王祖賢

简介

Joey Wang is a Taiwanese actress born on January 31, 1967. She comes from a family with a prominent historical background; her great-grandfather Wang Renfeng was a pioneer of the Tongmenghui, and her grandfather Wang Guofan worked in national intelligence and moved to Taiwan in 1948. Her father Wang Yaohuang was a basketball player on the Taiwanese national team, and she was the youngest of her siblings. She studied at Ming Chuan Elementary School, then transferred to Chung Kuang Girls' School before enrolling in Kuokuang School of Arts in Taipei. She began her career at age 15 with an Adidas sneaker commercial, and at 16 she was discovered while studying at Kuokuang School of Arts and starred in her first film "This Year the Lakeside Will Be Very Cold" in 1984, which received three Golden Horse Award nominations. She caught attention at the awards ceremony, leading to her signing with Shaw Brothers to go to Hong Kong. She began participating in Hong Kong films in 1985 and achieved major success in 1987 with "A Chinese Ghost Story," which caused a sensation across Asia. At the peak of her fame, her popularity extended to Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia, and she released a Japanese-language album. In 1987, she began a relationship with singer Chyi Chin during the filming of "The Grass Sky," and their relationship lasted 15 years with multiple breakups before ending. In 1993, she broke up with Chyi Chin and entered a relationship with married businessman Lin Jianyue, which caused major controversy and damaged her image. After filming "Shanghai Beauty" in 2003, she retired from acting and moved to Vancouver, Canada. In 2024, she opened a moxibustion clinic in Vancouver, then attended an international moxibustion conference in Wuxi, China. In 2026, she opened accounts on Chinese social media platforms and opened a second clinic in Silicon Valley, USA. She is a devout Buddhist who took the Buddhist name "Xing Jue" and is a disciple of Monk Miao Lian at Lingyan Shan Temple in Taiwan.