Mandy Wei (Chinese: 魏蔓; pinyin: Wèi Màn) is a Taiwanese actress, commercial model and host. She started her career as a model and then MTV host before starting a career in acting. Wei attended the highly prestige private Soochow University (Taiwan) and speaks Mandarin, Taiwanese and English. She is currently under LADY EMPEROR ENTERTAINMENT Co., Ltd management and signed to Sanlih E-Television exclusively for acting projects.

Biography

Mandy Wei was born on September 5, 1984 in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the older of a two child family, with a younger brother. She attended Taipei Municipal Nei-Hu Senior High School and later Soochow University (Taiwan), majoring in International Business Trade. She has said she was and showed images of herself being an overweight teen when growing up, weighing at 65 kg (143 lbs) at her heaviest. Her weight issue caused her to have low self-esteem problems during her teenage years.In her university years she decided to have a change in lifestyle by eating healthy and with daily exercise she was able to slim down to around 50 kg (110 lbs), which is the weight she has maintained.