Angela Yuen is a Hong Kong actress known for her breakthrough role in The Narrow Road, which earned her a Best Actress nomination. Despite being a model at the start of her career, Yuen has developed a bolder aesthetic and refined her craft under veteran stage actors. She acknowledges the difficulty of breaking out of typecasting but aims to expand her audience's imagination with each role she takes on.
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Yuen's performance in The Narrow Road was deeply personal, drawing inspiration from her own upbringing and mother's parenting methods. According to Yuen, the most important ability in acting is sense, which affects an actor's awareness and ability to learn. Yuen hopes to continue participating in dramas and commercial films, but she has no specific character she wants to play next. |
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While Yuen has been typecast in the past, she believes that actors and actresses go through similar stages in their careers and that stereotypes can be broken by expanding the audience's imagination. Yuen sees similarities between modelling and acting, as both require establishing a connection and relationship with what is around you. She cites Zendaya as her muse and inspiration for everything. |
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Yuen is currently working on a Taiwanese accent for an upcoming mini-series and is an avid beach volleyball player. She hopes to encounter good scripts in the future, regardless of the aspect they excel in. Yuen aims to provoke conversation with her roles and is grateful for any opportunity to act in a good script. |
