Is Marry My Dead Body’s Gingle Wang the next ‘It’ girl in Asia? Sought after by luxury brands from Dior to Chaumet, the Taiwanese actress is even being compared to Zhou Xun
- From the playful police officer in Marry My Dead Body to fighting workplace sexual harassment in political drama Wave Makers, Gingle Wang is showing both comedic and dramatic chops in acting
- Her other films like The Outsiders and Till We Meet Again are now on global streaming platforms like Disney+ and Apple TV – so will she be the next Zhou Xun or Zhou Dong-yu?
Every decade or so, Chinese cinema sees a new flush of actresses that transcends genre and medium and go on to become the “It” girls of their generation.
The early 2000s saw Zhou Xun dominate the silver screen, while the 2010s gave rise to Zhou Dong-yu. These actresses are loved for their range and stand out with their unconventional beauty.
While cinemas and television propelled these actresses to stardom in the 1990s and early 2000s, streaming platforms like Netflix and China’s Douban are where the new generation is finding success and a broader, more international audience.
Wang is said to be following in the trajectory of the two Zhous and was even dubbed to be a “Zhou Xun successor”, per Cosmopolitan, thanks to her ability to portray a whole range of roles.
From the playful sidekick police officer Lin Tzu-ching in supernatural comedy Marry My Dead Body to a young campaigner fighting workplace sexual harassment in political drama Wave Makers, she has proven that she can do both comedic and dramatic roles with equal flair.
Her works, including films The Outsiders (2018) and Till We Meet Again (2021), have also found their way to other global streaming platforms like Apple TV and Disney+.