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{{infobox person
| name = Megan Lai
| image = AdidasRunFor2008OlympicsInTaiwan Megan Lai.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Megan Lai in 2008
| native_name = 賴雅妍
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|12|5}}
| birth_place = [[Yonghe District|Yonghe]], Taipei County <small>(now [[New Taipei City]])</small>
| alma_mater = [[Shih Hsin University]] <small>([[Bachelor's degree|bachelor]])</small><br>[[Ming Chuan University]] <small>([[Master's degree|master]])</small>
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[singer-songwriter]], [[model (person)|model]], [[television host]]
| years_active = 2000–present
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| p = Lài Yǎyán
}}
| module2 = {{infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| alias = Lai Ya-yan
| background = temporary
| genre = [[Mandopop]]
| instrument = [[Vocals]], [[Piano]]
}}
}}
'''Megan Lai''' ({{zh|s=赖雅妍|t=賴雅妍|p=làiyǎyán}}; born 5 December 1979) is a Taiwanese actress and singer who is best known for ''[[Bromance (2015 TV series)|Bromance]]'', ''[[Miss Rose]]'', ''[[Meteor Garden II]] '' and ''[[Mars (Taiwanese TV series)|Mars]]''.<ref>http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20140401000774-260112</ref><ref>http://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20140322002884-260404</ref><ref>[http://chinesemov.com/actors/Megan%20Lai.html Megan Lai at chinesemov.com]</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! English title !! Original title !!Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2002|| ''[[Meteor Garden II]]'' ||流星花園Ⅱ||Mimi ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2003|| ''Spicy High-School Pupils'' ||麻辣高校生|| Chen Hui-min || Guest appearance
|-
|''[[Hi Working Girl]]'' ||Hi 上班女郎|| Tseng Ai-lin ||
|-
|''Love Storm'' ||狂愛龍捲風|| Tina ||Guest appearance
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004|| ''[[Mars (Taiwanese TV series)|Mars]]'' ||戰神|| Lai Ching-mei ||
|-
|''Starry Night'' ||愛在星光燦爛時|| Megan ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Good Beautiful Clinic 2'' ||好美麗診所Ⅱ嘿哈|| Chen Ruo-nan ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006 || ''[[Silence (TV series)|Silence]]'' ||深情密碼|| Mi Hsiao-kuang ||
|-
|''White Robe of Love'' ||白袍之戀|| Sun Qian ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Sweet Relationship]]'' ||美味關係|| Jen Ko-hsin ||
|-
| 2007-2008 ||''Wish to See You Again'' ||這裡發現愛|| One half of a couple || Episode 5
|-
|2008-2009||''Time Story'' ||光陰的故事|| Wang Chien-chien ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010 || ''Because of You'' ||星光下的童話||Yu You-tung ||
|-
|''Rice Family'' ||飯糰之家||Yen Hsin-ya ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''The Invaluable Treasure 1949'' ||瑰寶1949||Su Hai-er ||
|-
|''Next Heroes'' ||真的漢子||Hai Qiao ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Miss Rose]]'' ||螺絲小姐要出嫁||Luo Sze-yi ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013 || ''[[Two Fathers (TV series)|Two Fathers]]'' ||兩個爸爸|| Fang Ching-chu ||
|-
|''Jiu Jiu Nu Er Hong'' ||九九女兒紅|| Tao Jiudan||
|-
| 2014 || ''High Heels and a Scalpel'' ||白袍下的高跟鞋|| Wu Ya-fan||
|-
| 2015-2016 ||''[[Bromance (2015 TV series)|Bromance]]'' || 愛上哥們 || Pi Ya-nuo / Pi Ya-chi ||
|-
|2018
|''[[Meet Me @ 1006]]''
|1006的房客
|Chen Yu-fang
|Guest appearance
|}
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! English title
! Original title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2004 || ''Free as Love'' ||浮生若夢 || Ah Pin ||
|-
| rowspan="3" |2005 || ''How's Life'' ||生命狂想曲 || Lai Hsin-yi || Television
|-
|''Ashia's Dream'' ||愛絲希雅的夢中夢 || Nurse ||Guest appearance
|-
|''Chocolate Rap''||巧克力重擊 || Ally Lin ||
|-
|2006 || ''Auctioning Off A Corner of the World'' ||拍賣世界的角落 || Fran ||Television
|-
|2007|| ''Motorbike on Fire !'' ||燃燒吧!機車 || Wu Ke-wei || Short film
|-
|2008|| ''Clinic'' ||黑道診所 || Ai Hsiao-hui || Television
|-
| rowspan="2" |2009 || ''Taipei 24H'' ||台北異想||| Megan Lai ||Segment "Share the Morning"
|-
|''L-O-V-E'' ||愛到底||| Yen ||Segment "San sheng you xing"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011 || ''Will You Still Love Me'' ||妳是否依然愛我 || Peggy Tien ||
|-
|''[[You Are the Apple of My Eye]]'' ||那些年,我們一起追的女孩 || One half of a couple || Guest appearance
|-
|2012 || ''Jumping Boy '' ||不倒翁的奇幻旅程 || A-yun ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014 || ''Proposal'' ||家事提案 || Lee Hsiao-tung || Television
|-
|''[[Café. Waiting. Love]]'' ||等一個人咖啡 || A Bu-si ||
|-
|2015 || ''The End of Love'' ||愛情的盡頭 || Li Yi-lun || Television
|-
|2016 || ''[[10,000 Miles]]'' ||一萬公里的約定 || Ellie ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019 || ''Fagara'' ||花椒之味
|Hsia Ju-jih
|
|-
|''Self Token'' ||聖人大盜
|Hsu Jing
|
|}
===Variety show===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! English title
! Original title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2005 || ''Super Deal''|| 超級好康A || Host
|-
| 2007-2010 || ''GoGo Japan''|| {{n/a}} ||Host
|}
=== Music video ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Artist
! Song title
|-
| 2000
| [[Shino Lin]]
| "This is"
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2001
| Chiang Yu-heng
| "Deny"
|-
| [[Stefanie Sun]]
| "Kite"
|-
| [[Sammi Cheng]]
| "Future"
|-
| [[Tiger Huang]]
| "Firework Live"
|-
| [[Shunza]]
| "There's No Ugly Woman"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2002
| [[Vic Chou]]
| "Hotline for Help"
|-
| [[Eason Chan]]
| "Men's Fault"
|-
| [[Yang Kun]] and [[Chen Lin (singer)|Chen Lin]]
| "World of Us"
|-
| 2004
| [[Faith Yang]]
| "Queen"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| Huang Pin-yuan
| "Pisces Love"
|-
| [[A-Lin]]
| "Give Me A Reason To Forget"
|-
| 2011
| [[Cindy Yen]]
| "Let Go"
|-
| 2012
| Princess Ai
| "Love Forever"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| [[Wu Bai]] & China Blue
| "Ai Ni Wu Mu Di"
|-
| [[Bii (singer)|Bii]]
| "Think Of You"
|-
|}
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!style="width:15em;"|Title
!style="width:16em;"|Album details
!style="width:200px;"|Track listing
|-
!scope="row" |''Love''
|align="left"|
* Released: December 28, 2004
* Label: Black Mustard
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]]
|align="center"|{{hidden|'''Track listing'''|
# 影子情人
# 愛死了
# 感覺你
# 掙脫
# The Hardest Note
# 試著忘了
# 有病
# 愛的決定權
# 熱吻
# 愛可以燦爛很久
}}
|-
!scope="row" |''FACE''
|align="left"|
* Released: March 27, 2015
* Label: More Entertainment
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]]
|align="center"|{{hidden|'''Track listing'''|
# 臉
# I'm OK
# Stray Dog
# 是我
# 孤單的決定
# Flow
# 剛才
# 獨來獨往
# 女孩
# 未完待續
}}
|}
=== Soundtrack appearances ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Song title
!Album
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" |2004
|"The Hardest Note"
|''[[Mars (Taiwanese TV series)|Mars]]'' OST
|
|-
|"感覺你"
| rowspan="2" |''Starry Night'' OST
|
|-
|"愛可以燦爛很久"
|
|-
|2006
|"轉身的時候"
|''[[Silence (TV series)|Silence]]'' OST
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2007
|"愛的勇氣"
|''[[Corner with Love|Corner With Love]]'' OST
|
|-
|"有你有我"
| rowspan="2" |''[[Sweet Relationship]]'' OST
|
|-
|"直覺"
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2010
|"小雨心事"
|''Because of You'' OST
|
|-
|"團團愛"
| rowspan="2" |''Rice Family'' OST
|
|-
|"冬末之戀"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011
|"行行好"
| rowspan="2" |''[[Rainbow Sweetheart]]'' OST
|
|-
|"如果不是你"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|"快樂不倒翁"
|''Jumping Boy'' OST
|
|-
|{{Hidden|Track listing|1. "遇見對的人"
2. "我愛誰"
3. "肥皂劇之偶像連成戲"
4. "多災多難的愛情"
5. "我也想當女主角"
6. "上床?床上!"
7. "心動"
8. "醋"
9. "忘掉"
10. "愛.旋轉"}}
|''Crazy Idol Soap'' OST
|Musical
|-
|2013
|"如果沒有你"
|[[Two Fathers (TV series)|''Two Fathers'']] OST
|
|-
|2014
|"未完待續"
|''High Heels and a Scalpel'' OST
|
|-
|2016
|{{Hidden|Track listing|1. "天天想你"
2. "水藍色眼淚"
3. "我是一顆秋天的樹"
4. "當我開始偷偷地想你"}}
|''More Than Words'' OST
|Musical
|-
|2017
|"依然是你"
|''Art in Love'' OST
|
|-
|2018
|“舞魅娘”
|''Wuda's Girls'' OST
|
|}
=== Songwriting credits ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Album
! rowspan="2" |Artist
! rowspan="2" |Song title
! colspan="2" |Lyrics
! colspan="2" |Music
!Notes
|-
!Credited
!With
!Credited
!With
!
|-
| rowspan="2" |2004
| rowspan="2" |''Love''
| rowspan="2" |[[Megan Lai]]
|"The Hardest Note"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|林尚德
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|from [[Mars (Taiwanese TV series)|''Mars'']] OST
|-
|"感覺你"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|from ''Starry Night'' OST
|-
|2011
|''2 be different''
|[[Cindy Yen]]
|"釋懷"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|[[Alang Huang]]
黃俊郎
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
|2012
|''Crazy Idol Soap'' OST
|Megan Lai
|"忘掉"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
|''Bring Me Home'' Charity EventTheme Song
|[[Mickey Huang]]
[[Fang Wen-lin]]
[[Landy Wen]]
[[Xiu Jie Kai]]
[[Lin Yu-pin]]
[[Jay Shih]]
[[Steven Sun]]
[[Lyla Lin]]
|“帶我回家”
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|[[Ian Chen]] [[F.I.R.|(F.I.R.)]]
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |''FACE''
| rowspan="7" |Megan Lai
|"未完待續"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|from ''High Heels and a Scalpel'' OST
|-
| rowspan="5" |2015
|"臉"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
|"Stray Dog"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|[[Real Huang]] [[F.I.R.|(F.I.R.)]]
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
|"Flow"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|from ''Future Mr. Right'' OST
|-
|"剛才"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|[[Deepwhite]]
深白色
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
|"女孩"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
|2018
|''Art in Love'' OST
|"依然是你"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|[[Chris Yen]]
顏維霆
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|}
==Theater==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! English title
! Original title
!Role
|-
|2009|| ''Fools'' ||傻瓜村
|Su Wan-tung
|-
|2010|| ''Seventeen Year Itch'' ||17年之癢
|Misa
|-
|2011|| ''By the End of the Flora Season'' ||花季未了
|Chiang Yen-ping
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012|| ''Crazy Idol Soap'' ||瘋狂偶像劇
|An-chi
|-
| rowspan="2" |''Goodbye Girl''
| rowspan="2" |再見女郎
| rowspan="2" |Bao-chi
|-
|2012-2013
|-
|2014||''Crazy Idol Soap''||瘋狂偶像劇
| rowspan="2" |An-chi
|-
|2015 || ''Crazy Television 3'' ||瘋狂電視台3-來自地球的你
|-
|2016 ||''More Than Words''||天天想你
|Hsu Man
|-
|2017 || rowspan="2" | ''Crazy Idol Soap'' || rowspan="2" |瘋狂偶像劇
| rowspan="2" |An-chi
|-
|2019
|-
|}
==Published works==
* {{cite book |last=Lai |first=Megan |year=2005 |title=台灣大長今美容寶典:賴雅妍漢方美容|location=Taipei |isbn=9578035136}}
* {{cite book |last=Lai |first=Megan |year=2015 |title=FACE|publisher=More Entertainment}} ([[e-book]])
== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
|-
| rowspan=2|2005 || [[40th Golden Bell Awards]] || [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]] || rowspan="3" |''How's Life'' || {{nom}}
|-
| 42nd [[Golden Horse Awards]] || [[Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer|Best New Performer]] || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
| rowspan="2" |51st [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival]]
| rowspan="2" |Best Actress
|{{nom}}
|-
|''Chocolate Rap''
|{{nom}}
|-
| 2011 || [[46th Golden Bell Awards]] || [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || ''Invaluable Treasure 1949'' || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
| rowspan="2" |[[Sanlih Drama Awards]]
|Best Actress
| rowspan="2" |''[[Two Fathers (TV series)|Two Fathers]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Kiss (with [[Weber Yang]])
|{{nom}}
|-
| 2014 || [[49th Golden Bell Awards]] || [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]] || ''Proposal'' || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
|[[50th Golden Bell Awards]]||[[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]]||''The End of Love''|| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Sanlih Drama Awards]]|| Best Actress||''[[Bromance (2015 TV series)|Bromance]]''|| {{won}}
|-
|}
== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}
==External links==
{{commons category|Megan Lai}}
* {{IMDb name|2082146}}
* {{hkmdb name|35575|Megan Lai}}
* [http://www.weibo.com/laiyayen Megan Lai] at [[Sina Weibo]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ107R2s73D0jXQHmlt_Qig Megan Lai's Official Youtube Music Channel]
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[[Category:Taiwanese film actresses]]
[[Category:Taiwanese stage actresses]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Taiwanese singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Taiwanese actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from New Taipei]]
[[Category:Shih Hsin University alumni]]
[[Category:Ming Chuan University alumni]]
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[[Category:Musicians from New Taipei]]' |
New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext ) | '{{Chinese name|[[Lai (Chinese surname)|Lai]]}}
{{infobox person
| name = Megan Lai
| image = AdidasRunFor2008OlympicsInTaiwan Megan Lai.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Megan Lai in 2008
| native_name = 賴雅妍
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|12|5}}
| birth_place = [[Yonghe District|Yonghe]], Taipei County <small>(now [[New Taipei City]])</small>
| alma_mater = [[Shih Hsin University]] <small>([[Bachelor's degree|bachelor]])</small><br>[[Ming Chuan University]] <small>([[Master's degree|master]])</small>
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[singer-songwriter]], [[model (person)|model]], [[television host]]
| years_active = 2000–present
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| p = Lài Yǎyán
}}
| module2 = {{infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| alias = Lai Ya-yan
| background = temporary
| genre = [[Mandopop]]
| instrument = [[Vocals]], [[Piano]]
}}
}}
'''Megan Lai''' ({{zh|s=赖雅妍|t=賴雅妍|p=làiyǎyán}}; born 5 December 1979) is a Taiwanese actress and singer who is best known for ''[[Bromance (2015 TV series)|Bromance]]'', ''[[Miss Rose]]'', ''[[Meteor Garden II]] '' and ''[[Mars (Taiwanese TV series)|Mars]]''.<ref>http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20140401000774-260112</ref><ref>http://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20140322002884-260404</ref><ref>[http://chinesemov.com/actors/Megan%20Lai.html Megan Lai at chinesemov.com]</ref>
== Life and career ==
=== Early life and education ===
Lai was born on December 5, 1979 in [[Yonghe]], Taipei County. She is the youngest of two daughters. Her father operates a [[Chinese herbology|Chinese medicinal herb]] shop, and her older sister is a teacher.
Lai is left-handed, and is able to produce handwritten [[Mirror writing|mirror text]], in addition to normal writing with her right hand. As a result, she often has difficulty distinguishing left from right.
Lai graduated from [[Taipei Municipal Datong High School]], where she was the President of her school's pop dance club. Lai completed her [[Bachelor's degree]] in Information Communications at [[Shih Hsin University]]. In 2008, she enrolled as a [[Part-time learner in higher education|part-time learner]] in [[Ming Chuan University]]. She graduated in 2011 with a [[Master of Arts]] in [[Design management]].
Lai is also licensed barista, having attained her barista certificate in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chinatimes.com/cn/newspapers/20161120000474-260112?chdtv|title=赖雅妍砸百万考取欧盟咖啡师 - 娱乐新闻|last=中时电子报|website=中时电子报|language=zh-Hant-TW|access-date=2019-06-16}}</ref>
=== Career ===
==== Career beginnings ====
In 1999, Lai made her first television appearance on the Taiwanese variety show [[Guess (TV program)|''Guess'']] in the segment "Do not judge a book by it's cover", where she was pitted against [[Hebe Tien]] of girl group [[S.H.E]], amongst other contestants. She was later scouted by a modelling agency, where she started her career modelling for magazine pictorials, [[Television advertisement|television advertisements]], [[music video]] productions and [[Fashion show|fashion shows]].
In 2002, Lai was scouted by notable television producer [[Angie Chai]] after appearing in [[Vic Chou]]'s music video, thereby making her television debut in ''[[Meteor Garden II]]'' alongside [[Barbie Hsu]] and [[F4 (band)|F4]].
In December 2004, Lai released her first studio album, ''Love'', which featured soundtracks from the television series' [[Mars (Taiwanese TV series)|''Mars'']] and ''Starry Night'', in which Lai also starred in. She also participated in the lyrics composition for the songs “Feeling You” and “The Hardest Note”.
In 2005, Lai starred in the short film ''How's Life'', and was nominated for the [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]], as well as the [[Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer|Best New Performer]] award at the [[Golden Horse Award|42nd Golden Horse Awards]]. The same year, Lai published her first book.
In 2006, Lai was nominated for the Best Actress award at the [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival|51st Asia-Pacific Film Festival]] for her leading roles in ''How's Life'' and ''Chocolate Rap''.
==== Transition into leading roles ====
In 2008, Lai was cast in the period drama ''Time Story'', which reminisced lifestyle in 1960s Taiwan until the 1990s. The drama ended its run in February 2009 to good audience acclaim, and Lai propelled to fame with her role as the tragic Wang Chien-chien.
In 2009, Lai starred alongside veteran actor [[Lee Li-chun]] in her first theater performance. Lai has expressed her love her performing on stage, and has since participated in at least one theater production every year.
In 2010, Lai appeared alongside [[Baron Chen]], [[Lego Lee]] and [[Chie Tanaka]] in the drama ''Because of You''. This marked Lai's first role as the female lead actress in a television series, after starring in numerous popular dramas as the second female lead actress.
Upon graduating with a [[Master of Arts]] in January 2011, Lai was cast in the [[police crime drama]] ''Next Heroes''. Filming began in the same month, and only commenced its broadcast run in October of the same year. Concurrently in 2011, Lai played the role of Su Hai-er in the period drama ''The Invaluable Treasure 1949''. The role earned her a [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] nomination at the [[Golden Bell Awards|46th Golden Bell Awards]].
In 2012, Lai was cast in the [[SETTV]] romantic comedy ''[[Miss Rose]]'' in which she played the titular character opposite [[Roy Chiu]]. The same year, Lai commenced filming for the Mainland Chinese drama ''Jiu Jiu Nu Er Hong'', while continuing work on stage as the female lead in ''Crazy Idol Soap'' with [[James Wen]].
==== Rising popularity ====
In 2014, Lai was cast in the role of A Bu-si, a lesbian barista in the highly anticipated movie adaptation of ''[[Café. Waiting. Love]]'', penned by well-known Taiwanese novelist [[Giddens Ko]]. Lai started taking barista lessons and shed her long hair in preparation for the role, even going to the extent of not attending any public event to maintain the secrecy of her participation in the movie before her casting was announced to the public.
For her role as a working-class woman in the 2014 television film ''Proposal'', Lai's performance was acknowledged with her third [[Golden Bell Awards|Golden Bell Award]] nomination.
In March 2015, Lai made her long-awaited music comeback with her second studio album, titled ''FACE''. Lai participated in the composition of five songs in the album, which also included two of her own self-written songs.
Lai was also cast as an [[ultramarathon]] coach in [[Jay Chou]]'s first movie as an executive producer, ''[[10,000 Miles]]'', starring opposite [[Sean Huang]] and [[Darren Wang]]. The movie was released in December 2016 to poor reception.
In September 2015, Lai received her fourth nomination for the [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]] for her role in the film ''The End of Love''. The same month, Lai commenced filming for the romantic comedy [[Bromance (2015 TV series)|''Bromance'']], in which she played the role Pi Ya-nuo, a girl who has to pretend to be a boy until her 26th birthday to be safeguarded a smooth-sailing life. For her performance, Lai was awarded the Best Actress award at the 2015 [[Sanlih Drama Awards]]. The drama ended its broadcast run to massive domestic and international success, and Lai received tremendous support for her portrayal in the drama.
In 2016, Lai joined the cast of the musical ''More Than Words'', which celebrated the life and works of musical artist [[Chang Yu-sheng]].
In 2018, after a short hiatus from acting, Lai returned to the small screen in the television series ''[[Meet Me @ 1006]]'' in a guest appearance. Lai was then cast alongside [[Sammi Cheng]], [[Kenny Bee]] and [[Richie Jen]] in the movie ''Fagara'', the silver screen adaptation of [[Amy Cheung (writer)|Amy Cheung]]'s novel ''Wo De Ai Ru Ci Ma La''.
In February 2019, Lai completed principal photography for the movie ''Self Token'', which is slated for a release in fall 2019.
== Filmography ==
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! English title !! Original title !!Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2002|| ''[[Meteor Garden II]]'' ||流星花園Ⅱ||Mimi ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2003|| ''Spicy High-School Pupils'' ||麻辣高校生|| Chen Hui-min || Guest appearance
|-
|''[[Hi Working Girl]]'' ||Hi 上班女郎|| Tseng Ai-lin ||
|-
|''Love Storm'' ||狂愛龍捲風|| Tina ||Guest appearance
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004|| ''[[Mars (Taiwanese TV series)|Mars]]'' ||戰神|| Lai Ching-mei ||
|-
|''Starry Night'' ||愛在星光燦爛時|| Megan ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Good Beautiful Clinic 2'' ||好美麗診所Ⅱ嘿哈|| Chen Ruo-nan ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006 || ''[[Silence (TV series)|Silence]]'' ||深情密碼|| Mi Hsiao-kuang ||
|-
|''White Robe of Love'' ||白袍之戀|| Sun Qian ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Sweet Relationship]]'' ||美味關係|| Jen Ko-hsin ||
|-
| 2007-2008 ||''Wish to See You Again'' ||這裡發現愛|| One half of a couple || Episode 5
|-
|2008-2009||''Time Story'' ||光陰的故事|| Wang Chien-chien ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010 || ''Because of You'' ||星光下的童話||Yu You-tung ||
|-
|''Rice Family'' ||飯糰之家||Yen Hsin-ya ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''The Invaluable Treasure 1949'' ||瑰寶1949||Su Hai-er ||
|-
|''Next Heroes'' ||真的漢子||Hai Qiao ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Miss Rose]]'' ||螺絲小姐要出嫁||Luo Sze-yi ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013 || ''[[Two Fathers (TV series)|Two Fathers]]'' ||兩個爸爸|| Fang Ching-chu ||
|-
|''Jiu Jiu Nu Er Hong'' ||九九女兒紅|| Tao Jiudan||
|-
| 2014 || ''High Heels and a Scalpel'' ||白袍下的高跟鞋|| Wu Ya-fan||
|-
| 2015-2016 ||''[[Bromance (2015 TV series)|Bromance]]'' || 愛上哥們 || Pi Ya-nuo / Pi Ya-chi ||
|-
|2018
|''[[Meet Me @ 1006]]''
|1006的房客
|Chen Yu-fang
|Guest appearance
|}
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! English title
! Original title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2004 || ''Free as Love'' ||浮生若夢 || Ah Pin ||
|-
| rowspan="3" |2005 || ''How's Life'' ||生命狂想曲 || Lai Hsin-yi || Television
|-
|''Ashia's Dream'' ||愛絲希雅的夢中夢 || Nurse ||Guest appearance
|-
|''Chocolate Rap''||巧克力重擊 || Ally Lin ||
|-
|2006 || ''Auctioning Off A Corner of the World'' ||拍賣世界的角落 || Fran ||Television
|-
|2007|| ''Motorbike on Fire !'' ||燃燒吧!機車 || Wu Ke-wei || Short film
|-
|2008|| ''Clinic'' ||黑道診所 || Ai Hsiao-hui || Television
|-
| rowspan="2" |2009 || ''Taipei 24H'' ||台北異想||| Megan Lai ||Segment "Share the Morning"
|-
|''L-O-V-E'' ||愛到底||| Yen ||Segment "San sheng you xing"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011 || ''Will You Still Love Me'' ||妳是否依然愛我 || Peggy Tien ||
|-
|''[[You Are the Apple of My Eye]]'' ||那些年,我們一起追的女孩 || One half of a couple || Guest appearance
|-
|2012 || ''Jumping Boy '' ||不倒翁的奇幻旅程 || A-yun ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014 || ''Proposal'' ||家事提案 || Lee Hsiao-tung || Television
|-
|''[[Café. Waiting. Love]]'' ||等一個人咖啡 || A Bu-si ||
|-
|2015 || ''The End of Love'' ||愛情的盡頭 || Li Yi-lun || Television
|-
|2016 || ''[[10,000 Miles]]'' ||一萬公里的約定 || Ellie ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019 || ''Fagara'' ||花椒之味
|Hsia Ju-jih
|
|-
|''Self Token'' ||聖人大盜
|Hsu Jing
|
|}
===Variety show===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! English title
! Original title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2005 || ''Super Deal''|| 超級好康A || Host
|-
| 2007-2010 || ''GoGo Japan''|| {{n/a}} ||Host
|}
=== Music video ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Artist
! Song title
|-
| 2000
| [[Shino Lin]]
| "This is"
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2001
| Chiang Yu-heng
| "Deny"
|-
| [[Stefanie Sun]]
| "Kite"
|-
| [[Sammi Cheng]]
| "Future"
|-
| [[Tiger Huang]]
| "Firework Live"
|-
| [[Shunza]]
| "There's No Ugly Woman"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2002
| [[Vic Chou]]
| "Hotline for Help"
|-
| [[Eason Chan]]
| "Men's Fault"
|-
| [[Yang Kun]] and [[Chen Lin (singer)|Chen Lin]]
| "World of Us"
|-
| 2004
| [[Faith Yang]]
| "Queen"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| Huang Pin-yuan
| "Pisces Love"
|-
| [[A-Lin]]
| "Give Me A Reason To Forget"
|-
| 2011
| [[Cindy Yen]]
| "Let Go"
|-
| 2012
| Princess Ai
| "Love Forever"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| [[Wu Bai]] & China Blue
| "Ai Ni Wu Mu Di"
|-
| [[Bii (singer)|Bii]]
| "Think Of You"
|-
|}
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!style="width:15em;"|Title
!style="width:16em;"|Album details
!style="width:200px;"|Track listing
|-
!scope="row" |''Love''
|align="left"|
* Released: December 28, 2004
* Label: Black Mustard
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]]
|align="center"|{{hidden|'''Track listing'''|
# 影子情人
# 愛死了
# 感覺你
# 掙脫
# The Hardest Note
# 試著忘了
# 有病
# 愛的決定權
# 熱吻
# 愛可以燦爛很久
}}
|-
!scope="row" |''FACE''
|align="left"|
* Released: March 27, 2015
* Label: More Entertainment
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]]
|align="center"|{{hidden|'''Track listing'''|
# 臉
# I'm OK
# Stray Dog
# 是我
# 孤單的決定
# Flow
# 剛才
# 獨來獨往
# 女孩
# 未完待續
}}
|}
=== Soundtrack appearances ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Song title
!Album
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" |2004
|"The Hardest Note"
|''[[Mars (Taiwanese TV series)|Mars]]'' OST
|
|-
|"感覺你"
| rowspan="2" |''Starry Night'' OST
|
|-
|"愛可以燦爛很久"
|
|-
|2006
|"轉身的時候"
|''[[Silence (TV series)|Silence]]'' OST
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2007
|"愛的勇氣"
|''[[Corner with Love|Corner With Love]]'' OST
|
|-
|"有你有我"
| rowspan="2" |''[[Sweet Relationship]]'' OST
|
|-
|"直覺"
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2010
|"小雨心事"
|''Because of You'' OST
|
|-
|"團團愛"
| rowspan="2" |''Rice Family'' OST
|
|-
|"冬末之戀"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011
|"行行好"
| rowspan="2" |''[[Rainbow Sweetheart]]'' OST
|
|-
|"如果不是你"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|"快樂不倒翁"
|''Jumping Boy'' OST
|
|-
|{{Hidden|Track listing|1. "遇見對的人"
2. "我愛誰"
3. "肥皂劇之偶像連成戲"
4. "多災多難的愛情"
5. "我也想當女主角"
6. "上床?床上!"
7. "心動"
8. "醋"
9. "忘掉"
10. "愛.旋轉"}}
|''Crazy Idol Soap'' OST
|Musical
|-
|2013
|"如果沒有你"
|[[Two Fathers (TV series)|''Two Fathers'']] OST
|
|-
|2014
|"未完待續"
|''High Heels and a Scalpel'' OST
|
|-
|2016
|{{Hidden|Track listing|1. "天天想你"
2. "水藍色眼淚"
3. "我是一顆秋天的樹"
4. "當我開始偷偷地想你"}}
|''More Than Words'' OST
|Musical
|-
|2017
|"依然是你"
|''Art in Love'' OST
|
|-
|2018
|“舞魅娘”
|''Wuda's Girls'' OST
|
|}
=== Songwriting credits ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Album
! rowspan="2" |Artist
! rowspan="2" |Song title
! colspan="2" |Lyrics
! colspan="2" |Music
!Notes
|-
!Credited
!With
!Credited
!With
!
|-
| rowspan="2" |2004
| rowspan="2" |''Love''
| rowspan="2" |[[Megan Lai]]
|"The Hardest Note"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|林尚德
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|from [[Mars (Taiwanese TV series)|''Mars'']] OST
|-
|"感覺你"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|from ''Starry Night'' OST
|-
|2011
|''2 be different''
|[[Cindy Yen]]
|"釋懷"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|[[Alang Huang]]
黃俊郎
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
|2012
|''Crazy Idol Soap'' OST
|Megan Lai
|"忘掉"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
|''Bring Me Home'' Charity EventTheme Song
|[[Mickey Huang]]
[[Fang Wen-lin]]
[[Landy Wen]]
[[Xiu Jie Kai]]
[[Lin Yu-pin]]
[[Jay Shih]]
[[Steven Sun]]
[[Lyla Lin]]
|“帶我回家”
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|[[Ian Chen]] [[F.I.R.|(F.I.R.)]]
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |''FACE''
| rowspan="7" |Megan Lai
|"未完待續"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|from ''High Heels and a Scalpel'' OST
|-
| rowspan="5" |2015
|"臉"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
|"Stray Dog"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|[[Real Huang]] [[F.I.R.|(F.I.R.)]]
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
|"Flow"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|from ''Future Mr. Right'' OST
|-
|"剛才"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|[[Deepwhite]]
深白色
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
|"女孩"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|-
|2018
|''Art in Love'' OST
|"依然是你"
|{{Yes|Yes|align=center|style=|color=green}}
|[[Chris Yen]]
顏維霆
|{{No|No|align=center|style=|color=red}}
|{{N/a|N/A|align=center|style=|color=grey}}
|
|}
==Theater==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! English title
! Original title
!Role
|-
|2009|| ''Fools'' ||傻瓜村
|Su Wan-tung
|-
|2010|| ''Seventeen Year Itch'' ||17年之癢
|Misa
|-
|2011|| ''By the End of the Flora Season'' ||花季未了
|Chiang Yen-ping
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012|| ''Crazy Idol Soap'' ||瘋狂偶像劇
|An-chi
|-
| rowspan="2" |''Goodbye Girl''
| rowspan="2" |再見女郎
| rowspan="2" |Bao-chi
|-
|2012-2013
|-
|2014||''Crazy Idol Soap''||瘋狂偶像劇
| rowspan="2" |An-chi
|-
|2015 || ''Crazy Television 3'' ||瘋狂電視台3-來自地球的你
|-
|2016 ||''More Than Words''||天天想你
|Hsu Man
|-
|2017 || rowspan="2" | ''Crazy Idol Soap'' || rowspan="2" |瘋狂偶像劇
| rowspan="2" |An-chi
|-
|2019
|-
|}
==Published works==
* {{cite book |last=Lai |first=Megan |year=2005 |title=台灣大長今美容寶典:賴雅妍漢方美容|location=Taipei |isbn=9578035136}}
* {{cite book |last=Lai |first=Megan |year=2015 |title=FACE|publisher=More Entertainment}} ([[e-book]])
== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
|-
| rowspan=2|2005 || [[40th Golden Bell Awards]] || [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]] || rowspan="3" |''How's Life'' || {{nom}}
|-
| 42nd [[Golden Horse Awards]] || [[Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer|Best New Performer]] || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
| rowspan="2" |51st [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival]]
| rowspan="2" |Best Actress
|{{nom}}
|-
|''Chocolate Rap''
|{{nom}}
|-
| 2011 || [[46th Golden Bell Awards]] || [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || ''Invaluable Treasure 1949'' || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
| rowspan="2" |[[Sanlih Drama Awards]]
|Best Actress
| rowspan="2" |''[[Two Fathers (TV series)|Two Fathers]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Kiss (with [[Weber Yang]])
|{{nom}}
|-
| 2014 || [[49th Golden Bell Awards]] || [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]] || ''Proposal'' || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
|[[50th Golden Bell Awards]]||[[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]]||''The End of Love''|| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Sanlih Drama Awards]]|| Best Actress||''[[Bromance (2015 TV series)|Bromance]]''|| {{won}}
|-
|}
== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}
==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|2082146}}
* {{hkmdb name|35575|Megan Lai}}
* [http://www.weibo.com/laiyayen Megan Lai] at [[Sina Weibo]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ107R2s73D0jXQHmlt_Qig Megan Lai's Official Youtube Music Channel]
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'''Megan Lai''' ({{zh|s=赖雅妍|t=賴雅妍|p=làiyǎyán}}; born 5 December 1979) is a Taiwanese actress and singer who is best known for ''[[Bromance (2015 TV series)|Bromance]]'', ''[[Miss Rose]]'', ''[[Meteor Garden II]] '' and ''[[Mars (Taiwanese TV series)|Mars]]''.<ref>http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20140401000774-260112</ref><ref>http://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20140322002884-260404</ref><ref>[http://chinesemov.com/actors/Megan%20Lai.html Megan Lai at chinesemov.com]</ref>
+
+== Life and career ==
+
+=== Early life and education ===
+Lai was born on December 5, 1979 in [[Yonghe]], Taipei County. She is the youngest of two daughters. Her father operates a [[Chinese herbology|Chinese medicinal herb]] shop, and her older sister is a teacher.
+
+Lai is left-handed, and is able to produce handwritten [[Mirror writing|mirror text]], in addition to normal writing with her right hand. As a result, she often has difficulty distinguishing left from right.
+
+Lai graduated from [[Taipei Municipal Datong High School]], where she was the President of her school's pop dance club. Lai completed her [[Bachelor's degree]] in Information Communications at [[Shih Hsin University]]. In 2008, she enrolled as a [[Part-time learner in higher education|part-time learner]] in [[Ming Chuan University]]. She graduated in 2011 with a [[Master of Arts]] in [[Design management]].
+
+Lai is also licensed barista, having attained her barista certificate in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chinatimes.com/cn/newspapers/20161120000474-260112?chdtv|title=赖雅妍砸百万考取欧盟咖啡师 - 娱乐新闻|last=中时电子报|website=中时电子报|language=zh-Hant-TW|access-date=2019-06-16}}</ref>
+
+=== Career ===
+
+==== Career beginnings ====
+In 1999, Lai made her first television appearance on the Taiwanese variety show [[Guess (TV program)|''Guess'']] in the segment "Do not judge a book by it's cover", where she was pitted against [[Hebe Tien]] of girl group [[S.H.E]], amongst other contestants. She was later scouted by a modelling agency, where she started her career modelling for magazine pictorials, [[Television advertisement|television advertisements]], [[music video]] productions and [[Fashion show|fashion shows]].
+
+In 2002, Lai was scouted by notable television producer [[Angie Chai]] after appearing in [[Vic Chou]]'s music video, thereby making her television debut in ''[[Meteor Garden II]]'' alongside [[Barbie Hsu]] and [[F4 (band)|F4]].
+
+In December 2004, Lai released her first studio album, ''Love'', which featured soundtracks from the television series' [[Mars (Taiwanese TV series)|''Mars'']] and ''Starry Night'', in which Lai also starred in. She also participated in the lyrics composition for the songs “Feeling You” and “The Hardest Note”.
+
+In 2005, Lai starred in the short film ''How's Life'', and was nominated for the [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]], as well as the [[Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer|Best New Performer]] award at the [[Golden Horse Award|42nd Golden Horse Awards]]. The same year, Lai published her first book.
+
+In 2006, Lai was nominated for the Best Actress award at the [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival|51st Asia-Pacific Film Festival]] for her leading roles in ''How's Life'' and ''Chocolate Rap''.
+
+==== Transition into leading roles ====
+In 2008, Lai was cast in the period drama ''Time Story'', which reminisced lifestyle in 1960s Taiwan until the 1990s. The drama ended its run in February 2009 to good audience acclaim, and Lai propelled to fame with her role as the tragic Wang Chien-chien.
+
+In 2009, Lai starred alongside veteran actor [[Lee Li-chun]] in her first theater performance. Lai has expressed her love her performing on stage, and has since participated in at least one theater production every year.
+
+In 2010, Lai appeared alongside [[Baron Chen]], [[Lego Lee]] and [[Chie Tanaka]] in the drama ''Because of You''. This marked Lai's first role as the female lead actress in a television series, after starring in numerous popular dramas as the second female lead actress.
+
+Upon graduating with a [[Master of Arts]] in January 2011, Lai was cast in the [[police crime drama]] ''Next Heroes''. Filming began in the same month, and only commenced its broadcast run in October of the same year. Concurrently in 2011, Lai played the role of Su Hai-er in the period drama ''The Invaluable Treasure 1949''. The role earned her a [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] nomination at the [[Golden Bell Awards|46th Golden Bell Awards]].
+
+In 2012, Lai was cast in the [[SETTV]] romantic comedy ''[[Miss Rose]]'' in which she played the titular character opposite [[Roy Chiu]]. The same year, Lai commenced filming for the Mainland Chinese drama ''Jiu Jiu Nu Er Hong'', while continuing work on stage as the female lead in ''Crazy Idol Soap'' with [[James Wen]].
+
+==== Rising popularity ====
+In 2014, Lai was cast in the role of A Bu-si, a lesbian barista in the highly anticipated movie adaptation of ''[[Café. Waiting. Love]]'', penned by well-known Taiwanese novelist [[Giddens Ko]]. Lai started taking barista lessons and shed her long hair in preparation for the role, even going to the extent of not attending any public event to maintain the secrecy of her participation in the movie before her casting was announced to the public.
+
+For her role as a working-class woman in the 2014 television film ''Proposal'', Lai's performance was acknowledged with her third [[Golden Bell Awards|Golden Bell Award]] nomination.
+
+In March 2015, Lai made her long-awaited music comeback with her second studio album, titled ''FACE''. Lai participated in the composition of five songs in the album, which also included two of her own self-written songs.
+
+Lai was also cast as an [[ultramarathon]] coach in [[Jay Chou]]'s first movie as an executive producer, ''[[10,000 Miles]]'', starring opposite [[Sean Huang]] and [[Darren Wang]]. The movie was released in December 2016 to poor reception.
+
+In September 2015, Lai received her fourth nomination for the [[Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]] for her role in the film ''The End of Love''. The same month, Lai commenced filming for the romantic comedy [[Bromance (2015 TV series)|''Bromance'']], in which she played the role Pi Ya-nuo, a girl who has to pretend to be a boy until her 26th birthday to be safeguarded a smooth-sailing life. For her performance, Lai was awarded the Best Actress award at the 2015 [[Sanlih Drama Awards]]. The drama ended its broadcast run to massive domestic and international success, and Lai received tremendous support for her portrayal in the drama.
+
+In 2016, Lai joined the cast of the musical ''More Than Words'', which celebrated the life and works of musical artist [[Chang Yu-sheng]].
+
+In 2018, after a short hiatus from acting, Lai returned to the small screen in the television series ''[[Meet Me @ 1006]]'' in a guest appearance. Lai was then cast alongside [[Sammi Cheng]], [[Kenny Bee]] and [[Richie Jen]] in the movie ''Fagara'', the silver screen adaptation of [[Amy Cheung (writer)|Amy Cheung]]'s novel ''Wo De Ai Ru Ci Ma La''.
+
+In February 2019, Lai completed principal photography for the movie ''Self Token'', which is slated for a release in fall 2019.
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