Enno Cheng () is a Taiwanese

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singer-songwriter who is also an author and a film actress. She is currently part of the band Chocolate Tiger (猛虎巧克力) in addition to performing and releasing albums solo. She is the daughter of film director

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, who she often collaborates with by writing screenplays and film scores as well as performing in his films.

Career

She attended

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and majored in Chinese, but took a leave of absence in 2007. She first appeared in the film industry in 2007 in the film '' Summer's Tail'', where she portrayed the main character Yvette Chang. She also composed and wrote for the film. Her performance was praised in ''The Hollywood Reporter'' although the film itself was panned. She was also nominated for the

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award at the

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for her role. She was cast as Wen, a

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, in the 2009 film ''Tears''. Her debut album "Neptune" (海王星) was released by White Wabbit Records in July 2011. She performed on 30 August 2019 in

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as part of an official musical exchange spearheaded by Taiwan's

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between Taiwan and

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, along with math rock band Elephant Gym, Formosan aboriginal singer Chalaw Passiwali, and Malaysian band Pastel Lite. She was slated to perform at

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2020, but the event was cancelled due to the outbreak of

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pandemic in the United States. In 2023, Cheng won Best Female Singer in Taiwanese and Best Album in Taiwanese at the 34th Golden Melody Awards.

Personal life

Cheng married Sam Yang, the lead singer for band

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in 2013. They amicably divorced in 2016, at which time she announced that she was gay.

Activism and politics

In 2009, Cheng posed for photographer

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as part of the "T for Tibet" campaign, in which celebrities were photographed forming the letter "T" with their hands, along with other Taiwanese musicians

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, and Chthonic. Due to the

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, Cheng gave a performance remotely for the inauguration of President

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's second term. In May 2020, Cheng recorded a track for the album ''T-POP: No Fear In Love'', a compilation album celebrating the one-year anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, with others including 9m88.

Filmography

Films

* Summer's Tail 夏天的尾巴 (2007) * Tears 眼淚 (2009) * Maverick (2015)

Television

* ''

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(2019) * The Mirror (2019) Enno Cheng at chinesemov.com
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Discography

Solo albums

* Neptune (2011) * Pluto (2017) * Dear Uranus (2019) * Mercury Retrograde (2022) * Moon Phases (2025)

with Chocolate Tiger

* Nighttime Factory (夜工廠) (2013) * YI-CHUN (怡君) (2015)

Bibliography

* Summer's Tail (2007)

References

External links

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