CHIASUI CHEN
SAG/AFTRA
chiasui@chiasuichen.com
www.imdb.me/chiasuichen
AWARDS
Winning Webby Awards, Aurora Awards, Telly Awards, & Aegis Awards for film, "Happy Anniversary"
Winning Best Cameo of Spotlight On Award for play, "The Tempest"
FILM
Afternoon (Women Make Eaves film fest) Lead (mom) Dir. Vivi Chen
Empire Borde I (Venice Biennial) Ensemble Cast (single woman) Dir. Chieh-Jen Chen
Red Shoes (Tribeca film fest ) Lead (single mom) Dir. Li-Anne Huang
The Child Within (NY Gypsy film fest) Lead (kidnapped woman) Dir. Luchia Dragosh
Jinx! (IFC distributed) Supporting (crazy art teacher) Dir. Adam Baran
Happy Anniversary (NYIIFV film fest) Lead (asian bride) Dir. John Paul Su
Suspect Truth (Women Mave Waves film fest ) Lead (hair stylist) Dir. Chu-Chen Hsiao
TELEVISION
Silly Girl Supporting(Chong) Hakka TV(Dir. Zhi-Ru Lin)
Chairman of the Curb Supporting (Sister Jong) Da-Ai TV(Dir. Qi-Jun Chen)
When the Flamboyant Tree Blossoms Supporting (eldest sister) Da-Ai TV(Dir. Da-Jie Mai)
Starved Supporting (massage parlor girl) FX Networks
THEATER
Comedy Chekhov Lead WLD Herb Reading Garden
Google 0.2 (dir. Michael Portnoy) Ensemble Cast Taipei Biennial
Theatresports Ensemble Cast Guts Improv.
The Silviculture Museum Lead chashama
Culture(a)lity, Part I Ensemble Cast Brooklyn Arts Exchange
365 Days/365 Plays (Ma-Yi Theatre) Ensemble Cast The Public Theatre
As You Like It (Staged Reading) Various Roles The Workshop Theatre
The Tempest Sulis Looking Glass Theatre
My Fair Lady Ensemble Heights players
Our Daniel Lead Eslite Cafe
Teaching Experience
Chinese Culture University, National Chung-Hsing University, National Taiwan University of Arts, Shu-Te University,
Shin-Min High School, Tai-Nan Arts University, Taipei Film Commission, Xue-Xue Institute, Shanghai CBN Channel,
Chiasui Chen Acting Studio
TRAINING & EDUCATION
BFA in Music, majoy in piano at Soochow University, Taiwan
Acting Technique Alice McLane, Edward Morehouse HB Studio
Scene Study Alice McLane, Karen Ludwig HB Studio
Shakespeare Carol Goodheart HB Studio
Speech & Voice Robin McNair HB Studio
Physical Storytelling & Stage Combat Ian Marshall HB Studio
Cold Reading, On Camera Technique Jen Krater, Brad Calcaterra Sally Johnson Studio
Sitcom Intensive Mary Lou Bellli Actors Connection
Acting for Film & TV Peter Miner Weist-Barron Studio
Commercial Technique Jerry Coyle Weist-Barron Studio
SPECIAL SKILL
Fluently speaking Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese & English. Basic Japanese
Piano, Yoga, Japanese Classical Dance, Downhill Skiing, Stage Combat (unarmed)