988
Self-styled ladies man Richard Ng gets depressed when all those around him are finding love while he remains single. ... view
Character:
Kwun
Original title: 雞同鴨講
1988
A witty and thoroughly engaging send-up of both the fast food business and the cut-throat techniques often employed by conglomerates to crush independ ... view
Character:
Mrs. Hui
1988
Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen w ... view
Character:
Lily
Original title: 春秋茶室
1988
A brothel disguised as a teahouse is staffed with old ladies long past their prime. However, things begin to change and become chaotic when the owner ... view
Character:
Original title: 黃色故事
1987
The whole story revolves around a woman from marriage, marriage to divorce encounter sexual problems as the main axis, reflecting the Taiwan society i ... view
Character:
Original title: 七年之癢
1987
An introverted businessman who doesn't get out much, Willie Ng recently celebrated his seventh anniversary, but his marriage seems to be hitting a slu ... view
Character:
Sylvia Chang
Original title: 海上花
1986
Set in the then Portuguese colony of Macau, IMMORTAL STORY depicts the story of the love affair between a small time chanteuse and her Japanese beau. ... view
Character:
Chang Mei Ling
Original title: 最佳拍檔之千里救差婆
1986
Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers. ... view
Character:
Inspector Nancy Ho
Original title: 最愛
1986
Sylvia and Cora Miao play two widowed mothers, best friends and confidants who spend their days reminiscing about times past. Over the course of a laz ... view
Character:
Wendy
Original title: 最佳福星
1986
Lucky Stars Go Places, also known as The Luckiest Stars, is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Eric Tsang. It is the fourth film in the L ... view
Character:
Quito
Original title: 求愛反斗星
1985
Hung is a street-wise smart aleck and Mak is his dumb sidekick. They are partners, mostly in unlawful jobs. One night, the two are spotted by Zaza in ... view
Character:
Cheung Ka Ka
Original title: 最想念的季節
1985
Bi Bao-Liang is a 29 year-old man who believes that he will have bad luck if he touches a woman before he turns thirty. Liu Xiang-mei is a beautiful w ... view
Character:
Liu Xiang-mei
Original title: 上海之夜
1984
In 1937 Shanghai, a soldier and a young woman have an awkward meet-cute in darkness under a bridge as they seek refuge during a bomb raid. Ten years l ... view
Character:
Shu-Shu
Original title: 大小不良
1984
To help his sister with her debts, John goes to a pawnshop when robbers rush in. John draws suspicion from the police and only escapes from them with ... view
Character:
Yau Wing Chee
Original title: 最佳拍檔III之女皇密令
1984
While vacationing in Paris, King Kong is kidnapped by a British agent called James, who seeks to recover one of the stolen crown jewels, the Star of F ... view
Character:
Supt. Nancy Ho
Original title: 高粱地裡大麥熟
1984
A touching story about a strong-willed woman who endures much pain and suffering in caring for her feeble husband and new born child. Her gallant effo ... view
Character:
the woman
Original title: 最佳拍檔大顯神通
1983
An assassin called Filthy Harry is hired by a shady figure and charged with killing the heroes. The men are framed twice for different robberies by K ... view
Character:
Supt. Nancy Ho
Original title: 1938大驚奇
1983
Taiwanese comedy. A large diamond named "The Light of Shanghai" is given as a gift to the boss of Shanghai Beach, a local gang, and it triggers a bat ... view
Character:
Su San
Original title: 海灘的一天
1983
Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other h ... view
Character:
Lin Jiali
Original title: 帶劍的小孩
1983
After her six year old son is kidnapped, a successful fashion designer must work with a detective to clear up the terrifying mystery and get her son b ... view
Character:
Original title: 台上台下
1983
Two sisters are part of a cabaret act that is rapidly declining in attendance, and although the older sisteris constantly trying to push her younger s ... view
Character:
Original title: 光陰的故事
1982
Four vignettes, each set in different decades from the 1950s through the 1980s, deal with protagonists at different stages of life between childhood a ... view
Character:
Original title: 難兄難弟
1982
It Takes Two is a 1982 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and Richard Ng. ... view
Character:
Restaurant Cleaner
1982
Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos mu ... view
Character:
Chien Hua
Original title: 夜驚魂
1982
A killer wears women's clothing and stalks women that wear white fish-net stockings ... view
Character:
Cissy
Original title: 最佳拍檔
1982
The police track down a notorious burglar in order to apprehend him. However, he is given a chance to make up for his ways by working with the police ... view
Character:
Supt. Nancy Ho
Original title: 隨緣
1981
A TV movie and part of groundbreaking Taiwan TV series “Eleven Women” ... view
Character:
Original title: 我的爺爺
1981
After suffering a breakdown at his wife’s funeral, a grief-stricken older man finds that he can only recognize his daughter-in-law. The discovery of ... view
Character:
Original title: 釋情
1981
A TV movie and part of groundbreaking Taiwan TV series “Eleven Women” ... view
Character:
Character:
Chu Wei
Character:
Princess Sheng Ping
Original title: 瘋劫
1979
A tangled murder mystery unfolds amid a complex love triangle. As conflicting witness accounts emerge, the truth about the victim and key suspects is ... view
Character:
Lin Jeng-ming
Original title: 山中傳奇
1979
A traveling scholar, intent on translating a Buddhist sutra that is said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He slowly finds himself en ... view
Character:
Cloud
Original title: 金玉良緣紅樓夢
1977
Pao-yu is in love with his cousin, Lin Tai-yu, but his family has other marital plans for him that will leave both broken-hearted. ... view
Character:
Lin Daiyu
Original title: 愛的賊船
1977
A Pirate of Love is a taiwanese Romance starring Charlie Chin and Sylvia Chang ... view
Character:
Ah-Chen
Original title: 鬼馬姑爺仔
1977
A popular singer named Ah Hui is approached by gangsters who want him to perform at their nightclub. When Ah Hui rejects, they set him up by making hi ... view
Character:
Original title: 波斯夕陽情
1977
Mitra was the first Hong Kong film to be made in Iran and the last of Lung Kong’s directorial works to be released theatrically. Made in an act of c ... view
Character:
Original title: 浪花
1976
A talented woman painter falls in love with a gallery owner, who is married. His son falls in love with her niece at first sight. The painter gets alo ... view
Character:
Original title: 梅花
1976
Victory is a 1976 Taiwanese war film directed by Liu Chia-chang, set in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film won 5 awards at the 1976 Golden Horse F ... view
Character:
Original title: 阿茂正傳
1976
A city sanitation worker Ah Mao (played by Li Tien-Sheng), who accidentally gets caught up in a gang chase: the gang hangs a bag of pay-day money on h ... view
Character:
Original title: 八百壯士
1975
As battle rages in Shanghai, a single battalion of soldiers led by Xie Jinyuan is ordered to hold back the Japanese forces at the Sihang warehouse. Gi ... view
Character:
Tzu Ni
Character:
Shirley Wang
Original title: 落葉飄飄
1975
The complex twist of love and hatred, birth and death, between two couples who struggle to find happiness. ... view
Character:
Original title: 黃面老虎
1974
A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his par ... view
Character:
Sylvia Chu
Original title: 小英雄大鬧唐人街
1974
Ever the pair of do-gooding drifters, Embroidered Pillow and Chili Boy always come to the aid of Hong Kong's downtrodden and oppressed - even if it me ... view
Character:
Sylvia Lin
Original title: 龍虎金剛
1973
Written and directed by Lo Wei for Golden Harvest, this feature stars Wang Yu as a guy known only as The Dragon – he’s got super sharp hearing! He ... view
Character:
Ai-Chia
Original title: 飛虎小霸王
1973
A jobless university graduate joins a Hell's Angels motorcycle gang to discover that they are in fact controlled by a narcotic smuggler. ... view
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Sep 1972 (first aired)
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, th ... view
Character:
Sooni (1 ep.)
Character:
Host (4 ep.)
Self (5 ep.)