# Ivy Shao

Ivy Shao (Chinese: 邵雨薇; pinyin: Shào Yǔ Wēi) is a Taiwanese actress, singer and model. She is best known for her leading role in the 2016 hit drama, Back to 1989. Since then, she has also starred in The Perfect Match with Wu Kang-jen and Ben Wu in 2017.

## Career
### 2008–2010: Early beginnings

In 2008, she appeared on variety show, Guess, and gained fame. She then debuted in 2010 with the stage name Meng Meng as the spokesperson for the video game, "Meng Meng Online", and became a fixed cast on the variety show, Crazy God.

### 2011–2015: Start of her acting career

Shao received her first acting role in drama Skip Beat. She then went on to have supporting roles in several dramas, such as A Hint of You, Fabulous 30, Love at Second Sight, When I See You Again and Beautiful Secret.

### 2016–2017: Breakout role in Back to 1989, The Perfect Match

Her first breakthrough in the industry was when she received her first lead role in 2016 hit drama, Back to 1989 with Marcus Chang. The drama was the highest rated drama in recent years and was massively popular. She then followed up the drama with another leading role in 2017's The Perfect Match, co-starring with Wu Kang-jen.

### 2018-present: Foray into Mainland China and release of debut album, Drizzle

In 2018, Shao appeared in a mainland Chinese drama, HBS's Sweet Combat. She also played the lead role in EBC's Love & π, co-starring with Ben Wu. She then appeared in CSIC 2, playing the main lead in the second arc of the story.
In 2019, Shao also starred in the movies Stand By Me and Deep Evil, and appeared as a guest star in The 9th Precinct. In the same year, she released her debut album, Drizzle.
Shao is currently starring in Netflix and SETTV collaboration, The Devil Punisher alongside Mike He.
Shao is ice skating starring in Disney + Hotstar and SETTV's Frozen Heart meanwhile Kissed by the Rain co-star Mario Maurer

## Personal life

Shao went public with her relationship with The Perfect Match co-star, Wu Kang-jen in November 2020. They had previously dated for a year in 2018 before getting back together.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 2011 | Skip Beat | Gongxi's colleague | FTV | Cameo |
| 2012 | Confucius | Liang Jin Jin | CTV | |
| 2013 | A Hint of You | You Zhen Zhen | SETTV | |
| 2013 | The M Riders 5 | Ma Ya | EBC Yoyo | |
| 2014 | Fabulous 30 | Wu Yi Le | SETTV | |
| 2014 | Love at Second Sight | Tan Xiao Min | HBS | |
| 2015 | When I See You Again | Hu Yong Qing | SETTV | |
| 2015 | Beautiful Secret | Jiang Mei Yan | HBS | |
| 2016 | Back to 1989 | Ye Zhen Zhen | SETTV | |
| 2017 | The Perfect Match | Wei Fen Qing | SETTV | |
| 2018 | Sweet Combat | Song Xiao Mi | Hunan TV | |
| 2018 | Love & π | Zhao Yuan Ma | TTV EBC | |
| 2019 | CSIC 2 | Bei Yi Xuan | CTV | |
| 2020 | The Devil Punisher | Meng Po / Meng Xin-yu / Xiao-bing | SETTV | |
| 2020 | Futmalls.com | Bai Yong Xin | Youku, Netflix |
| 2021 | More Than Blue: The Series | An Yi-Chi | Netflix | |
| 2023 | Venus on Mars | Zhu Wei Na | CJ EMN | |
| 2024 | Trade War | Lin Xue Yu | FTV | |
| 2025 | Frozen Heart | Hei Chi | SETTV | |
| TBA | Fired Up | Lao Shi Xia | Netflix | |
| TBA | Doctor Love | Xiang Shai Mano | GTV | |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Whispers In The Reality | Zhi Xin | |
| 2015 | First of May | Zhang Huai Wen | |
| 2016 | The Tenants Downstairs | Chang Ying-ru | |
| 2017 | My Gift | Zhang Xiao-yu | Telemovie |
| 2019 | Deep Evil | Han Xue-ning | |
| 2019 | The 9th Precinct | MIB agent | Guest star, appeared in credits |
| 2019 | Stand By Me | Liang Bo-he | |
| 2023 | Lost in Perfection | Li-mei | |
| 2023 | Hello Ghost | Yu Hsiao-yin |
| 2024 | Pigsy | Xiaojing | Voice |

### Web drama

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Mr Bodyguard | Tang Yun | iQiyi |
| 2017 | Game Not Over | Xu Shi Qiao / Qiao Qiao | Youku |

### Music video appearances

| Year | Song title | Details |
| 2016 | "Drinking Buddies" (朋友的酒) | Artist(s): Richie Jen Album: 朋友的酒 + Greatest Hits 3 |
| 2016 | "You Him Me" (你他我) | Artist(s): Nine Chen 陳零九 Album: 1989一念間 電視原聲帶 |
| 2018 | "The Closest Thing To Eternal" (最接近永恆的事情) The ending credit song from Love and π | Artist(s): Ivy Shao 邵雨薇 Album: The Closest Thing To Eternal 最接近永恆的事情 |

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Title | Album details | Album details | Notes | Notes |
| Drizzle 微雨 | Drizzle 微雨 | Released: May 7, 2019 Formats: CD, digital download Track listing I Don't Live to Please You 懶得討好 Bad Girl 壞女孩 Pretend to Sleep 裝睡的人 Drizzle 微雨 Just Do What I Want Stay Away From Me 離我遠一點 The Closest Thing to Eternal 最接近永恆的事情 Just Go With You 好想跟你走 Stuck on You 黏度最佳新人 The Final Test 期末考 | Released: May 7, 2019 Formats: CD, digital download Track listing I Don't Live to Please You 懶得討好 Bad Girl 壞女孩 Pretend to Sleep 裝睡的人 Drizzle 微雨 Just Do What I Want Stay Away From Me 離我遠一點 The Closest Thing to Eternal 最接近永恆的事情 Just Go With You 好想跟你走 Stuck on You 黏度最佳新人 The Final Test 期末考 | Pretend to Sleep: From Berlin, I Love You Stay Away From Me: The insert song from Love and π The Closest Thing to Eternal: The ending credit song from Love and π | Pretend to Sleep: From Berlin, I Love You Stay Away From Me: The insert song from Love and π The Closest Thing to Eternal: The ending credit song from Love and π |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Viewers Choice Drama Award (with Back to 1989) | Back to 1989 | Won |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Best Actress Award | Back to 1989 | Nominated |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Best Onscreen Couple Award (with Marcus Chang) | Back to 1989 | Won |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Best Kiss Award (with Marcus Chang) | Back to 1989 | Nominated |
| 2016 | 18th Taipei Film Festival | Best Actress Award | The Tenants Downstairs | Nominated |