Top 10 Intriguing Facts about Ivy Shao

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Top 10 Intriguing Facts about Ivy Shao

Ivy Shao who is also known as Shao Yu Wei in Chinese, is a Taiwanese actress, singer and model. She was born on 21st Species 1989 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan where her parents raised her.

Ivy Shao is widely known for her leading role in the 2016 hit drama known as Back to 1989. She has since been good in her acting career that has flourished impressively.

Ivy Shao has starred in several other movies including the Perfect Match with Wu Kang-Jen and Ben Wu in 2017. Ivy has been active in her career since 2010. She has built herself a wide fan base across the world with her acting being interesting and pleasing to various fans worldwide.

Ivy Shao has appeared in at least three music videos, two for other music artists and one for her song. She has been interested in music but has not worked intensively to produce several songs as she has only one hit song.

Ivy Shao’s career is based on television series, films and Web dramas. Other than those, she is also a perfect model with a large audience. Ivy Shao has a huge following audience on her social media platforms.

Here are the Top 10 Intriguing Facts about Ivy Shao:

1. Ivy Appeared in Several Shows and Gained Fame after 2008

The early childhood life of Ivy Shao is not that well known as she kept it a secret. However, she became popular at the tender age of nineteen. Ivy Shao officially began her career in 2008 and gained more fame in two years.

In 2008, Ivy Shao made appearances on a variety show known as Guess. You Guess You Guess You Guess Guess’ was a Taiwanese television variety show hosted by Jacky Wu. Several other hosts including Ivy Shao also participated. It began on 4th July 1996 and cane to and on 18th August 2012.

2. Shao Debuted in 2010 as a Spokesperson for a Video Game

After making several appearances on the variety show Guess, Ivy Shao made more steps forward in her career. Ivy then debuted in 2010 with the stage name Meng Meng.

She was the spokesperson for the video game Meng Meng Online. Ivy Shao later became a fixed cast on the variety show Crazy God Warriors.

This is a variety show on China Satellite Television that was produced by Chengying media and premiered on 25th September 2010. This program has situational funny skits with various themes and integrated with current hot topics.

3. Her First Acting Role came in 2011 at the Age of 22

Ivy Shao did not break through to acting immediately. She managed to gain more popularity by participating in several variety shows. At the age of twenty-two, Ivy managed to get her first acting role.

She got the role in the drama Ski Beat. This television series was based on the manga of the same name by Yoshiki Nakamura. The series premiered on 18th December 2011 on FTV Main Channel and GTV Variety Show on 24th December 2011.

Ivy Shao later got supporting roles in several dramas. Some of these dramas included A Hint of You, Fabulous 30, Love at Second Sight, When I See You Again and Beautiful Secret.

4. Ivy Got her First Lead Role in 2016 which was her Breakthrough

Ivy Shao was gain more popularity and fame in the various roles she held in the dramas and series. However, she had not received any lead roles in the dramas she featured in till later.

In 2016, Ivy Shao received her first breakthrough in the industry after getting a lead role in a hit drama Back to 1989 alongside Marcus Chang. This drama was the highest-rated drama in recent years and was so popular across the world.

Ivy Shao later followed up the drama with another major leading role in the 2017 film, The Perfect Match. She co-starred with Wu Kang-Jen.

5. Shao Appeared in a Mainland Chinese Drama

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Being Taiwanese, not many people thought that Ivy Shao could star in films from other countries. In 2018, Ivy Shao made an instant impact by appearing in a Mainland Chinese drama.

She appeared in the HBS’s drama Sweet Combat where her performance was impressive. Thereafter, Ivy got a lead role in an EBC film where she co-starred with Ben Wu.

In the same year, Shao appeared in the CSIC 2 movie. In 2019, she starred in two movies; Stand By Me and Deep Evil.

6. She Released her Debut Music Album at the Age of 30

Ivy Shao has a passion for several entertainment things like music other than acting. Her passion for music was clear when she was thirty years old when she released her first album.

Ivy Shao worked on her first music which she released in 2019. Her debut music album was known as Drizzle.

7. Ivy Shao Currently has a Project with Netflix

Ivy Shao has been working with several movies podcast which has helped her gain a huge fan base. Shao is currently working on a huge project with the world’s popular movie podcast Netflix.

She is currently starring in Netflix and SETTv’s collaboration movie known as The Devil Punisher. Ivy Shao is starring alongside Mike He.

8. She is Dating The Perfect Match Co-star Wu Kang-Jen

Ivy Shao has worked with several actors in various movie projects. Working with some of the actors created a romantic link with her which is visible with one of her co-starring actors.

Ivy went public about her relationship with The Perfect Match co-star Wu Kang-Jen in November 2020. In 2018, the two had dated for a year, broke up but later got back together.

9. Ivy has Won Two Major Awards and got Nominated for Three

With the brilliant acting work of Ivy Shao, she got nominated for various awards. Ivy Shao has won two awards and got three nominations.

These are the awards that Ivy Shao won: Viewers Choice Drama Award for Back to 1989 in the Sanlih Drama Awards and Best Onscreen Couple Award with Marcus Chang.

The three nominations include the Best Actress Award in 2016, Best Kiss Award with Marcus Chang and another Best Actress Award.

10. She has a Huge Fan base on Instagram

Ivy Shao is a model who has never backed down from expressing herself in the media. Her modelling has earned her a huge fan base on various social media platforms. Ivy Shao has 879K views on her Instagram page.