Gingle Wang (Chinese: 王淨; pinyin: Wáng Jìng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông Chēng; born 7 February 1998) is a Taiwanese actress and writer. Gingle began her acting career in 2017 in the film All Because of Love. Her breakthrough came in 2019 with the psychological horror film Detention, where her performance won Best Actress at the 22nd Taipei Film Awards and a nomination for Best Leading Actress at the 56th Golden Horse Awards. She has been described by the Harper's Bazaar Taiwan as a rising star amongst the new generation of Taiwanese actresses.[2]
Early life and education
Gingle Wang was born on February 7, 1998, in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. Raised in a single-mother household,[3] she is close to her mother while having little recollection of her father.[4][5] In 2009, Gingle entered Taipei Municipal Tian-Mu Junior High School but went to Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in the United States the following year.[2][6]
In 2013, Gingle published her debut novelBale Love[6] under the pen name Jun Jun at age 15. When she studied alone in the U.S., writing helped her deal with her hardships. Additionally, she hoped her mother could recover from her divorce through her novel, which featured a protagonist who was a divorced woman much like Gingle's mother.[2] Two years later she wrote Cockroach Philosophy, her second novel[7] In 2016, she returned to Taiwan from the United States and was admitted to Temple University, Japan Campus in 2017, where she majored in political science.[8]
Acting career
Early career
Wang's acting debut was the 2017 romance film All Because of Love.[9][10] Her casting in this role was partially attributed to the attention she gained after appearing on a YouTube channel featuring recordings of passengers singing KTV in the backseat of a taxi in 2015 at age 17.
In 2018 she was cast as the female lead of the[11] film The Outsiders, based on the 2004 TV series of the same name.[12] She also made an appearance as the lead female in Possession.
Gingle continued to star in television series in 2019, playing a leading role in Yuan Chengmei in the 15-part series Brave to Love.[19] Later that same year, she appeared as Yin Yue, a supporting actress in the 10-episode series Yong-jiu Grocery Store.[20]
Gingle's next film came in 2021, delayed due to production delays caused by the pandemic, [21] appearing in a supporting role as Wang Ting in Plurality, directed by Aozaru Shiao. Later the same year, she appeared alongside Alyssa Chia in female lead roles as the mother-daughter duo in the critically-acclaimed The Falls by Chung Mong-Hong.[22] Her performance garnered a nomination for the Best Leading Actress at the 58th Golden Horse Awards.[23][24]
Gingle also starred in Giddens Ko's fantasy romance Till We Meet Again, the second-highest grossing domestic film of 2021 in Taiwan and 14th all-time, where she portrayed a dissatisfied high school girl turned trainee love god, alongside her divine partner Ah Lun, played by Kai Ko.[25][26]
On October 22, 2021[27] romance drama More Than Blue: The Series was released worldwide on Netflix. The ten-part series, one year in the making,[28] featured Gingle as Cream, an orphaned high school girl, and follows her adventures with K, played by Fandy Fan.[29] Gingle made a guest appearance in parts two and three, released in December 2021 and March 2022 respectively, of the three-part television series Light the Night,[30] where she portrayed a younger Rose, the female protagonist of the series, and was widely praised for her role upon the series' release.[31]
Gingle had a supporting role in the 2023 supernatural comedy/mystery film Marry My Dead Body as a fellow police officer of the male lead.[32] She also had a lead role in the political drama TV series Wave Makers.
Personal life
Gingle Wang has four tattoos:[33] her sister's name "Maple", the Latin aphorism "carpe diem", the Bible verse "Psalm 90:9",[34] and her mother's English name by a rose, her mother's favorite flower.[35] She is fond of reading, writing novels, and watching history and culture series.[36][34] Her favorite female writers are Echo Chan (三毛) and Xi Murong (席慕蓉).[37] In addition, she also loves photography, exploring nature, and travel.[38][39]
