Sylvia Chang

Sylvia Chang (Chang Ai-chia) was born on July 21, 1953. She is a well-known actress, screenwriter, director, producer, and singer from Taiwan. From 2014 to 2018, she served as the chairperson of the Executive Committee for the 6th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, and since April 1, 2019, she has been an unofficial member of the Hong Kong Film Development Council. In the same year, she married Taiwanese businessman Wang Jing Xiong and has one son, who was kidnapped while studying in Hong Kong but was successfully rescued by the police.
Sylvia Chang has won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress twice and the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress three times. In 2018, she received the Best Actress and Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Asian Film Awards, and in 2021, she won the National Arts Award.
Her film career began in 1972 with her first work, "The Flying Tiger." In the early years of Hong Kong cinema, Chang often played strong female roles, most notably in the film "Aces Go Places" alongside Karl Maka. In 1979, she co-founded the Unique Films Ltd. with Wu Sau Yee and Law Hoi-Muk, producing Ann Hui's directorial debut, "The Secret." Most of her directorial works present a female perspective, creating a strong contrast to the male-dominated films of that era.
In 1976, she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Posterity and Perplexity." In 1981, she won the Best Actress award for "My Grand Father." She made her directorial debut in 1979 with the film "Once Upon a Time." Her 1986 film "Passion" earned her nominations for both Best Director and Best Actress at the Golden Horse Awards, ultimately winning her the Best Actress title.
In the following years, Sylvia continued to act and create, receiving another Golden Horse Award nomination for Best Actress in 2001. The next year, she won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress for "So Long, My Son." In 2018, she received multiple awards for "Love Education," including Best Director from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society and Best Actress at the Asian Film Awards, along with the Best Screenplay Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2022, she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress again for "A Light Never Goes Out," becoming one of the most prominent actors in the history of the Golden Horse Awards. In 2024, she starred in the variety show "AI's Kitchen" and the film "Daughter's Daughter," which were both released.