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Wu Yanshu
Wu Yanshu
吴彦姝
Born	1938 (age 86–87); Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1960s–present
Agent	Shanxi Drama Theatre
Children	1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吳彥姝
Simplified Chinese	吴彦姝
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wú Yànshū

Wu Yanshu (Chinese: 吴彦姝; born 1938) is a Chinese actress. Wu is considered a National Class-A Actor in China.^[1]^[2]

Wu first garnered recognition for her acting in 2016, when her performance in Finding Mr. Right 2 and earned her a Golden Horse Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her film breakthrough came in 2017 with her performance as the grandmother in the drama film Love Education, for which she received Best Supporting Actress nominations at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, 37th Hong Kong Film Awards and 12th Asian Film Awards. For her role in Relocate, she won a Best Supporting Actress at the 31st Golden Rooster Awards, the Chinese equivalent of the Academy Awards.

Early life

Born in 1938, Wu worked at Shanxi Drama Theatre since the 1960s. Premier Zhou Enlai invited her to perform Liu Hulan in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. She retired in 2003. In 2011 she moved to Beijing, living with her daughter.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Wu's first major film credit was Stream Is Singing, playing the role of Gao Xiaoling. The drama film was produced by Changchun Film Studio.

In 1982, she guest-starred on Men of a Certain Age, a drama film starring Da Shichang and Pan Hong.

Wu had a supporting role in the comedy television series The Story of Xi Gengtian (2006), which starred Lin Yongjian as Xi Gengtian.

In 2011, Wu had a cameo appearance in Journey to the West, adapted from Wu Cheng'en's classical novel of Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature.

Wu appeared as Yu Lan in Love is Not Blind (2013), a romance drama starring Yao Di and Zhang Mo.

In 2016, Wu played the role of Tang Xiuyi in Xue Xiaolu's film Finding Mr. Right 2, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards.^[3]

Wu had key supporting role in the 2017 Love Education, directed by Sylvia Chang.^[4]^[5] She was praised for her role and earned critical acclaim for her performance. And she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, 37th Hong Kong Film Awards and 12th Asian Film Awards.^[6]^[7] At the same year, Wu's performance in the feature film Relocate which garnered her a Best Supporting Actress at the 31st Golden Rooster Awards.^[8]

Personal life

Wu's husband was a composer and chairman of Shanxi Provincial Musicians Association.^{[citation needed]} Her daughter is a screenwriter.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role
1959	Stream Is Singing	流水欢歌	Gao Xiaoling
1982	Men of a Certain Age	人到中年	Aunt Bai
2011	The Faithful Brothers	信义兄弟	Mother
2016	Finding Mr. Right 2	北京遇上西雅图之不二情书	Tang Xiuyi
2017	Relocate	搬迁	Old Mrs. Ma
2017	Love Education	相爱相亲	Grandmother (Yue Zengshi)
2018	Last Letter	你好，之华	Chen Guizhi
2018	Animal World	动物世界	Old woman
2019		温暖之城之红日亭	Grandma Jin
	Fagara	花椒之味	Grandmother
	The Whistleblower	吹哨人	Gao's wife
2020		旦后	Lin Bo'er (old)
2021	Embrace Again	穿过寒冬拥抱你	Xie Yongqin
	Tracing Her Shadow	又见奈良	Chen Huiming
	A Hustle Bustle New Year	没有过不去的年	Song Baozhen
	All About My Mother	关于我妈的一切	Grandmother
	The Bamboo Hat	红尖尖	Grandmother
		不老奇事	Su Lingfang
2022	Only Fools Rush In	四海
		请别相信她
	Song of Spring	妈妈	Mother

TV series

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role
2002	Love of Life and Death	生死之恋	Mother Wang
2006	The Story of Xi Gengtian	喜耕田的故事	Mother of Xuan Zhu
2009	At Middle Age	人到中年	Aunt Bai
2010	Cellphone	手机	Mother of Wu Yue
2011	Journey to the West	西游记	Pilanpo Bodhisattva
2012	Police Story of Yingpan Town	营盘镇警事	Mother of Dang Yu
2013	Raise Children to Provide Against Old Age	养儿防老	Grandma
2013	Love is Not Blind	失恋三十三天	Yu Lan
2014	Government Audit	国家审计	Mother of Zhou Weihai
2017	Seeking Mr. Right	北京遇上西雅图	Grandma
2018	When We Were Young	人不彪悍枉少年	grandmother of Hua Biao
2018	Madhouse	疯人院	Zhao Yi
2019	My True Friend	我的真朋友	Chen Bijun
2020	My Best Friend's Story	流金岁月	Jiang Nansun's grandmother
2020	Shichahai	什刹海	Aunt Zhong
2021	Faith Makes Great	理想照耀中国	Yan Hongying (old)
2021		美好的日子	Mrs. Jiang

Theater

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
1960s	Liu Hulan	刘胡兰	Liu Hulan
1960s	Sentinels Under Neon Lights	霓虹灯下的哨兵	Lin Yuanyuan

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Notes
Beijing International Film Festival
2022	Song of Spring	Best Actress	Won	^[9]
Golden Horse Awards
2016	Finding Mr. Right 2	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
2017	Love Education	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
Golden Rooster Awards
2017	Relocate	Best Supporting Actress	Won
Hong Kong Film Awards
2018	Love Education	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
Asian Film Awards
2018	Love Education	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated

References

^ Tang Jingting (唐静婷) (2022). 84岁影后吴彦姝，岁月组成了我的人生故事 [84-year-old film queen Wu Yanshu, time has made up my life story]. Culture and History Vision (in Chinese). 640. Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan: Integrated Media Center of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: 68–69. ISSN 1672-8653.
^ 这四位年龄加一起超315岁却优雅的让人敬佩. 163.com (in Chinese). 2016-05-08.
^ 2016年第53届金马奖完整入围名单公布. Sohu (in Chinese). 2016-10-27.
^ Elizabeth Kerr (2017-10-23). "'Love Education': Film Review, Filmart 2018". Hollywoodreporter. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ Maggie Lee (2017-10-16). "Busan Film Review: 'Love Education'". variety. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ Conan Altatis (2018-01-12). "12th Asian Film Awards nominations announced". conandaily.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ 79岁吴彦姝金马奖再次陪跑. iFeng (in Chinese). 2017-11-25.
^ 第31届中国电影金鸡奖获奖名单 [List of winners of the 31st Golden Rooster Awards]. sina (in Chinese). 2017-09-16.
^ Guo Guanhua (郭冠华) (21 August 2022). 第十二届北影节闭幕 “天坛奖”获奖名单揭晓. people.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 November 2022.

External links

Wu Yanshu at IMDb
Wu Yanshu on Weibo (in Chinese)
Wu Yanshu on Douban (in Chinese)
Wu Yanshi on Metime (in Chinese)

[1] Tang Jingting (唐静婷) (2022). 84岁影后吴彦姝，岁月组成了我的人生故事 [84-year-old film queen Wu Yanshu, time has made up my life story]. Culture and History Vision (in Chinese). 640. Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan: Integrated Media Center of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: 68–69. ISSN 1672-8653.

[2] 这四位年龄加一起超315岁却优雅的让人敬佩. 163.com (in Chinese). 2016-05-08.

[3] 2016年第53届金马奖完整入围名单公布. Sohu (in Chinese). 2016-10-27.

[4] Elizabeth Kerr (2017-10-23). "'Love Education': Film Review, Filmart 2018". Hollywoodreporter. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

[5] Maggie Lee (2017-10-16). "Busan Film Review: 'Love Education'". variety. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

[6] Conan Altatis (2018-01-12). "12th Asian Film Awards nominations announced". conandaily.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

[7] 79岁吴彦姝金马奖再次陪跑. iFeng (in Chinese). 2017-11-25.

[watermelon-8] 第31届中国电影金鸡奖获奖名单 [List of winners of the 31st Golden Rooster Awards]. sina (in Chinese). 2017-09-16.

[9] Guo Guanhua (郭冠华) (21 August 2022). 第十二届北影节闭幕 “天坛奖”获奖名单揭晓. people.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 November 2022.

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