15 Facts About Wang Yu-xuan

Wang Yu-xuan made her acting debut in Lou Yi-an's White Lies, Black Lies and gained prominence with a starring role in the PTS series On Children, which earned her a nomination for Best Newcomer in the 54th Golden Bell Awards.

Wang Yu-xuan delivered her breakout performance in another Lou Yi-an film Goddamned Asura, winning Best Supporting Actress in both the 58th Golden Horse Awards and the 24th Taipei Film Awards.

Wang Yu-xuan has an older sister Wang Yu-ping, who pursued a career as an actress.

Wang Yu-xuan's mother worked at the National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, and often brought Wang to watch stage plays since she was in kindergarten.

Wang Yu-xuan became intrigued by acting after watching the 2008 Japanese film Departures, and studied performing arts at Taipei Municipal Fuxing Senior High School.

Wang Yu-xuan began attending casting auditions at the age of 15.

Wang Yu-xuan moved to Beijing in 2019 to study directing at the Central Academy of Drama, but she quit and returned to Taiwan a year later due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wang Yu-xuan then enrolled at Taipei National University of the Arts to study film, and was in her third year as of August 2023.

At 15, Wang Yu-xuan was recommended to director Lou Yi-an and made her acting debut as the younger version of Annie Chen's character in White Lies, Black Lies.

Wang Yu-xuan won both Best Supporting Actress in the 58th Golden Horse Awards and Best Supporting Actress in the 24th Taipei Film Awards for her role.

Wang Yu-xuan was invited to join the project by director Lee Yi-fang, who was impressed by Wang's performance in Goddamned Asura and changed the settings of the protagonist to fit Wang's traits.

Estella Huang of Mirror Media commended Wang Yu-xuan's casting, noting her ability to "capture the chaotic balance between love and lust" and "showcase details through her facial expressions and body language".

Wang Yu-xuan won Best Actress in the 4th Taipei Film Critics Society Awards and received a nomination for Best Actress in the 25th Taipei Film Awards for this performance.

In 2023, Wang Yu-xuan took on another leading role as a sister trying to save her brother's trapped soul in an AR game in the horror film The Bridge Curse: Ritual.

Wang Yu-xuan is set to appear as a rookie journalist in the upcoming journalism-themed thriller series Tabloid.