Rene Liu
Rene Liu Ruo-ying is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actress, director and writer. In the Sinophone world, Liu is widely known by her affectionate nickname "Milk Tea". Her music often focuses on love stories and has built an image around herself as a single woman. She is known for her mature, professional, urbane, single woman persona.
She has released 20 albums since 1995 and held hundreds of solo concerts worldwide. She has also had a remarkable acting career, having won numerous awards throughout Asia including Best Actress twice at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
Career
Rene Liu was born in Taipei City, Taiwan on June 1, 1969. She was born to an affluent family in Taipei. Her family from Liling, Hunan. Her grandfather served as a Class 1 general in the Army of the Nationalist Party of Taiwan. Liu's parents divorced when she was young and she grew up in her grandparents' house. In college, Liu attended California State University and has a bachelor's degree in music.After returning to Taiwan from her studies in the USA, Liu became the assistant of Bobby Chen, a pop music composer, producer, and singer. The two began working together for the release of Liu's album in 1995, with Chen as her music producer.
In 2012, Liu directed her first short film, "Love Limited Edition," where she wrote, produced, directed, and starred in. The film was released on December 18, 2012 and the story is about a woman embarking on a romantic trip to Paris alone, and her introspection and growth towards an understanding of love while traveling. This was the first project that she completed alone during her trip to Paris in 2010.
In 2018, Liu made her directorial debut with her film, Us and Them, a story is about two strangers who meet on a train and fall in love. Their struggles led to their breakup, but 10 years later, they reunite and pick up their story. Us and Them started out as a short story written by Rene Liu and eventually adapted into a movie. The Netflix original film was a huge success in the Chinese box office, making Rene Liu the highest grossing female director for Chinese films. The film became the fifth highest-grossing Chinese movie in 2018, making $157 million in revenue.
Personal life
On August 8, 2011, Rene Liu married businessman Zhong Xiaojiang in Beijing. In 2015, she gave birth to a son.Discography
Studio albums
- 1995: René's Selected Theme Songs
- 1995: Raining Season
- 1996: Walk Around
- 1998: Love You More & More
- 2000: Waiting for You
- 2001: Those Were the Days
- 2002: Love and the City
- 2003: My Failures and Glory
- 2004: I've Heard?
- 2005: All Night Long
- 2008: I'm Fine
- 2010: Together
- 2013: For The Loved
- 2015: Wish You Well
- 2021: ''Each Well ''
Compilation albums
- 2001: Harvest
- 2003: Rock Hong Kong 10th Anniversary - René Liu Greatest Hits
- 2008: ''René''
Live albums
- 2003: 單身日誌 演唱會LIVE全紀錄
- 2012: 劉若英脫掉高跟鞋世界巡迴演唱會
- 2017: 劉若英 Renext 我敢 世界巡迴演唱會 LIVE
- 2020: 2020劉若英陪你 獻上錄音專輯
Soundtrack albums
- 2004: 20 30 40
- 2007: Happy Birthday
- 2008: Run Papa Run
- 2012: ''C'est Quoi L'Amour?''
Singles and EPs
- 1992: 在這恬靜的暗晡頭
- 1992: 遊子
- 1992: 思鄉
- 1992: 達邦!我的鄉
- 1992: 黑水溝
- 1995: 兩個世界
- 1997: 男人港
- 1998: 大地之歌
- 1998: 種子
- 2001: 候鳥
- 2001: 年華
- 2002: 一輩子的孤單
- 2002: 大家來戀愛
- 2004: 聽!是誰在唱歌?
- 2004: 聽說?
- 2007: 不能跟情人說的話
- 2007: 最好的未來
- 2008: 分开旅行
- 2011: 沒有旋律配得上你
- 2014: 半路
- 2015: 念念
- 2015: 我敢在你懷裡孤獨
- 2016: 你有沒有深愛過
- 2017: 粉絲
- 2020: 媽媽
- 2020: 快樂天堂
- 2020: 不營業的日常
- 2020: 每天的不理想
- 2021: 黃金年代
- 2021: 人潮裡
- 2021: 所有相愛的人啊
Filmography