Ann Hsu

Tiffany Ann Hsu (traditional Chinese: 許瑋甯; simplified Chinese: 许玮宁; pinyin: Xǔ Wěinìng; Wade–Giles: Hsu3 Wei3 Ning4; born 7 August 1984) is a Taiwanese actress and fashion model of American and Italian descent. Hsu began her career as a fashion model, and first came to attention for her supporting roles in the Taiwanese drama series It Started With A Kiss and its sequel They Kiss Again. She also worked as a VJ for MTV Taiwan.

Her performance as Doris in the Taiwanese film Design 7 Love (相愛的七種設計) earned her a Golden Horse Award nomination for Best New Performer. She also appeared in the drama series The Way We Were, for which she won a Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Early life

Hsu's father is Italian-American and her mother is Taiwanese. Her father left the family before she was born, leaving her mother to raise Hsu with the assistance of her maternal grandparents and her other family members. Hsu attended the Hwa Kang Arts School in Taipei where she was classmates with Rainie Yang and Alien Huang. She graduated from the Chinese Cultural University with a major in Drama Acting in 2007. Friends call her by her middle name, Ann, which is also the English name listed on her agency's profile webpage.

Ann

Ann is a variant of Anne a female given name

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Ann (Don't Go Runnin')

"Ann (Don't Go Runnin')" is a single by American country music artist Tommy Overstreet. Released in December 1971, it was the first single from his album This Is Tommy Overstreet. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, his highest-charting single on the chart. It also reached No. 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada, and was his only chart-topper there.

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Anne

Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel. Anne is a common name in France.

It is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands (for example Anne de Vries). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton).

Notable people named Anne

People commonly known only by the first name Anne

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Xu (surname)

Xu is a surname of Chinese origin. It can be a pinyin transliteration of one of two Chinese surnames, both of which are transliterated as Hsü in the Wade–Giles system, and sometimes spelled without the diaeresis as Hsu.

As of 2007 徐 was listed as the 11th most common surname within the People's Republic of China, and 許/许 was the 26th most common according to the List of common Chinese surnames.

In Cantonese, 許/许 is systemically transcribed in Jyutping as Heoi and in Yale Romanization as Héui; customary spellings include Hui, Hoi, or Hooi; 徐 is often transcribed as Tsui, T'sui, Choi, Chui or even Tsua.

In Southern Min, 許/许 is transcribed in Pe̍h-ōe-jī as Khó, in Teochew as Kóu, and customarily spelled Koh, Khoh, Khor, Khaw, or Ko. In Gan, it can be spelled Hi or Hé. For Hoa people the name is written as Hái or Hy in Vietnamese. Other spellings include Hee and Hu.

In Japanese, the surname 徐 is transliterated as Omomuro, and in Sino-Japanese as Jo. The Korean pronunciation, using the Yale romanization system, is Se. 許/许 in Japanese is transliterated as Yurusu/Bakari/Moto, and in Sino-Japanese as Kyo/Ko. The Korean pronunciation, using the Yale romanization system, is He/Ho.

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