# Zaizai Lin

Zaizai Lin Chen-shi (Chinese: 林辰唏; born 22 May 1990) is a Taiwanese actress. She made her acting debut in Taipei Exchanges (2010), and was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Television Series in the 48th Golden Bell Awards for her role in the romance series An Innocent Mistake (2012). She also starred in the lesbian-themed romance series Fragrance of the First Flower (2021–2024), and won Best Leading Actress in a Miniseries in the 57th Golden Bell Awards with her performance in the first season.

## Early life

Lin was born on 22 May 1990 in Taiwan. Her parents divorced when she was ten years old. To support Lin and her sister, her mother worked two jobs as an accountant and market hawker, prompting Lin to start working at a night market and restaurants to alleviate her mother's financial burdens. Lin changed schools six times after her parents' divorce, citing her desire for attention as the reason. During junior high school, she became involved with gangs and spent most of her time in billiard halls and comic book stores. She often skipped classes in high school to work and eventually suspended her studies in the sophomore year. She was discovered by a talent scout at the age of 16, and she accepted the offer due to the high salary. She appeared on the variety program Guess in 2006, followed by serving as a recurring host on Blackie's Teenage Club [zh] starting that same year. In 2008, Lin gained public recognition for her advertisements for Kymco and her appearance in Mayday's music video for "Suddenly I Miss You [zh]".

## Career

In 2010, Lin made her acting debut in Hsiao Ya-chuan's drama film Taipei Exchanges, starring alongside Gwei Lun-mei. She described the experience as her motivation to enter showbiz, stating she was "fascinated" by the passion of the cast and crew. That same year, she landed a recurring role in the PTS romance series Gloomy Salad Days directed by Zero Chau, and secured leading roles in the sports film Jump Ashin! and the crime film The Killer Who Never Kills [zh] the following year. In 2012, Lin starred alongside Wang Shih-hsien and Mo Tzu-yi in the romance series An Innocent Mistake [zh], which earned her a nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Television Series in the 48th Golden Bell Awards.
In 2014, Lin played the female lead in the drama film Anywhere Somewhere Nowhere [zh], and appeared as the best friend of Ella Chen's character in the television series The Lying Game. She then starred in Penguins at North Pole, Taiwan's first homosexual family comedy, as a woman romantically involved with another protagonist played by Nikki Hsieh. The same year, she also made cameo appearances in Apple in Your Eye, a TTV series and the latest project of An Innocent Mistake's writer Mag Hsu [zh], as lead actress Amber An's high school classmate, as well as a news anchorwoman in the French sci-fi film Lucy directed by Luc Besson. In 2015, Lin starred in the romance series Pisces [zh]. She came out as bisexual in the same year, and later revealed in an interview with TVBS that the decision led to her losing several film role offers. She took a hiatus from acting the following year due to pregnancy and returned in 2017, and starred in the Chinese-Hong Kong romance film A Nail Clipper Romance that was released in the same year.
In 2018, Lin portrayed Alice, the girlfriend of Sam Yang's character, in the drama film Killed by Rock and Roll [zh]. Han Cheung of Taipei Times praised her performance as "pretty solid" and lamented her character's lack of screen time. She also starred in the drama film Tomorrow's Star [zh] alongside Lara Veronin that same year. In 2021, Lin landed a lead role as Yi-ming, a married woman who reunites with a former romantic interest played by Lyan Cheng, in the lesbian-themed romance series Fragrance of the First Flower [zh]. She won Best Leading Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film in the 57th Golden Bell Awards with the role, and reprised it in the second season released in 2024. Lin also made a voice cameo alongside Amber An, Ariel Lin, and Rainie Yang as Wu Kang-ren's character's ex-girlfriends in Mag Hsu's romance film I Missed You [zh] that same year. She also played contract assassin Cheng Feng in the second and third seasons of her partner Lin Li-shu's legal drama series Best Interest [zh], and made a cameo appearance with her son in the series finale of the 2024 drama Imperfect Us.

## Personal life

Lin came out as bisexual in 2015. She had been dating both males and females since junior high school. In November 2016, Lin announced that she had given birth to a son in September with her boyfriend and film director Lin Li-shu, after five years of dating. The partners raised their son together and lived in Hualien County, but they did not marry, with Lin describing them as in an open relationship and stating that they had no plans for marriage. In August 2023, Lin published her autobiography We All Have the Ability to Experience Freedom.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Taipei Exchanges | Joise (薔兒) | |
| 2011 | Jump Ashin! | #599 | |
| 2011 | The Killer Who Never Kills [zh] | Wu Hsiao-li (吳小莉) | |
| 2011 | 10+10 [zh] | The Customer | Segment: Lane 256 |
| 2014 | Anywhere Somewhere Nowhere [zh] | Little Sun (小太陽) | |
| 2014 | Lucy | News anchor | Cameo |
| 2017 | A Nail Clipper Romance | Lulu | |
| 2018 | Killed by Rock and Roll [zh] | Alice (愛莉絲) | |
| 2018 | Tomorrow's Star [zh] | Seren (濏媛) | |
| 2021 | I Missed You [zh] | Nan Chih-yang's ex-girlfriend | Voice cameo |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Gloomy Salad Days | Ni Ke (妮可) | Recurring role |
| 2012 | An Innocent Mistake [zh] | Chung Man-ching (鍾曼青) | Main role |
| 2014 | The Lying Game | Zhou Yi (周宜) | Recurring role |
| 2014 | Penguins at North Pole | Temu (鐵木) | Main role; television film |
| 2014 | Apple in Your Eye | Hsiao Yun (小芸) | Cameo |
| 2015 | Pisces [zh] | Yu Miao-miao (于淼淼) | Main role |
| 2021–2024 | Fragrance of the First Flower [zh] | Yi-ming (江怡敏) | Main role (season 1–2) |
| 2023 | Best Interest [zh] | Cheng Feng (程楓) | Recurring role (season 2 [zh]–3 [zh]) |
| 2024 | Imperfect Us | A mother | Cameo |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | 48th Golden Bell Awards | Best Leading Actress in a Television Series | An Innocent Mistake [zh] | Nominated | |
| 2022 | 57th Golden Bell Awards | Best Leading Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film | Fragrance of the First Flower [zh] | Won | |