Beatrice Hsu

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name = Beatrice Hsu


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tradchinesename = 許瑋倫
simpchinesename = 许玮伦
pinyinchinesename = Xǔ Wěilún
birthdate = birth date|1978|11|13
birthplace = Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)
deathdate = death date and age|2007|1|28|1978|11|13
deathplace = Taichung, Republic of China (Taiwan)
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othername = Hsü Wei-lun
occupation = Actress, singer
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yearsactive = 2001–2007
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website = [http://www.weilun.idv.tw/ www.weilun.idv.tw]
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Beatrice Hsu (zh-tspw|t=許瑋倫|s=许玮伦|p=Xǔ Wěilún|w=Hsü Wei-lun), (November 13, 1978 – January 28, 2007) was a Taiwanese actress.

Acting career

Hsu was a well-known actress from Taiwan and had been acting for about 5 years. She started her career as a model, but her charm and beauty were quickly noticed by television producers. She started acting while in university, and gradually gaining her fame and popularity. She was not only known for her looks, but her lovable performances in acting as well. She also co-stared in a few super hit MVs and a very popular figure in television commercials in Taiwan.

She was first noticed by the press for her role in a television commercial for the convenience store chain 7-Eleven, and later for her role in the GTV drama True Love 18 (Lang|zh|十八歲的約定) for which she was nominated "Best Supporting Actress" at the Golden Bell Awards (Lang|zh|金鐘獎) in 2002. From there, she went on to take on leading roles in various television dramas and movies.

She was probably first noticed by audience for her brief appearance in the Asia popular TV drama "Meteor Garden" (Lang|zh|流星花園). Her first popular leading role was the Taiwan TV drama “Love Storm” where she starred with her ex-boyfriend Vic Zhou (Lang|zh|周渝民), one of the members of F4 band.

She was the girlfriend of actor-singer Lee Wei (Lang|zh|李威) before being linked with Vic Zhou in 2004. [ [http://news.asiaone.com/st/st_20070129_85126.html Taiwan actress critically injured] ] Her relationship with Zhou didn't last and ended in 2005. She starred in 2005 Taiwan hit TV drama "Express Boy" (Lang|zh|惡男宅急電) with Mike He Jun Xiang (Lang|zh|賀軍翔) and became an Asian popular television star.

Music

Hsu was also a talented musician, capable of playing piano, harp, guitar, drums, and erhu.

She had a duet with Gary Cao Ge in the song Freedom for the Nine-Ball TV drama OST in 2004.

Car accident and death

Hsu was involved in a fatal accident on the Taichung stretch of Taiwan's National Highway No. 1 at 23:15 on January 28 2007 while travelling with her assistant to Nantou for the filming of "Daughter of the Sun" (Traditional Chinese: 太陽的女兒). Her Mini Cooper driven by her assistant collided with the barrier/guardrail on the highway and spun out to the other side (slow lane) of the highway and came to a halt. [cite news | title = Taiwan Quick Take, Actress Beatrice Hsu dies | url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/01/30/2003346907 | publisher = Taipei Times | date = 2007-01-30 | accessdate = 2007-12-28] According to passers-by, the Mini Cooper was travelling at around 120-130km/h.

Having come to a halt, and thinking that it was safe, Hsu unbuckled her seat belt before the Mini Cooper's rear-end was hit by a truck. When the collision occurred, only the passenger side's airbag was deployed. The front airbag failed to deploy (airbags are not designed to deploy in rear impact collision). Contrary to witness' testimony, her assistant denied being the driver at the time of the accident.

Despite 43 hours of emergency treatment, her heartbeat stopped at 17:09 and she passed away on January 28, 2007 at 19:37 local time, leaving behind her father, mother and a younger brother. [ [http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=377140&lang=eng_news&cate_
] ]

A posthumous memorial concert was held in her memory on February 9, 2007 fulfilling Hsu's dream of holding her own concert. [cite news | title = Farewell concert honors actress Hsu | url = http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/archives/taiwan/2007210/102198.htm | publisher = China Post | date = 2007-02-10 | accessdate = 2007-12-18]

TV Series

*(2007, CTS) Daughter of the Sun [http://www.cts.com.tw/prog/a/a0063/ 太陽的女兒]
*(2007, CTS) Fly with Me [http://www.cts.com.tw/prog/a/a0064/ 想飛]
*(2005, CTV) Double Jade Legend [http://www.chinatv.com.tw/event/2005/story/ 雙璧傳說]
*(2005, TVBS-G) Express Boy [http://www.tvbs.com.tw/TVBS_G/t_g_a/express_boy0726/ 惡男宅急電]
*(2004, GTV) Nine-Ball 撞球小子
*(2004, TTV) Scent of Love 戀香 "cameo"
*(2003, CTV) Tian Xia Wu Shuang 天下無雙 (The Only In The World)
*(2003, CTS) Love Storm 狂愛龍捲風 "cameo"
*(2002, CTS) Secretly Loving You 偷偷愛上你
*(2002, GTV) True Love 18 十八歲的約定
*(2001, CTS) Meteor Garden I 流星花園 "cameo"

Movies

*(2002) Victor U-Turn 180 degrees
*(2003) Turn Left, Turn Right 向左走·向右走 "cameo"
*(2005) Slap The Monkey 二千三百萬種死法 [http://www.arttw.com.tw/project/yahoo_10minmovie/mov_5.htm]

Music

*(2004) Freedom - Nine-Ball OST "duet"

Music videos

*(2002) Sammi Cheng, Willing 〈捨得〉
*(2001) Victor Huang 品冠, Responsibility of Being Fond Of You 〈疼你的責任〉
*(2001) Wang Lee Hom, Sense Of Safe 〈安全感〉
*(2001) Nicholas Tse 〈慌〉, Fluster
*(2001) Eason Chan, King of Karaoke Songs 〈K歌之王〉
*(2001) 吳宗憲, Strangers, Who Love Me? 〈陌生人、誰愛我〉
*(2001) MAYDAY, Will You? 〈好不好〉
*(2000) 江美琪, Lonely Flight〈寂寞飛行〉

Books

References

External links

*zh icon [http://www.weilun.idv.tw/ Wei Lun's official site]
*zh icon [http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/weilun-info/ Wei Lun's Blog]
* [http://www.wiki.d-addicts.com/Xu_Wei_Lun DramaWiki]