Overview
Gingle Wang (Chinese: 王淨; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông Chēng; pinyin: Wáng Jìng; born 7 February 1998) is a Taiwanese actress and writer. Gingle began her acting career in 2017 in the film All Because of Love. Her breakthrough came in 2019 with the psychological horror film Detention, where her performance won Best Actress at the 22nd Taipei Film Awards and a nomination for Best Leading Actress at the 56th Golden Horse Awards. She has been described by the Bazaar Magazine as a rising star amongst the new generation of Taiwanese actresses.
Early life and education
Gingle Wang was born on February 7, 1998, in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. Raised in a single-mother household, she is close to her mother while having little recollection of her father. In 2009, Wang Ching entered Taipei Municipal Tian-Mu Junior High School but went to Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in the United States the following year.
In 2013, Gingle published her debut novel Bale Love under the pen name Jun Jun at age 15. When she studied alone in the U.S., writing helped her deal with her hardships. Additionally, she hoped her mother could recover from her divorce through her novel, which featured a protagonist who was a divorced woman much like Gingle's mother. Two years later she wrote Cockroach Philosophy, her second novel In 2016, she returned to Taiwan from the United States and was admitted to Temple University, Japan Campus in 2017, where she majored in political science.
Acting career
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