# Jane Liao

Jane Liao Hui-jen (Chinese: 廖慧珍) is a Taiwanese actress best known for her role as Lily Wu in Love Go Go (1997), which earned her Best Supporting Actress in the 34th Golden Horse Awards. She has also starred in the films Help Me Eros (2007), and On Happiness Road (2017), as well as television series Two Fathers (2013), My Goddess (2018), and The Arc of Life (2021).

## Early life and education

Liao grew up in Hengchun, Pingtung County, with two older brothers. She was predisposed to being overweight due to genes and polycystic ovary syndrome. Despite trying various sports during her school years, most notably tennis, where she served as her university's tennis club president, she was unable to lose weight. Liao's father managed one of the only two cinemas in Hengchun, and she described her family in early years as "wealthy". During her childhood, she was exposed to films while accompanying her father to work. To avoid shift work, her father later resigned and opened a hardware store, but the business failed when she was in junior high school, leading the family to face a financial crisis. Shortly afterward, her mother opened a lou mei restaurant. The restaurant, Qu Cun Rice Noodle Duck, is still operating in Hengchun and Liao returns to help run the store every Lunar New Year. Liao continued her studies in northern Taiwan and joined a film production company after graduation.

## Career

She landed her debut role as Lily Wu, one of the three protagonists and a food-guzzling roommate of Chen Ching-hsin [zh]'s character, in the 1997 romantic comedy film Love Go Go [zh]. The role earning her Best Supporting Actress in the 34th Golden Horse Awards. She pursued a career as a character actress, often portraying overweight women, and landed the female lead role in the 2007 romance film Help Me Eros, as well as recurring roles in the 2011 and 2013 television series Sunny Happiness and Two Fathers. She then took on main roles in the 2015 drama series Be With Me [zh], the 2016 family drama Smile is a Best Medicine [zh], and the 2017 drama series Their Heaven [zh]. Liao went on to star in the 2016 romance film Welcome To The Happy Days [zh] and voice a lead character in the 2017 animated film On Happiness Road. Liao appeared as farmer Chen Yong-zheng in the 2018 romantic comedy series My Goddess and played a troublesome colleague May in the 2021 drama series The Arc of Life. She also secured supporting roles in the 2023 drama film Big [zh] and the 2024 romance film 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Love Go Go [zh] | Lily Wu (吳莉莉) | |
| 2007 | Help Me Eros | Biscuit (小餅乾) | |
| 2013 | Zone Pro Site | Feast host | Cameo |
| 2016 | The Thin Blue Lines [zh] | The Landlord | |
| 2016 | Welcome To The Happy Days [zh] | Hsiao Rong-nu (蕭蓉女) | |
| 2017 | On Happiness Road | Chi's mother | |
| 2023 | Big [zh] | Horsie (馬馬) | |
| 2024 | 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days | Shu-yi (淑宜) | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | Taiwan Lilies [zh] | Hsiang Ping (項萍) | Recurring role |
| 2010–2011 | Lee's Family Reunion | Li Duo-mei (李多美) | Guest role |
| 2011 | Sunny Happiness | Fang Jin Wen (方金雯) | Recurring role |
| 2011 | Love You | Chuen's wife | Guest role |
| 2012 | The Woman Is Colored [zh] | Li Duo-wei (李多惠) | Recurring role |
| 2013 | Two Fathers | Jia Mei-nu (賈美女) | Recurring role |
| 2015 | Be With Me [zh] | Shi Zhe-ai (史喆愛) | Main role |
| 2016 | Smile is a Best Medicine [zh] | The Daughter-in-law | Main role |
| 2017 | Their Heaven [zh] | Ching Hsia (青霞) | Main role |
| 2018 | My Goddess | Chen Yong-zheng (陳永媜) | Recurring role |
| 2021 | The Arc of Life | May | Recurring role |
| 2022 | Shards of Her | Fang Mei-yin (方美茵) | Cameo |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 1997 | 34th Golden Horse Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Love Go Go [zh] | Won | |