Barbie Hsu
Actor · Died February 2, 2025, aged 48 · Taipei, Taiwan
Barbie Hsu was a Taiwanese actress and singer. She is most well known for her role as Shan Cai in Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden, a Japanese manga adaptation of Boys Over Flowers and Mars with Vic Chou of F4. She has also acted in movies, her first being the Chinese movie The Ghost Inside. She also had a singing career prior to her acting career. She was in a duo group called "S.O.S." with her sister Dee Hsu. Their last album was called Abnormal Girls. Due to the nature of the term S.O.S, they changed their group name to ASOS . On 16 November 2010, Barbie married Chinese entrepreneur Wang Xiaofei in a civil ceremony Beijing and held the wedding banquet on Hainan Island on 22 March 2011. She passed away in February 2, 2025.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 6, 1976
- February 2, 2025 (aged 48)
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 31 credits in all
What are Barbie Hsu's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 0 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 4
Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 3
Steady 3 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 3
Casual 5 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Heraldas Grace Wong in Connected (2008)
- Threshold guardianas Ye Zhanqing (Turquoise) in Reign of Assassins (2010)
- Allyas Phoenix Li in Adventure of the King (2010)
- Allyas Yee in Motorway (2012)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Barbie Hsu's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Barbie Hsu's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
31 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Dee's Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
We Grew Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
我们是真正的朋友 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Beauty小姐 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Truth! Flowers and Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
I Can I BB (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Motorway(2012)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Croczilla(2012)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
My Kingdom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Reign of Assassins(2010)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Adventure of the King(2010)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Flirting Scholar 2(2010)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Summer's Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Future X-Cops(2010)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Hot Summer Days(2010)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
On His Majesty's Secret Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Kung Fu Chefs(2009)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
My So-called Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Connected(2008)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
舞林大道 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Corner with Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Silk(2006)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Song at Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Ghost Inside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Mars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Say Yes Enterprise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
青春6人行 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Meteor Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
流星花园2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 91st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 31 titles, 30 of them dated from 2001 to 2021; peak year 2011.
Film career
Peak 2011 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2001Screen debut· Meteor Garden
- 2006First film· Silk
- 2012First top-billed film· Million Dollar Crocodile
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Barbie Hsu's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Barbie Hsu work with?
People who share at least 2 of Barbie Hsu's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ka-Fai Cheung shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Chao-Bin SuShared titles: Reign of Assassins (2010), Silk (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Chao-Bin Su
Writers
- Kan-Cheung TsangShared titles: Adventure of the King (2010), Flirting Scholar 2 (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kan-Cheung Tsang
- Si-Cheun LeeShared titles: Adventure of the King (2010), Flirting Scholar 2 (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Si-Cheun Lee
Actors
- Shawn YueShared titles: Motorway (2012), Reign of Assassins (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Shawn Yue
- Xiaodong GuoShared titles: Motorway (2012), Reign of Assassins (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Xiaodong Guo
- Leon DaiShared titles: Reign of Assassins (2010), Silk (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Leon Dai
- Louis FanShared titles: Future X-Cops (2010), Connected (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Louis Fan
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Ka-Fai CheungShared titles: Flirting Scholar 2 (2010), Reign of Assassins (2010), Silk (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Ka-Fai Cheung
- Kwok-Man KeungShared titles: Flirting Scholar 2 (2010), Future X-Cops (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kwok-Man Keung
- Peter KamShared titles: Reign of Assassins (2010), Silk (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Kam
- Wenders LiShared titles: Adventure of the King (2010), Hot Summer Days (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Wenders Li
Producers
- Lorraine HoShared titles: Motorway (2012), Reign of Assassins (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Lorraine Ho
- Jimmy HeungShared titles: Adventure of the King (2010), Flirting Scholar 2 (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Jimmy Heung
- Sanping HanShared titles: Future X-Cops (2010), Connected (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Sanping Han
- Tao JiangShared titles: Future X-Cops (2010), Connected (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Tao Jiang