Yi-Wen Yen

Actor, also director and writer · Born November 10, 1977 (48) · Keelung, Taiwan

Yi-Wen Yen was born on 10 November 1977 in Keelung, Taiwan. She is an actress and writer, known for The Making of an Ordinary Woman (2019), Born for the Spotlight (2024) and Wrath of Desire (2020).

Biography from IMDb.

Born: November 10, 1977 (48)
From: Keelung, Taiwan
Works as: Actor, also director and writer
Titles: 8 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 8% in 30 days

What are Yi-Wen Yen's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

49%

Bonds

26%

Society

13%

Morality

11%

Identity2 Purpose2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic

3

Contemplative

2

Bittersweet

1

Tense

1

Romantic

1

How their films linger

Bittersweet3 Thought-provoking2

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 Yi-Wen Yen's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

Sensical1 title, show their title on Sensical

Subscription and free streaming for Yi-Wen Yen'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

32 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Dogman(2026)
Show 10 episodes · Director · Writer · as Pretty Wu (Social Worker)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Kung Fu(2026)
as Madam Speaker
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Family Matters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as Li
Forget You Not(2025)
Show 1 episode · as Difficult Customer in Tour Group
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Born for the Spotlight(2024)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Imperfect Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 1 episode · Actor
After School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Mother
My Last Love Letter For You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Actor
On Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Show 1 episode · as Mentor WU
Daddy-To-Be (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
as Jia-Ling (Jun's Mom)
The Arc of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Show 26 episodes · as Hua Yi
Adventure of the Ring(2020)
Show 1 episode · as Metro Passenger
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Wrath of Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
as Sis Bing
36 Questions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 2 episodes · Actor
Someday or One Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 13 episodes · as Wu Ying-chan
The Making of an Ordinary Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 20 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer · as Chin-Feng · as Chin-Feng / Mother of piano student / Family member of patient /Matchmaker
The World Between Us(2019)
Show 2 episodes · as Hospital Dean
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Han Dan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Chun-Hua
Shuang cheng gu shi(2018)
Show 20 episodes · Actor
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Sen Sen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
as Yi An
Magic Showdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 5 episodes · as Tang Zhao Ying
天使的身影 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Actor
La Grande Chaumière Violette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 22 episodes · as Lîm A-khîm(80)
Angel's Voice Recorder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Actor
Long Day's Journey into Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 20 episodes · Actor
在河左岸 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Show 30 episodes · Actor
Flavor of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 37 episodes · Actor
Way Back into Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 22 episodes · as Chen Hsiangmei
You Are the Apple of My Eye(2011)
as Bo-Chun Hsu's Mother
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Night Market Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Chiu Man-mei
A Mind of My Own (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Actor
大將徐傍興 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Show 20 episodes · as 阿紅姐

Career shape

Star power in the 76^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 33 titles from 2008 to 2026.

Film career

2011Screen debut· You Are the Apple of My Eye

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting32 of 33 · 80^thDirecting3 of 33Writing3 of 33Other crew2 of 33

33 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · acting2010s16 · 16 acting · 1 crew2020s15 · 14 acting · 2 crew

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.

Who does Yi-Wen Yen work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yi-Wen Yen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Huang Diyang shares the most, 2.

Actors

Huang Diyang2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Huang Diyang
Ying-Hsuan Hsieh2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Ying-Hsuan Hsieh

Producers

Olive Ting2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Olive Ting