Yi Neng Jing

Biography

Yi Neng Jing was born in Taipei in 1968 and grew up in a military veterans' village. Her father was from Jinan, Shandong Province, China, and came to Taiwan with the army during the civil war. Her mother was a famous singer who used the stage name "Lan Qian" in the "Stars of Song" variety program. She took her name from her Japanese stepfather after her parents' divorce. Yi Neng Jing studied in Hong Kong during primary school and in Tokyo during junior high school. She is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese. She began her artistic career at age 17 when she returned to Taiwan from Japan and joined Liu Wen Zheng's recording company as a singer. She released her first album "You and Me" in 1987 and achieved great success. She released successful albums like "The Last Day at Nineteen," "I Am a Cat," and "Sad Juliet." Yi Neng Jing wrote the lyrics for her own songs, with most being her own compositions. She made her film debut in "Good Men, Good Women" in 1995 and received a Golden Horse Award nomination for Best Leading Actress. She also appeared in films with director Hou Hsiao-hsien such as "Goodbye South, Goodbye" and "Flowers of Shanghai." She starred in "Highway Closed" in 1996 and received another Golden Horse nomination. She also starred in "8½ Women" with British director Peter Greenaway in 1999. She was one of the first Taiwanese artists to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival.