Buffy Chen
{{short description|Taiwanese actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Buffychen.jpg
| caption = Chen in November 2020
| native_name = 陳姸霏
| native_name_lang = zh
| birth_name = Chen Yan-fei
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|8|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Taiwan
| education =
| othername =
| alma_mater = Chinese Culture University
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 2020–present
}}
Buffy Chen Yan-fei ({{zh|t=陳姸霏}}; born 9 August 2000) is a Taiwanese actress. Debuting as Yao Bei Bei in the drama film The Silent Forest (2020) while still in university, Chen won Best New Performer in the 57th Golden Horse Awards and Best New Talent in the 23rd Taipei Film Awards with the role. Since then, Chen has starred in various productions, including the drama film Little Big Women (2020), the mystery thriller series The Pond (2021), and the fantasy series Twisted Strings (2022). She won Rising Star of the Year in the 5th Asia Contents Awards for her portrayal of Zoe Chao in the Netflix political thriller series Wave Makers (2023).
Early life and education
Chen was born on 9 August 2000, in Taiwan,{{Cite web |url=https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20210813star001 |title=【鏡大咖】無法被預測的她 陳姸霏 |date=19 August 2021 |website=Mirror Media |author=翁健偉 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507040417/https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20210813star001 |url-status=live }} and grew up with an elder sister.{{Cite web |url=https://www.marieclaire.com.tw/entertainment/news/53873 |title=《無聲》陳姸霏奪金馬新演員！20歲女孩完美演出聾啞生：「我的個性是，要做什麼事就一定會去做，我對拍戲不是只有三分鐘熱度。」 |date=22 November 2020 |website=Marie Claire |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622185427/https://www.marieclaire.com.tw/entertainment/news/53873 |url-status=live }} Her mother worked as a special education needs teacher at a junior high school.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20201016ent011/ |title=《無聲》展現細膩情感 陳姸霏休學衝刺表演夢 |date=22 October 2020 |website=Mirror Media |author=熊景玉 |access-date=3 May 2023 |language=zh |archive-date=2 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502175825/https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20201016ent011/ |url-status=live }} Chen started learning modern dance at a young age,{{Cite web |url=https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E5%BC%B7%E6%A3%92%E6%96%B0%E6%BC%94%E5%93%A1%E9%BB%9E%E5%B0%87%E9%8C%84-%E9%99%B3%E5%A7%B8%E9%9C%8F%E6%88%B2%E9%AD%82%E7%88%86%E7%99%BC-020000072.html |title=強棒新演員點將錄 陳姸霏戲魂爆發 |date=17 February 2021 |website=Nownews |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=28 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628084119/https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E5%BC%B7%E6%A3%92%E6%96%B0%E6%BC%94%E5%93%A1%E9%BB%9E%E5%B0%87%E9%8C%84-%E9%99%B3%E5%A7%B8%E9%9C%8F%E6%88%B2%E9%AD%82%E7%88%86%E7%99%BC-020000072.html |url-status=live }} and aspired to become a dance teacher.{{Cite web |url=https://www.vogue.com.tw/fashion/article/talentbuffy |title=金馬獎最佳新演員陳姸霏：享受當下，做了決定就不要後悔！ |date=15 January 2021 |website=Vogue Taiwan |last=Tsai |first=Yvonne |access-date=3 May 2023 |language=zh |archive-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803183456/https://www.vogue.com.tw/fashion/article/talentbuffy |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://500times.udn.com/wtimes/story/12672/5289271 |title=專訪演員陳姸霏：既然我人已經在這裡，就做好這裡的事 |date=2 March 2021 |website=United Daily News |author1=鄭淳予 |author2=呂嘉薰 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922211644/https://500times.udn.com/wtimes/story/12672/5289271 |url-status=live }} She joined her elementary school's dance team and performed on stage, an experience she found enjoyable. During junior high school, Chen dedicated much of her time to studying at cram school. Finding the academe too demanding, Chen opted to apply to {{ill|Hwa Kang Arts School|zh|華岡藝術學校}} for high school instead. Chen landed a minor acting role in a drama series in her third year of junior high school, sparking her interest in acting. Her passion for acting grew further after taking drama classes at Hwa Kang. After graduating from the performing arts program at Hwa Kang, Chen enrolled at Chinese Culture University, majoring in advertising design,{{Cite web |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20201024000565-260112?chdtv |title=陳姸霏《無聲》休學搶獎沒多想 |date=24 October 2020 |website=China Times |author=李承陽 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh}} but suspended her studies during her freshman year in 2020 after winning an acting role in the drama film The Silent Forest that coincided with exam period.{{Cite web |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA%E9%99%B3%E5%A7%B8%E9%9C%8F%E7%82%BA%E6%8B%8D%E7%84%A1%E8%81%B2%E4%B8%8D%E6%83%9C%E4%BC%91%E5%AD%B8%E7%9C%BC%E7%9D%9B%E5%A6%82%E6%B0%B4%E9%BE%8D%E9%A0%AD%E5%8A%89%E5%86%A0%E5%BB%B7%E4%B9%9F%E9%A9%9A%E8%89%B7-090827763.html |title=專訪／陳姸霏為拍《無聲》不惜休學 眼睛如「水龍頭」劉冠廷也驚艷 |date=23 October 2020 |website=Yahoo! News |author=潘鈺楨 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201031931/https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA%E9%99%B3%E5%A7%B8%E9%9C%8F%E7%82%BA%E6%8B%8D%E7%84%A1%E8%81%B2%E4%B8%8D%E6%83%9C%E4%BC%91%E5%AD%B8%E7%9C%BC%E7%9D%9B%E5%A6%82%E6%B0%B4%E9%BE%8D%E9%A0%AD%E5%8A%89%E5%86%A0%E5%BB%B7%E4%B9%9F%E9%A9%9A%E8%89%B7-090827763.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://star.setn.com/news/851521 |title=金馬57／休學被質疑「會把朋友帶歪」 陳姸霏嘆：很難過 |date=20 November 2020 |website=SET News |author=方佳琳 |access-date=3 May 2023 |language=zh |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128002507/https://star.setn.com/news/851521 |url-status=live }}
Career
In 2020, Chen auditioned and won her breakout role as Bei Bei, a deaf teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by her classmates, in the featured film The Silent Forest.{{Cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3110008/silent-forest-movie-review-powerful-sexual-abuse-drama |title=The Silent Forest movie review: powerful sexual abuse drama based on real events at a school in Taiwan |date=16 November 2020 |website=South China Morning Post |last=Marsh |first=James |access-date=7 May 2024 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913154840/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3110008/silent-forest-movie-review-powerful-sexual-abuse-drama |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.todayonline.com/8days/seeanddo/silent-forest-review-voiceless-performances-speak-volume-gripping-school-bully-drama |title=The Silent Forest Review: Voiceless Performances Speak Volume In Gripping School Bully Drama |date=6 November 2020 |website=Today |last=Tseng |first=Douglas |access-date=7 May 2024 |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507055510/https://www.todayonline.com/8days/seeanddo/silent-forest-review-voiceless-performances-speak-volume-gripping-school-bully-drama |url-status=live }} In preparation for her role, Chen spent three months learning sign language.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/551976/%E7%84%A1%E8%81%B2-%E9%99%B3%E5%A6%8D%E9%9C%8F%E6%B2%89%E7%97%9B%E6%BC%94%E7%B9%B9%E6%A0%A1%E5%9C%92%E6%AC%BA%E5%87%8C-%E6%9B%BE%E9%81%87%E6%8E%92%E6%93%A0-%E6%88%91%E8%B7%9F%E5%90%8C%E9%BD%A1%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E4%B8%8D%E4%B8%80%E6%A8%A3 |title=《無聲》陳妍霏沉痛演繹校園欺凌 曾遇排擠︰我跟同齡的人不一樣 |date=21 November 2020 |website=HK01 |author=劉希彤 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212102324/https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/551976/%E7%84%A1%E8%81%B2-%E9%99%B3%E5%A6%8D%E9%9C%8F%E6%B2%89%E7%97%9B%E6%BC%94%E7%B9%B9%E6%A0%A1%E5%9C%92%E6%AC%BA%E5%87%8C-%E6%9B%BE%E9%81%87%E6%8E%92%E6%93%A0-%E6%88%91%E8%B7%9F%E5%90%8C%E9%BD%A1%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E4%B8%8D%E4%B8%80%E6%A8%A3 |url-status=live }} Her performance, which conveyed tension and a sense of tragedy without dialogue, garnered positive acclaim,{{Cite web |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202011210230.aspx |title=陳姸霏「無聲」手語精湛演出 奪金馬獎新演員 |date=21 November 2020 |website=Central News Agency |author=葉冠吟 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=8 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208072625/https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202011210230.aspx |url-status=live }} and she won Best New Performer in the 57th Golden Horse Awards and Best New Talent in the 23rd Taipei Film Awards with the role. Chen also starred in the drama film Little Big Women alongside Chen Shu-fang, Hsieh Ying-xuan, Vivian Hsu, and {{ill|Sun Ke-fang|zh|孫可芳}}, where she played Clementine, the rebellious daughter of Vivian Hsu's character who was reluctantly being planned to study abroad, in the same year.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/movies/little-big-women-review.html |title=‘Little Big Women’ Review: Heartbreak is a Family Affair |date=5 February 2021 |website=New York Times |last=Winkelman |first=Natalia |access-date=7 May 2024 |archive-date=25 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225110034/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/movies/little-big-women-review.html |url-status=live }} She joined the shoot of Little Big Women five days after filming wrapped up for The Silent Forest.
Chen began to receive film role offers after her breakout performance, and signed with an artist agency to officially debut as an actress, albeit facing doubts on her decision to pursue a career as an actress by her mother in early stages.{{Cite web |url=https://dramago.ptsplus.tv/articles/8684/ |title=陳姸霏專訪｜轉大人之前的青黃不接，才是最完美的平衡點 |date=17 December 2022 |website=Public Television Service |author=朱予安 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507055511/https://dramago.ptsplus.tv/articles/8684/ |url-status=live }} In 2021, Chen landed her first major television role as A Ni, the female protagonist and a deviant schoolgirl who unexpectedly triggered a series of time-traveling incidents in a car accident, in the mystery thriller series {{ill|The Pond (TV series)|lt=The Pond|zh|池塘怪談}}.{{Cite web |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20210720005234-260404?chdtv |title=和林鶴軒大談青春五角戀！ 陳姸霏自曝是「碧池」 |date=20 July 2021 |website=China Times |author=林淑娟 |access-date=3 May 2023 |language=zh |archive-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720165448/https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20210720005234-260404?chdtv |url-status=live }} She also appeared in a recurring role as a pregnant schoolgirl forced to abort her child at her mother's request in the sci-fi series {{ill|2049－The Hedgehog Effect|zh|2049—刺蝟法則}},{{Cite web |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/202108310130.aspx |title=林柏宏2049突破陽光形象 飾演管教過度家暴父 |date=31 August 2021 |website=Central News Agency |author=葉冠吟 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831091015/https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/202108310130.aspx |url-status=live }} and had a minor role as {{ill|Rexen Cheng|zh|鄭人碩}}'s character's daughter in the crime thriller series {{ill|Danger Zone (TV series)|lt=Danger Zone|zh|逆局}}.{{Cite web |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20210924005402-260404?chdtv |title=《逆局》金獎卡司再曝光！鄭人碩領便當慘死街頭、陳姸霏哭「來不及」 |date=24 September 2021 |website=China Times |author=林淑娟 |access-date=3 May 2023 |language=zh |archive-date=4 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004013615/https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20210924005402-260404?chdtv |url-status=live }} Chen also starred as the lead actress in the opening short film Be My Quarantine at the 2021 Kaohsiung Film Festival,{{Cite web |url=https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/1609431 |title=陳姸霏防疫生活挫爆 石知田現在才敢外出用餐 |date=15 October 2021 |website=TVBS News |author=廖福生 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=2 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202030656/https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/1609431 |url-status=live }} and in the music video of Oaeen's "Honey Ginseng" alongside Miao Ke-li.{{Cite web |url=https://www.vogue.com.tw/entertainment/article/oaeen-honey-ginseng |title=魚丁糸〈蜂蜜人蔘〉兩大女神跨刀演出MV，一句「甘安捏」團員樂翻天！ |date=16 August 2021 |website=Vogue Taiwan |last=Ku |first=Daniel |access-date=7 May 2023 |language=zh |archive-date=21 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921115725/https://www.vogue.com.tw/entertainment/article/oaeen-honey-ginseng |url-status=live }}
In 2022, Chen took on a recurring role as Wen, a mute girl confined by Lee Kang-sheng's character in a dungeon since a young age in the fantasy series {{ill|Twisted Strings|zh|良辰吉時}}.{{Cite web |url=https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/1762139 |title=專訪／陳姸霏自爆「香菜控」 宅家靠媽媽牌外送當軟爛女兒 |date=9 April 2022 |website=TVBS News |author=廖福生 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507055537/https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/1762139 |url-status=live }} She received nominations for both Best New Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the 4th Asia Contents Awards with the role.{{Cite web |url=https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=1185137 |title=小S備戰角逐金鐘獎！恭喜《熙娣想聊》再傳「新喜訊」入圍釜山影展 |date=29 September 2022 |website=SET News |author=林明柔 |access-date=18 September 2024 |language=zh}} Chen was cast in another lead role as Zoe Chao, the innocent daughter of a presidential candidate who gets dragged into a political scandal, in the 2023 Netflix political thriller series Wave Makers,{{Cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3218237/netflix-drama-review-wave-makers-taiwanese-election-drama-world-between-us-director-engaging-watch |title=Netflix drama review: Wave Makers – Taiwanese election drama by The World Between Us director is an engaging watch that brings up important political issues |date=26 April 2023 |website=South China Morning Post |last=Marsh |first=James |access-date=7 May 2024 |archive-date=10 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210202243/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3218237/netflix-drama-review-wave-makers-taiwanese-election-drama-world-between-us-director-engaging-watch |url-status=live }} starring alongside Hsieh Ying-xuan, Jag Huang, Gingle Wang, and Leon Dai.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20230414ent020/ |title=《造浪者》王淨終於合作陳姸霏 和戴立忍親密戲挑戰從影最大尺度 |date=14 March 2023 |website=Mirror Media |author=黃仲義 |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419081644/https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20230414ent020/ |url-status=live }} Her performance was well received,{{Cite web |url=https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E4%BA%BA%E9%81%B8%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%BA-%E6%BC%94%E6%8A%80%E6%B4%BE-%E7%9B%A4%E9%BB%9E5%E5%A4%A7%E6%96%B0%E7%A7%80%E5%A5%BD%E6%9C%83%E6%BC%94-031000622.html |title=《人選之人》演技派！盤點5大新秀好會演 |date=13 May 2023 |website=Nownews |author=羅凌筠 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603013910/https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E4%BA%BA%E9%81%B8%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%BA-%E6%BC%94%E6%8A%80%E6%B4%BE-%E7%9B%A4%E9%BB%9E5%E5%A4%A7%E6%96%B0%E7%A7%80%E5%A5%BD%E6%9C%83%E6%BC%94-031000622.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewslens.com/article/184874 |title=Netflix《人選之人－造浪者》：擺脫台劇不協調演技與脫節台詞，更讓我想起《新聞急先鋒》 |date=5 May 2023 |website=The News Lens |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=1 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801230028/https://www.thenewslens.com/article/184874 |url-status=live }} for which she won the Rising Star of the Year and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 5th Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards. In 2024, Chen starred in a supporting role as Hsiao-ting, a co-worker of Greg Hsu's character at a karaoke bar, in the Taiwanese-Japanese romance film 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days.{{Cite web |url=https://woman.udn.com/woman/story/123164/7741976 |title=台、日跨國卡司超豪華！許光漢新片《青春18x2》10位大咖明星盤點，黑木瞳、松重豐、張孝全…都來了！ |date=9 February 2024 |website=United Daily News |access-date=23 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=1 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401132932/https://woman.udn.com/woman/story/123164/7741976 |url-status=live }} She also appeared alongside her The Silent Forest co-star Troy Liu in the second season of the Netflix crime series The Victims' Game as Hsiao Chia-ying, a runaway girl who steals a bus with her friends to escape her parents' control,{{Cite web |url=https://www.marieclaire.com.tw/entertainment/tvshow/80312 |title=《誰是被害者：第2季》逃家少年團「陳姸霏＋劉子銓」找到家庭關係修復的解答 |date=7 July 2024 |website=Marie Claire |last=Juju |first=Petit |access-date=12 September 2024 |language=zh}} and her performance received critical acclaim.{{Cite web |url=https://star.ettoday.net/news/2763368 |title=《誰是被害者2》大眼正妹「蕭家穎」是誰？網一查驚：難怪 |date=23 June 2024 |website=ETtoday |author=許逸群 |access-date=12 September 2024 |language=zh}} The same year, Chen appeared as the lead actress in the drama film The Uniform, which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. She is also set to star in lead roles in the Netflix fantasy series Agent from Above and the mystery thriller series Million-follower Detective.
Personal life
Chen resides in Taipei.{{Cite web |url=https://style.udn.com/style/story/8065/5033840 |title=陳姸霏奪最佳新演員 頒獎人王淨落淚成亮點 |date=21 November 2020 |website=United Daily News |author=王郁惠 |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507071025/https://style.udn.com/style/story/8065/5033840 |url-status=live }}
Filmography
= Film =
= Television =
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|8665622}}
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Category:21st-century Taiwanese actresses
Category:Chinese Culture University alumni
Category:Taiwanese film actresses