Angela Zhang facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Angela Zhang
Born	(1982-01-19) 19 January 1982 (age 42) Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Citizenship	Canada
Occupation	Singer, actress, host, entrepreneur, female shoe designer
Years active	2001–present
Family	Connie Chang (sister)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	張韶涵
Simplified Chinese	张韶涵
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Shàohán
Musical career
Genres	Mandopop
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Linfair, Wonderful, Ocean Butterflies

Angela Zhang (traditional Chinese: 張韶涵; simplified Chinese: 张韶涵; pinyin: Zhāng Shàohán; born 19 January 1982), also known as Angela Chang, is a Taiwanese-Canadian singer and actress.

Zhang gained recognition with the Taiwanese television dramas My MVP Valentine (2002) and At Dolphin Bay (2003). Since 2004, following the instant success of her first album, Over the Rainbow, she has focused on her singing career, releasing popular albums like Aurora (2004) and Pandora (2006), along with starring in another hit TV drama, Romantic Princess (2007). Her career was derailed in 2008 by a public row with her family, which was further worsened by a falling out with her label, Linfair Records. She did not revive her career until the Hunan TV reality show Singer 2018, where she participated as both a host and contestant. Since then, she has shifted her focus to mainland China.

Early life

Zhang was born into an ethnic Hakka family from Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan, as the eldest of three children. She has a sister, Connie Chang Shao-hsuan, and a brother, Carson Chang Po-yu, who is the youngest of the three. Zhang's maternal grandfather was ethnic Uyghur, with the rest of her family Hakka. At the age of ten, Zhang moved to Singapore to study. After a few months, she returned to Taiwan because she "was not able to adapt (to life) there". At 12, she and her family migrated to Vancouver, where she attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School. She moved back to Taiwan at 19.

Career

Zhang gained recognition when played a leading role in the Taiwanese television drama My MVP Valentine with Taiwanese boy band 5566, followed by a leading role in another Taiwanese television drama At Dolphin Bay with Taiwanese actor Wallace Huo, in which she also sang the ending theme song (Yi Shi De Mei Hao) and English song (Journey). She has been nominated twice for Best Actress at Golden Bell Awards. She also has been nominated twice for Best Mandarin Female Singer at Golden Melody Awards. In 2010, Zhang became a spokesperson of Shanghai Expo 2010 and sang the theme song "The Window of the City". Zhang performed at the first Formula 1 Festival in Shanghai.

Discography

Studio albums

Collaborations

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Awards

See also

In Spanish: Angela Chang para niños