Kelly Yu Wenwen (; born 7 November 1989) is a

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singer, songwriter, and actress.

Personal life

Yu was born in

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on ...

, China and moved with her parents to

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in 2004. She attended

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and later moved to

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, where she attended the

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cou ...

Career

Yu's first movie was ''Under the Rain'' in 2012, directed by Liu Chen. Her first lead role was in 2014 in the television series ''

One and a Half Summer ''One and a Half Summer'' ( Chinese: 一又二分之一的夏天, pinyin: ''Yī yòu èr fēn zhī yī de xiàtiān'') is a 2014 Chinese television series produced by Beijing Shiji Lecheng Media. Starring an ensemble cast from South Korea, Taiwan, ...

'' pairing up with

Nichkhun Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul ( th, นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล; ; born June 24, 1988), better known mononymously as Nichkhun ( ko, 닉쿤), is a Thai American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and model who is currently based in Sou ...

. In 2017, Yu starred as lead actress in the romantic film '' The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes''. She sang the theme song of the film. On Christmas Day of 2022, Kelly announced via Weibo where she will be reprising her role as Lin Jia from Ex-File 3 with other key members returning too.

Filmography

Film

Drama series

Television shows

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Kelly 1989 births Living people Actresses from Dalian People from Dalian Singers from Liaoning 21st-century Chinese actresses Chinese film actresses Chinese television actresses 21st-century Chinese women singers