“Chen, especially, gets plenty of belly laughs every time she is onstage.” –WhatsOnStage on Avenue Q
“Shin-Fei Chen, looking back from the present with warmth but also curiously elegiac” – Exeunt Magazine on Three Sisters
MAJOR FILM & TELEVISION
- BERLIN STATION (Series 2, Ep 1) | Analyst | Paramount TV
- CHINESE BURN | Elizabeth | BBC
- THE 101-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO SKIPPED THE BILL AND DISAPPEARED | Cindy | FLX
- DOCTOR WHO (Series 9, Ep 1) | Newsreader | BBC
INDEPENDENT FILM
- SOUTH PAW* | Lead (Sonya) | dir: John Raposas
- FAA IHEIHE | Lead (Midori) | dir: Daniel Michalos
- REPUBLIC OF PRUNUS PERSICA | Lead (Sarah) | dir: Shahid Kamal
*Received Best Comedy Honourable Mention from Asians On Film 2015
THEATRE
- THREE SISTERS | Natasha (Siu Jing) | Lyric Theatre Belfast
- ANON | Actor | Welsh National Opera
- AVENUE Q | Christmas Eve | Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE END | Ensemble | dreamthinkspeak
- THE HIT | Mrs. Sasamori | InterContinental Hotels
COMMERCIAL credits available upon request
CORPORATE credits: Barclays, GSK, Philips, McCann-Erickson, Nokia, Stratasys, Cambridge University Press
VOICEOVER credits: CBBC, Discovery Channel, TRW Automotive, Oxford University Press, Macmillan Publishers, TIAA-CREF, Beijing Yogurt
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY credits: Dulux, Speed Queen, Hoseasons, Pfizer
TRAINING
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- Shari Carlson Studio (acting – ongoing)
- Katt Shea (acting – ongoing)
STATS: Height: 5’2″ / Hair Colour: Black / Eye Colour: Brown
SPECIAL SKILLS (*denotes native or highly skilled)
- LANGUAGES: English*, Mandarin Chinese*, Taiwanese
- ACCENTS: American-Standard*, Mid-Atlantic*, British RP*, Chinese*
- MUSIC & DANCE: Mezzo-soprano*, ballroom dancing
- SPORTS: snowboarding, tai-chi, yoga
- PERFORMANCE: Musical theatre*, physical theatre*, voiceover*, presenting
- OTHER SKILLS: Writing*, interviewing/voxpop*, devising, translating
OTHER
- Dual citizenship in USA & Republic of China, work visa in UK
- Member of Equity (UK)
- M.A. Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- B.S. University of California, Berkeley
- Co-writer of upcoming Roughcut TV / BBC3 comedy