JuJu Chan

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| name = JuJu Chan Szeto

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| birth_place = British Hong Kong

| alma_mater = University of San Francisco (BS)
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (MA)

| other_names = JuJu Chan

| occupation = Actress, martial artist, model, singer, writer

| years_active = 2008–present

| spouse = Antony Szeto (m. 2019)

| website = jujuchanszeto.com

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| t = 司徒鈺芸

| s = 司徒钰芸

| p = Sītú Yùyún

| j = Sito Juk6-wan4

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JuJu Chan Szeto{{Cite web|title=JuJu Chan Szeto: My Journey To Becoming a Martial Arts Actress|url=https://www.voguehk.com/en/article/vogue-circle/juju-chan-szeto-martial-arts-actress/|access-date=15 December 2020|publisher=Vogue Hong Kong}} ({{Zh|c=司徒鈺芸}}) also known as JuJu Chan ({{Zh|c=陳鈺芸}}), is an American actress, martial artist, singer, and writer.

Chan pursued martial arts at a young age, an interest she kept up with into adulthood. She started modeling when she was a teenager, and entered the film industry after receiving her master's degree from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Chan received wider recognition as Silver Dart Shi in Netflix's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016). She later returned to Netflix as Zan in Wu Assassins (2019). Her fans sometime refer to her as the "female Bruce Lee".{{cite web |title=Interview: Juju Chan "It's time to revive Hong Kong martial arts films, especially with girls" |date=15 March 2016 |url=https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/film/juju-chan-interview-its-time-to-revive-hk-martial-arts-films-especially-with-girls |publisher=Time Out |access-date=15 March 2016}}

Early life and education

Chan was born in Hong Kong. At the age of three, she moved to the United States and settled in San Francisco.{{Cite web|last=Samson|first=Carl|date=2019-10-05|title=Meet the 'Female Bruce Lee' and 'Wu Assassins' Star Juju Chan|url=https://nextshark.com/juju-chan-female-bruce-lee-wu-assassins/|access-date=2021-05-23|website=NextShark|language=en-US}}

She began to learn martial arts at the age of 10.{{Cite web|title=Action Actress JuJu Chan on Her Path to Hollywood|date=13 July 2020 |url=https://www.prestigeonline.com/hk/people-events/people/action-actress-juju-chan-on-her-path-to-hollywood/|access-date=13 July 2021|publisher=Prestige Hong Kong}} She first started in judo, as that was the closest school at the time, and went on to learn Shotokan karate, wushu, Hung Ga, Wing Chun, ITF Taekwondo, nunchaku, and muay Thai.{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Etpoi40s9E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/4Etpoi40s9E |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=STYLE Interviews: the 'female Bruce Lee' and Wu Assassins star JuJu Chan|date=21 November 2019|last=SCMP Style|type=YouTube video|language=en|work=South China Morning Post}}{{cbignore}}

Chan graduated from the University of San Francisco with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics, with honors.{{cite news |title=Bruce Lee's heir? 5 things to know about JuJu Chan, the Wu Assassins star opposite Nicolas Cage in upcoming movie Jiu Jitsu |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3040910/bruce-lees-heir-5-things-know-about-juju-chan-wu |access-date=7 Dec 2019 |issue=South China Morning Post}} She gained a master's degree from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.{{Cite web|last=Carpenter|first=Ed|date=2016-02-22|title=Action Actress JuJu Chan on Her Path to Hollywood|url=https://www.prestigeonline.com/hk/people-events/people/action-actress-juju-chan-on-her-path-to-hollywood/|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Prestige|language=en}}

Entertainment career

In August 2009, Chan participated in the RTHK reality series Rich Mate Poor Mate ({{Zh|c=窮富翁大作戰}}), where four participants from wealthy backgrounds experience the lives of the not so fortunate. During the 120-hour experience, Chan (nicknamed "The Beauty Queen") has to live the life of a single immigrant mother in Hong Kong while taking care of her eight-year-old boy.{{Cite web|url= http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/adventure/20090822.html/|title= 窮富翁大作戰|publisher= Radio Television Hong Kong|access-date= 3 August 2010|archive-url= https://archive.today/20121218180012/http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/adventure/20090822.html/|archive-date= 18 December 2012|url-status= live}}

Chan starred as the title character in the 2009 web series Lumina, written and directed by Jennifer Thym.{{Cite web|title=About Lumina|url=http://www.luminaseries.com/about/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724145420/http://www.luminaseries.com/about/|archive-date=24 July 2010|access-date=3 August 2010|publisher=RockGinger Limited}}{{Cite web|title=Cast – Lumina|url=http://www.luminaseries.com/lumina|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508213926/http://www.luminaseries.com/lumina|archive-date=8 May 2010|access-date=3 August 2010|publisher=RockGinger Limited}} She has one of the lead roles, Ping Wei, the head concubine, in the thriller Palace of the Damned (previously named The Living Dead) in 2012. Chan also played the lead actress, Pixie Ho, in an Australian-Chinese Production, Hit Girls, an action comedy short film.{{Cite web|title=Hit Girls|url=http://digitaledition.fairfieldadvance.com.au/?iid=69673&startpage=12&crd=0&searchKey=juju%23folio=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230094629/http://digitaledition.fairfieldadvance.com.au/?iid=69673&startpage=12&crd=0&searchKey=juju%23folio=1|archive-date=30 December 2012|access-date=22 March 2020|publisher=Fairfield Advance}}

Chan starred as Silver Dart Shi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny directed by Yuen Woo Ping.{{Cite web|title=Crouching, Hidden... and Streaming?|url=http://www.impactonline.co/news/1984-crouching-hidden-and-streaming|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006121419/http://www.impactonline.co/news/1984-crouching-hidden-and-streaming|archive-date=6 October 2014|access-date=5 October 2014|publisher=Impact Magazine}}{{cite web|title=Crouching Tiger's JuJu Chan on why more Hong Kong women do muay Thai|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1922317/crouching-tigers-juju-chan-why-more-hong-kong-women-do-muay-thai|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907142712/http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1922317/crouching-tigers-juju-chan-why-more-hong-kong-women-do-muay-thai|archive-date=7 September 2017|access-date=26 July 2018|website=South China Morning Post|date=10 March 2016}} Chan was the lead actress in Savage Dog{{Cite web|title=Savage Dog: Interview with JuJu Chan|date=27 March 2017 |url=http://mikefury.net/savage-dog-interview-with-juju-chan/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703232804/http://mikefury.net/savage-dog-interview-with-juju-chan/|archive-date=3 July 2017|access-date=25 July 2018|publisher=Mike Fury}} released in July 2017.

In August 2018, it was announced that Chan was cast as a recurring character on the Netflix series, Wu Assassins (2019). She played Triad lieutenant Zan Hui.{{cite news|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=15 August 2018|title='Wu Assassins': JuJu Chan & Mark Dacascos To Recur in Netflix Martial Arts Drama|publisher=Deadline|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/wu-assassins-juju-chan-mark-dacascos-to-recur-in-netflix-martial-arts-drama-1202445644/|access-date=29 September 2018}} It was announced in February 2021 that she would reprise her role in the sequel film, Fistful of Vengeance.{{cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=26 February 2021|title='Wu Assassins' Standalone Movie Set at Netflix|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/wu-assassins-standalone-movie-netflix-fistful-of-vengeance-1234702006/|access-date=27 February 2021|work=Deadline Hollywood}} It was later released on 17 February 2022.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/fistful-of-vengeance-trailer-wu-assassins-netflix/|title='Fistful of Vengeance' Trailer Reveals the 'Wu Assassins' Standalone Movie Coming to Netflix|website=Collider|first=Erick|last=Massoto|date=20 January 2022|access-date=20 January 2022}}

In June 2019, Chan joined Dimitri Logothetis's martial arts thriller Jiu Jitsu (2020).{{cite news|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=17 August 2019|title=' Tony Jaa, Frank Grillo, JuJu Chan join Nicolas Cage martial arts thriller 'Jiu Jitsu'|publisher=Screen Daily|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/tony-jaa-frank-grillo-juju-chan-join-nicolas-cage-martial-arts-thriller-jiu-jitsu/5140201.article|access-date=7 August 2019}}

Martial arts career

In 2013 she represented Hong Kong in the Taekwon-Do (ITF) World Championship in Bulgaria.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/adventure/20090822.html/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121218180012/http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/adventure/20090822.html/|title= Juju Chan to compete in Taekwondo competition|publisher= Yahoo! Newsroom|access-date= 9 September 2013|archive-date= 18 December 2012|url-status= live}}

Pageant career

In July 2009, she participated in the United Nations Pageants International in Jamaica, where she won Miss Congeniality and Miss United Nation International Ambassador.{{Cite web|last=AsianWeek Staff|date=31 July 2009|title=Four Asians Crowned in U.N. International Pageant|url=http://www.asianweek.com/2009/07/31/four-asians-crowned-in-un-international-pageant/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408194310/http://www.asianweek.com/2009/07/31/four-asians-crowned-in-un-international-pageant/|archive-date=8 April 2011|publisher=AsianWeek}}

Music

= Discography =

I Wanna Hold Your Heart (2011)

Release date: 5 December 2011
Songs：

那些年的我們
好勝
瞬間救地球
I Wanna Hold Your Heart

= Music awards =

2011 – Hong Kong Metro Radio New Singer Award (2011年度新城勁爆頒獎禮 – 新城勁爆新登場海外歌手)
2011 – Hong Kong uChannel Teens most favorite new singer Award (2011uChannel我撐起樂壇頒獎禮 – 我最喜愛女新人獎)

Other work

In 2010, Chan became the spokesperson and ambassador of Heroes2, a charity organization which focuses on reforestation throughout the areas of rural China.{{cite web|url=http://heroestoo.org/heroes2-appoints-juju-chan-as-goodwill-ambassador/|title=Heroes2 Appoints JuJu Chan As Goodwill Ambassador – HeroesToo – ECOfriendly habits for a better tomorrow|website=heroestoo.org|access-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726185107/http://heroestoo.org/heroes2-appoints-juju-chan-as-goodwill-ambassador/|archive-date=26 July 2018|url-status=live}}

Chan has also written her first semi-autobiography To Live a Beautiful Life, releasing it in June 2010.

Her second book, published in 2013, is a guide to Western dining called "Food and Ordering at a Restaurant".{{cite web |title=Bruce Lee's heir? 5 things to know about JuJu Chan, the Wu Assassins star opposite Nicolas Cage in upcoming movie Jiu Jitsu | date=7 December 2019 |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3040910/bruce-lees-heir-5-things-know-about-juju-chan-wu?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article&campaign=3040910 |access-date=2019-12-07}}

Personal life

She has a twin sister. On 1 October 2019, Chan married frequent collaborator Antony Szeto in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B3V70gDHSDc/|website=Instagram|title=JuJu Chan Official Instagram|access-date=2019-12-01}}

Filmography

width=5% \| Year ! width=30% \| Title ! width=20% \| Alternative title ! width=20% \| Role ! width=25% \| Notes !Ref.
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rowspan="1" \| 2008	The Other End of the Gun		Sabrina (Supporting role)	\|{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}
rowspan="2" \| 2009	Found and Lost (short)		Eva (Lead role)	\|{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}
Gong Neui! (short)	港女!	Princess (lead role)	Also producer \|{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}
rowspan="3" \| 2010	Joggers		JuJu (Supporting role)	\|{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}
Unconditional Love (action)		Julie (Supporting role)	Chinese Kung Fu Fighter \|{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}
Vela 724 (sci-fi action promo)		Princess (Lead role)	\|{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}
rowspan="3" \| 2012	The Young Boxer (action)	《詠春小龍》	Bruce Lee's Sister	\|{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}
Palace of the Damned (Horror)		Ping Wei (Main Cast)	\|{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}
Hit Girls (Action Comedy)	《职业女杀手》	Pixie Ho (Lead role)	\|
rowspan="1" \| 2013	Fist of the Dragon (Action)	《猛龍追擊8小時》	Meili (Lead actress)	\|
rowspan="1" \| 2014	Sports Like No Other	《別有動天第 14 集演員與跆拳道運動員之間的矛盾》	Main	Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 \|{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}
rowspan="1" \| 2016	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny	《臥虎藏龍2》	Silver Dart Shi	Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 \|
rowspan="1" \| 2017	Savage Dog		Isabelle Steiner	Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 \|
rowspan="1" \| 2018	Lucid Dreams			Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 \|[http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=63991&display_set=eng JuJu Chan at hkmdb.com]
rowspan="3" \| 2019	The Invincible Dragon		Lady	Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 \|
Hollow Point		Amanda Ray	Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 \|
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks		Herself	\| {{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}} \|
rowspan="1" \| 2020	Jiu Jitsu		Carmen	\|
rowspan="1" \| 2022	Fistful of Vengeance		Zan Hui	Credited as JuJu Chan \|
rowspan="1" \| 2024	Lights Out			\|[https://action-flix.com/2022/02/09/juju-chan-szeto-enlists-for-the-frank-grillo-scott-adkins-action-thriller-lights-out/&display_set=eng JuJu Chan at action-flix.com]{{Dead link\|date=July 2024 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }} \|
rowspan="1" \| 2025	Fight or Flight		Master Lian

=Television=

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Year ! Title ! Alternative Title ! Role ! Network ! class="unsortable" \| Notes ! class="unsortable" \| Ref.
2009 \| Lumina \| \| Lumina Wong (Lead role) \| \| \|
2009 \| Rich Mate Poor Mate \| 窮富翁大作戰 \| JuJu (Herself, 選美天后) \| RTHK \| Documentary, Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 \|
2014 \| Kung Fu Quest 3 \| 《功夫傳奇 3》 \| Main \| RTHK \| Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸 \|
2019 \| Wu Assassins \| Zan Hui \| Netflix \| Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸	align="center" \|
2019 \| Noches con Platanito \| \| Herself \| Estrella TV (Spanish) \| \| {{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}
2021 \| Fight'n Chance (TV Series) \| \| Host \| \| \| {{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}

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Year

! Title

! Alternative Title

! Role

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2009

| Lumina

| Lumina Wong (Lead role)

2009

| Rich Mate Poor Mate

| 窮富翁大作戰

| JuJu (Herself, 選美天后)

| RTHK

| Documentary, Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸

2014

| Kung Fu Quest 3

| 《功夫傳奇 3》

| Main

| RTHK

| Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸

2019

| Wu Assassins

| Zan Hui

| Netflix

| Credited as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸

align="center" |

2019

| Noches con Platanito

| Herself

| Estrella TV (Spanish)

| {{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

2021

| Fight'n Chance (TV Series)

| Host

| {{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Bibliography

width=5% \| Year ! width=30% \| Title ! width=20% \| Alternative ! width=20% \| Publisher ! width=25% \| Notes
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rowspan="1" \| 2010	To Live a Beautiful Life	美麗是活出來的	青馬	Semi-autobiography, Rich Mate Poor Mate, as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸
rowspan="1" \| 2011	Rich Mate Poor Mate	窮滋味	Enrich Publishing	Book on Rich Mate Poor Mate, as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸
rowspan="1" \| 2013	Food & Ordering at a Restaurant	點菜英文	Red Publish	Western Dining Tool Book, as JuJu Chan 陳鈺芸