Rene Liu Ruo Ying Profile
Name: Rene Liu Ruo Ying (Lau Yeuk Ying, Liu RuoYing, Liu Re-Ying)
Chinese name: 刘若英
Nickname: Nai-cha 奶茶 (milk tea)
Birth date: June 1, 1970
Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan
Height: 160cm
Blood type: A
Education: California State University, US (classical music)
Profession: Actress, singer, song-writer and writer
Hobbies: Music and sleep
Favorite color: White
Favorite sport: Swimming
Favorite singer: Sting and Susan Vega
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Rene Liu Ruo Ying Biography
After her high school graduation in Taipei, Rene Liu pursued her music studies in California State University, US. She returned to Taiwan after getting her degree in classical music and was recruited by Taiwan Rock Music.
Rene Liu was not nurtured as singer immediately; in fact she worked as assistant for popular singer-composer Bobby Chen while learning music from him.
1995 is a breakthrough year for Rene Liu; she released her first Chinese album and started acting as well.
While her music career didn’t prosper at first, Rene’s acting talent somehow spotted by famous director Sylvia Chang, who made Rene the leading actress in movie “Xiao Yu.”
Xiao Yu was a great movie, and Rene’s performance won her the Best Actress award at the Asia Pacific Movie Festival in 1995.
Rene Liu has never stop acting since then, and won a few other acting awards in her decade of acting career. Rene is the first ever Taiwanese actress to win best actress awards in both movie and TV productions.
Some of Rene’s super-popular TV dramas are “Autumn Rhapsody” and “Pink Lady.”
Rene Liu was invited into the panel judges in 2003 Venice Movie Festival, one of the very few Chinese actresses that have been given the honor.
Rene Liu’s music career although didn’t started as well, does prosper in the end. The breakthrough was in 1998 with her 4th album, “Love You More & More.” It was one of the best albums of the year, and Rene had finally being recognized for what she loves most, music.
Rene Liu released her 5th album in 2000, “Waiting For You,” which was probably the peak of her music career.
Rene Liu is currently still acting and singing, and venturing into song composing, books writing and movie script writing as well.
Why I like Rene Liu Ruo Ying
Rene Liu is a multi-talented star and she’s hardworking.
Unlike lots of the superstars, Rene is not purely chasing for the fame and glory, but quietly working on making herself a better artist year after year.
Rene is a great actress, and a good singer too. Love her acting, love her voice.
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June 2nd, 2006 at 10:23 pm
Yeah.. I like her singing & songs too..
“Hou Lai” is sang by her 1st rite?? “Hou Lai” is now so hit after sang by a Japanese singer.. dunno who
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:15 pm
The Japanese song came first, it’s by Kinroro or something..
June 7th, 2006 at 11:47 am
Hhmmm….. I like her voice when she singing “Hou Lai”, make me not sleep..
The Japanese singer is now come.
June 13th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
nice photo…
June 20th, 2006 at 11:28 am
i love rene’s hou lai too! even though the song was released years ago, i don’t think it has ever lost its shine!
June 28th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
[...] “Love You More & More” is a song from the 4th album of Taiwan talented actress and singer Rene Liu, adapted from Japan duo Kiroro’s “Nagai-aida.” [...]
July 18th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
hey, any idea ‘hou lai’ or ‘Mirai E’ come 1st? prove? coz most of my friends are curious…
July 18th, 2006 at 9:19 pm
Pretty sure it’s Mirai E that came first.
August 11th, 2006 at 1:19 am
[...] China popular actress Zhou Xun thanks Taiwan singer Rene Liu Ruo Ying for matching her with her boyfriend, fashion consultant Li DaQi. [...]
September 15th, 2006 at 3:27 am
[...] I first learnt about Kiroro from Taiwanese singer Rene Liu, who sang a few Chinese hit songs adapted from Kiroro’s original Japanese version. [...]
October 30th, 2006 at 2:13 am
[...] The closing ceremony was in conjunction with the 28th Full Blossom Movies Award, here are the winners… Best Movie ~ Zhangside Best Director ~ Yin Li (Zhangside) Best Actor ~ Wu Jun (Zhangside) Best Actress ~ Rene Liu Ruo Ying (A World Without Thieves) Best Supporting Actor ~ Nicholas Tse Ting Fung (New Police Stories) Best Supporting Actress ~ Yuan Qiu (Kung Fu Hustle) Best Newcomer ~ Sun Li (Fearless) [...]
November 23rd, 2006 at 2:33 am
[...] Hong Kong actor Louis Koo and Taiwan star Rene Liu works together in movie “Happy Birthday.” [...]
November 24th, 2006 at 12:20 am
I like her>>She is beautiful!!!She is good at acting singing and hosting!!
December 26th, 2006 at 1:02 am
i like you so much
i m Tunisian girl and i singed your song hen ai hen ai ni in the Chinease embassy in my country
i can sing also hou lai dispite my main language is the Arabic
December 26th, 2006 at 1:48 am
That’s cool Abir. Great to know that Rene is popular even in North Africa!
January 7th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I’ve been craving for a Japanese song she remade, apparently originally sang by Utada… Anyone has an idea what song’s the Jap one??
January 8th, 2007 at 1:26 am
Stupe… I can’t recall any Rene’s remake of Utada. She did sing a few from Kinroro though.
January 15th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Rene is probably close to being my favorite singer. Her voice is great, her songs are great, she seems to have a great sweet personality and smile, she’s beautiful, cute, mature and intelligent all at the same time. What more is there to want?!!! :))
January 15th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Rene is a special girl… I always wonder why a girl like her is still singles these days, she should have lots of admirers.
January 15th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Still single? wow, have her contact this board to talk to me .LOL