Esther Liu

Esther Liu

Born: August 8, 1988
in Taiwan
Esther Liu is a Taiwanese actress, singer, and television host. Liu began her career at the age of 14 as part of the girl group Sweety with Joanne Tseng. In 2003, Liu made her acting debut in the television series Westside Story alongside Tony Sun and Wallace Huo.

Movies for Esther Liu...

Salli
Title: Salli
Released: April 3, 2024
Type: Movie
Hui-Jun, a chicken farmer from a rural village in Taiwan, lives with her soon-to-be-married younger brother and her teenage niece, Xin-Ru. When her relatives claim that she, being unmarried, should not attend her brother’s wedding reception, she feels guilty. On a dating app that Xin-Ru downloads on her phone, Hui-Jun uses the alias “Salli” and develops a romantic relationship with a French man named Martin. But when Martin suddenly becomes unreacheable, she decides to travel to Paris to find him. To Hui-Jun, the world she experiences for the first time outside her small village is unfamiliar but splendid. Leaving behind her family, who view her as a source of concern, she is determined to prove herself through trials and challenges. The narrative about the personal growth of a thirty-eight-year-old woman, the actors’ performances, and the aptly timed music all contribute to the film’s delightful charm.
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Title: At the Moment
Character: Tseng Wan-yu
Released: November 10, 2023
Type: TV
This anthology series set during the pandemic follows 10 unique love stories of passion and heartache.
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Title: Guess Who's Coming to Act
Character: Self
Released: July 2, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Travel Together with Stars Family
Released: April 9, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Let's Open
Character: 小幫手
Released: March 19, 2022
Type: TV
In this reality TV series, a group of Taiwanese celebrities must work together to convert an old house by the sea into a full-fledged restaurant.
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My Best Friend's Breakfast
Title: My Best Friend's Breakfast
Character: Suen Li-ching
Released: January 28, 2022
Type: Movie
Xiang Wei-xin, a 17-year-old high school sophomore, regards eating as the most important and most healing thing in life. The first time she met her senior Tao You-quan was in the school's welfare agency. At that time, Xiang Wei-xin lost 5 yuan and could not buy her favorite pineapple bread. Tao You-quan made up the money for her, which made her feel deeply indebted to her.
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Title: Light the Night
Character: Li Shu-hua / Hana
Released: November 27, 2021
Type: TV
In the red light district of 1980s Taipei, women at a popular Japanese night club navigate jealousy, heartbreak, friendship and love.
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Title: Be Loved in House: I Do
Character: HWC Roasters Customer
Released: May 20, 2021
Type: TV
Shi Lei, an employee, approaches Yu Zhen to snoop for information about the love life of this domineering director. As a result of various encounters, he finds out that the tyrant director is still hurt from a past relationship and is suffering from loneliness. Knowing that he still possesses a heart, Shi Lei becomes curious about Yu Zhen.
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Title: Mother To Be
Released: November 27, 2020
Type: TV
Three women at different stages of life grapple with questions of marriage and raising children.
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Title: Memory Eclipse
Character: Tung Yu-Ching
Released: September 19, 2020
Type: TV
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The Painting of Evil
Title: The Painting of Evil
Character: Li Shan-shan
Released: September 18, 2020
Type: Movie
Specialized in abstract art, Hsu Pao-Ching is a middle-aged painter who struggles in his career. By chance, he begins giving at art lessons in a prison, where he discovers that Chou Chang-Ting, one of the inmates, has great talent for painting. He holds am exhibition of Chou’s works, however as Chou committed random attacks and killed several people, a protest is staged against it. In the end, Hsu gets hurt and the exhibition is withdrawn. Hsu cannot understand why the public cannot appreciate art without prejudice and decides to approach the victims’ family. Moreover, Hsu goes to Chou’s old family home in search of the inspiration for Chou’s paintings.
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Title: U Motherbaker
Character: Ye, Jia-chun
Released: June 6, 2020
Type: TV
A Taiwanese family comedy that reflect the daily culture of the people and also the problem of the transformation of a traditional cake shop. It discusses parent-child relationship, problems between mother in law and wife, the gap between generations and the dilema of maintaining tradition or modernization.
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Title: Best Interest
Released: May 5, 2019
Type: TV
Rookie lawyer Chen Boyun made a promise at an early age that she will work hard in achieving social justice, and not to drop any opportunities to advocate for justice. Experienced lawyer Fang Chang is the exact opposite; he now only pursues cases that require quick fixes and has long stopped investing personal feelings into cases. When Chen Boyun becomes the intern and personal assistant of Fang Cheng, conflicts ensue as they argue for different "best interests".
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Title: Bodhisattva in Storm
Character: Lin Chu-Ying
Released: August 18, 2018
Type: TV
In 1946, the cargo ship "Chaofeng Pill" returned from Japan to Keelung Port, and the ship was filled with Taiwanese people who traveled to Japan. Tao Zhanwen, a well-known Chinese student who detected the murder in Japan, also came to Bodhisattva with his friend Yang Huiming, but he encountered a series of bizarre murders...
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Title: Art in Love
Character: Zhong Yu
Released: December 18, 2017
Type: TV
Tao Yufei is a perfectionist artist, who is introverted, sensitive, and cold. His personality is challenged by the fearless Li Chenyin who isn’t afraid of anything. They get to know each other in college and have been clashing since then. When given the chance to pursue further education in arts, Tao Yufei chooses to follow his dream and study abroad, sacrificing the budding romance. Seven years later, he returns home and meets Chenyin again, but throughout the years, she has been protected by a handsome basketball player Qiu Jiawu.
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Title: 酸甜之味
Character: Tseng Ya-Ping
Released: July 7, 2017
Type: TV
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22nd Catch
Title: 22nd Catch
Character: Annie
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: Movie
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Title: Thirty Something
Character: Fang Wenhui
Released: December 12, 2015
Type: TV
When a 30-year-old woman hits a career and personal low, can she rebuild her life? He Mei Liang should be at the peak of her career and life, but she actually finds herself out of a job. She used to work in medical equipment sales, but she let people walk all over her while she was too afraid to stand up for herself, so she ends up hitting rock bottom. Although she used to look down on insurance salespeople, Mei Liang gets a job in the insurance industry and is determined to succeed. Mei Liang is partnered with the more veteran insurance salesman, You Zi Jie, who tries to prevent her from making too many gaffes in her new job. Can Zi Jie help Mei Liang rebuild her life and career?
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Title: 军官·情人
Released: May 5, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: 爱情ATM
Character: 郑欣茹
Released: November 10, 2013
Type: TV
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Din Tao: Leader of the Parade
Title: Din Tao: Leader of the Parade
Character: Xiao Bi
Released: January 20, 2012
Type: Movie
A-Tai (Alan Ko) narrates that he is the son of Uncle Da (Chen Po-cheng) and Aunt Da (Samantha Ko), who run a troupe in Taichung. Uncle Da's troupe does traditional performance in front of religious processions. The religion requires performers to "initiate the faces and pose as gods"—to put on a special face painting, or to put on a heavy body puppet costume, both of these represent gods' persona. The performance demands training of martial art, acrobatics and endurance, and the performers are negatively associated with gangsters by the society. Uncle Da has been competing with Wu-cheng (Liao Jun), who studied with Uncle Da under the same master. A-Tai grew estranged with his father and the troupe, and went to Taipei to study Rock music, until a mysterious old man in blue coat bids him home.
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Night Market Hero
Title: Night Market Hero
Character: Lin Mei-hsiang
Released: January 28, 2011
Type: Movie
Follows a group of food vendors who have made their living in the bustling 888 Night Market for over a decade. Their livelihood is threatened when some real estate developer acquires the land where the night market is situated.
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Title: 协奏曲
Character: Gao Ling
Released: January 28, 2009
Type: TV
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Winds of September
Title: Winds of September
Character: Meng-Lun
Released: June 6, 2008
Type: Movie
Lin Shu-Yu's semi auto-biographical debut takes us back to 1996, during the time of the tragic Taiwan baseball scandal, an event that devastated many teenage boys. The story follows Yen and Tang and their gang through the last year of their high school life. From chasing girls to midnight skinny dipping to rooting for their favorite baseball team, they do everything together. When an accident throws Yen into a coma, their world starts falling apart.
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Title: 聊斋2
Released: July 12, 2007
Type: TV
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Title: Green Forest, My Home
Character: Sophie
Released: October 23, 2005
Type: TV
Sophie grew up in a wealthy and musically talented family. Luoshan is the daughter of Sophie's parents' chauffeur. When Luoshan's father dies in an accident while driving drunk, she is adopted by Sophie's family and takes the name Susan instead of Luoshan. Thereon, Susan plans to take whatever Sophie has.
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Title: Strange Tales of Liao Zhai
Character: 粉蝶【粉蝶】
Released: February 5, 2005
Type: TV
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Title: Chinese Paladin
Character: A'nu
Released: January 24, 2005
Type: TV
Chinese Paladin is a Chinese television series produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai Ltd. It was first broadcast on CTV and CBG in Taiwan and mainland China respectively in January 2005. The series is based on the original version of the RPG The Legend of Sword and Fairy. It was followed by Chinese Paladin 3 in 2009. The series brings together cast members from China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Title: Mr. Fighting
Character: Yeh You-Li
Released: January 15, 2005
Type: TV
A rigged professional fist-fighting tournament 20 years ago led to the downfall of one family and changed the course of both families forever. The patriarchs of the Tuan and Yeh families faced each other in an epic professional fist-fighting tournament that went horribly wrong, and the two families have been sworn enemies ever since. Tuan Yu-Chiao (Tony Sun) is the son of one of the feuding families who also is an expert fist fighter as well as heir to the family's successful entertainment company.
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Title: Urban Horror: Taipei
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Do you often feel inexplicably disturbed in this cold, unconcerned city? Those things we are used to but not specifically noticed are not caused by supernatural or spiritual phenomena, but the daily, under-the-surface crises sparked by the fear, ignorance and indifference around us. This is a series without ghosts, monsters, supernatural or sci-fi components. Every story in Urban Horror is happening around us...