Ai Wan

S.A.G/A.F.T.R.A

www.aiwan.com

Ai Wan was born in Shanghai, China. She played female lead Tan Tianzi, a willful, passionate and headstrong multinational executive in ‘Sha Qing’, a nationally popular 23-part tale of modern China urban romance. Male leads were played by Jiang Wu and Hong Jiantao, with Meng Ji directing.

In April 2006, she’s been called “the new rising creative class in Beijing” by the most innovative “Outlook Magazine” in China. She is also well known for her insightful &progressive column in “Modern Weekly”, which it has received the most inferential publication award in China in 2005. Ai Wan has published “ the madness of appetite” with a group of famous artists, the book has stayed on the top of the best selling chart in China in 2005-2006.

Education:

4 years master acting training (comedy &drama) with Aaron Speiser , Hollywood

           UCLA film school

2years with Edge Dance Academy, Hollywood

           Speech coach include Mark Sikes, Bill Dearth and Beverly Long, Hollywood

4 years Chinese Wu Shu training , Shanghai

          Fashion institute of design & merchandising, Los Angles

Film:

Rush Hour 1 :                      Sidekick of the gang leader opposing Jackie Chan and popular US

                                              comedy star Chris Tucker

A Rock and a Hard Place:  As the two-faced female lead

Red Steel:                            Female lead as the younger sister of a drug baron who falls in love     

                                              with a cop

Fallen Angel:                       Female lead as a 1930's lesbian gangster’s moll

Fire In My Heart:              Female lead as an out-of-luck destitute and handicapped gambler

The Puzzle in The Air:      Played female lead alongside David Carrdine (Kill Bill 1+2) as leader

                                              of a team of US special agents

On Deadly Ground:           Supporting role alongside Joan Chen and US action star Steven Segal

Death Becomes Her:         Supporting role as a maid in ancient Greece, in a film starring Isabella

                                             Rossellini, and Bruce Willis

City of Industry:                Supporting role as an corrupt telephone operator alongside Harvey 

                                             Kaitel, Timothy Hutton, Stephen Dorff.

Dragon’s Gate:                   Supporting role in a Sony production as a Goddess spirit.

TV Shows:

E．R．                                     Medical intern

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air:        Supporting Role

Lyricist Lounge:                     Comedy guest star, MTV production

L.A Heat:                                 Supporting Role

MTV’s Undressed:                 Female lead as a university student in the popular teen show.  

                                                  Chosen by MTV film fans as “Most Popular Actress”.

TV Show Host / Producer:

Tea Time:                               Hosted guests on US Chinese language channel KSCI 18's talk show

Knights and Warriors:          English language hosting on CBS's 24-episode general arts program

Hollywood Today:                 Bilingual hosting on the entertainment news show. Also produced

Reality Check:                        English language hosting and production on KLTA's youth show

Music Videos:

Grammy winner R.Kelly's “She’s got the Vibe”

Grammy winner Melissa Ethridge's “Fallen down” 

Popular French singer Ophelia Winter’s” Spring of Love”

UK singer Robert Palmer's “Addicted to Love”

Awards:

“Y.2.F.U” female lead in the black comedy play which was performed 24 times, and won a Los

                                       Angeles Times award

Former Miss Chinese International U.S.A and special award for artistic achievement

Calendars, Billboards:

Cover girl for the "Sensual Asian Women” calendar 5 years running

Cover girl for the “Southern California Dream Girl” calendar

Selected by “Play Boy” for “Globe-Hop with the world’s most exotic women”

Adverts- Vidal Sassoon (US), Nokia (US, SE Asia), Budweiser (US), Hawaii Suntan Lotion (US), McDonald's (HK and China), Chanel (Los Angeles Weekly Pictorial), China Southern International Airlines(US), Pro-Tek, Super-Cut Spokesperson (US), Aziza Elite Cosmetics (US),Fredrick’s of Hollywood(US), Sketcher’s (US), H&R Block Tax(US) Legg’s Hosiery (US), Sipasi (US), Tony & Guy Spokesperson(Beijing)etc.