Ruby Lin
Also Known As: Sam Yu Lam, Ruby Lin Xin Yu, Ruby Lin, 林心如
Biography: Lin Xin Ru (林心如) also known as Ruby Lin is a Taiwanese actress, pop singer and producer born on January 27 1976 in Taipei. Her English name is from her mother's love of the jewel. Lin made her acting debut in a TV commercial in Taiwan. When she received her first experience in front of the camera in 1995, for a minor role, she started to develop a passion for acting. In 1997, after playing supporting roles in various Taiwanese TV dramas, she took her breakout role as a leading actress in the television series Princess Pearl and its sequel, Princess Pearl II. In 1999, after Princess Pearl was broadcast, she also began a singing career with her first album, a five-track EP. Following the success of Princess Pearl, Lin has acted in a variety of major roles, such as the sassy Jian Ning princess in Duke of Mount Deer 2000, the cruel assassin Cai Yue in Flying Daggers (2003), the gentle-natured Man Zhen in Half Life Fate (2003), benevolent & intelligent queen in Schemes of a Beauty (2010) and spunky tomboy Sun Shangxiang in Three Kingdoms (2010). For her achievements in films and television series, Korean media dubbed her Taiwan's number-one actress and goddess of ancient Chinese series. In 2010 Ruby Lin announced the establishment of her own company, Ruby Lin Studio. Taiwan media reports that the company will deal with all aspects of the actress's career, including acting, singing and film roles.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Adult: No
Birthday: January 27, 1976
Age: 49 years old
Gender: Female
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China Strike Force
Overview: A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a senior government officer's daughter is suspected of corruption.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2000-12-21
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Comic King
Overview: Two popular comic writers who are good friends start a comic publishing company but fall in love with the secretary, simultaneously, creating a rivalry that threatens to split their friendship and destroy their business.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2001-01-19
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One Stone and Two Birds
Overview: During the reign of Emperor Jia Jing of the Ming Dynasty, the evil court official Yan Song relies on the emperor favoritism towards him, becoming overbearing and domineering. An honest official Zhang Ying Long impeaches Yan Song with a Ten Cimes Five Deceits against him. But instead he gets flogged 30 times, and banished to a far off frontier Guizhou.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2005-01-21
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Blood Stained Shoes
Overview: This film is set in the 1930s, and starts with a strange murder in a beautiful Jiangnan river delta. At the scene, all that is left is an exquisite pair of embroidered shoes. An innocent seamstress is suspected and put to death, but the bloody murders do not stop..
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-06-03
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A Matter of Time
Overview: Hong Kong movie
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-11
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My Wishes
Overview: Taiwanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Fallen City
Overview: Shubei town, southeast China, the present day. Five years after he fled with RMB 800,000 from a bank robbery, Liu Chuan returns incognito to the town. Policeman Wang Laoshi, who was on duty at the time of the robbery and was demoted for letting Liu escape, is working in the same district police station to which he was transferred after the robbery and still keeps an eye on Liu. By chance, Liu stays in some small lodgings in Wang's district where Qin Xiaosong, a psychology graduate who's run away from her domineering parents, is staying. Next day, Wang spots Liu in the street and gives chase, finally handcuffing him in a deserted warehouse. At that moment, the town is devastated by an earthquake and the building collapses. Wang is knocked unconscious and Liu steals his uniform. After rescuing Qin, Liu finds himself roped into saving other townspeople and becomes a hero in the locals' eyes. Meanwhile, Wang recovers and sets out to hunt down Liu.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-05-09
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My Lucky Star
Overview: A bumbling amateur cartoonist tags along on a secret agent's mission to retrieve a priceless diamond.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-09-17
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Driverless
Overview: Driverless is about three love stories that are intertwined by a car accident. It deals with several relationship issues, including the infamous seven year itch, reuniting with a first love, one night stands, an old husband with a young wife, and extramarital affairs.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-07-02
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Sophie's Revenge
Overview: Dumped by her fiance just two months before their wedding, comic strip writer Sophie hatches an elaborate plan to get her Jeff back and punish the movie star, Joanna, who seduced him away. She finds herself a partner, Gordon, an ex-lover of Joanna's. The two start on a comic adventure full of laughs and tears, aided by Sophie's two best friends, Lucy and Lily. At the eve of her success, Sophie suddenly faced of having to chose between a repentant Jeff and Gordon who has fallen for her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-08-13
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The House That Never Dies
Overview: Story based on the legendary mansion at No. 81 on Chaoyangmennei Street in Beijing, which local legend says is haunted by the ghost of a Kuomintang official's wife, who committed suicide in the home around the time of the Cultural Revolution. The film follows Xu Ruoqing a woman whose presence in the notorious mansion draws up the spirits that have taken residence there.
Genres: Drama Horror Romance Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-07-18
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Life Express
Overview: Foreign - A child dying of leukemia needs a bone marrow transplant immediately. With only 24 hours, the doctors must fight the usual red tape bureaucracy and political obstacles in order to retrieve the marrow and carry out the transplant before time runs out.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2004-03-25
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The House
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-03-28
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The Ghost in Your Heart
Overview: Lost in grief, news anchor Lo Hsin-lan unexpectedly reconnects with a high school friend, unearthing memories of a love that was once taboo.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2023-11-10
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You Deserve To Be Single
Overview: Li Zheng and Li Ying are two brothers the owners of a dating agency called "True Love Club". The business is going very well, but everything changed when Xiao Feng is passed by a sweet love, who is interested in the agency to prove the relationship with their supposed "future wife", the beautiful psychiatrist Fei. What they do not know is that this regular case ends up in an unexpected and fun mess.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-06-13
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Phantom of the Theatre
Overview: A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show - and bring in new victims.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-04-29
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The Precipice Game
Overview: Liu Chenchen, a free-spirited young woman, rebels against her wealthy family and elopes with her boyfriend to join a cruise-bond treasure hunt. But what began as an innocent game with promises of great reward soon turns into a battle for survival when the contestants are thrown into a mysterious world of intrigue and chaos in the middle of the sea. Liu relies only on her wits and her new friends to survive, all the while unmasking foes and learning that nothing is what it seems. But as her companions are attacked one by one, Liu must do everything she can to escape.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-02-08
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The Mirror
Overview: The grandson of a rich widow returns to Hong Kong with his girlfriend. They are charmed by an antique mirror at the grandmother's home. The mirror used to belonged to a famous courtesan in ...
Genres: Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1999-09-16
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The Devotion of Suspect X
Overview: Based on Keigo Higashino’s award-winning novel, THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X follows a professor (Wang Kai) assisting in a murder investigation, only to find that a longtime rival and friend (Zhang Luyi) from his early university days may be involved.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-03-31
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The Wonderful Wedding
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-02-18
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Winner Takes All
Overview: Winner Takes All is a Hong Kong comedy starring Karl Maka and Ricky and Samuel Hui
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2000-01-29
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Bad Girl Trilogy
Overview: This is a collection of three films by emerging Taiwanese directors all revolving around the theme of strong, young women involved in mayhem of some sort. In all of them the theme of alienation within the crowded streets of Taiwan runs strong.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1998-12-12
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Love Trilogy
Overview: Three pairs of lovers arrived at Yunnan at the same time, meets Shibo Yuan tourguide, Liu Hai.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2004-02-05
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Dragon's Love
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Miss Andy
Overview: Struggling for years, 55 year old Andy finally claim herself as woman, despite it was just partially completed. Andy’s dream come true, but she has to pay for the price. Wearing dresses had make her losing her job and her family. It never rains but it pours. The closest friend of her passed away out of sudden, Andy suddenly feel empty！A long day with a little surprise, a mother and a son turn up in Andy’s life, seeing them leaving no where with no identity, Andy decided to keep them with her, without knowing this sympathy has change the story of Andy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-01-08
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School Days
Overview: Hui Chi-Ho (Jimmy Lin) is a secondary college student, coming from a rich family. It causes the dissatisfaction of "Crow", the big brother in the class, and he always finds ways to challenge Ho. Then enters a new student, , "Eagle" (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who takes Hui under his wings. Ho is really grateful to what Eagle has done. At the same time, the assassins from the underworld are revenging "Eagle"...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-04-27
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Evening of Roses
Overview: A man named Ke Zhi Hong (Wallace Chung) moves into a new apartment. His initially horny landlord, whose Chinese name sounds similar to the words for "Evening Rose", Xia Mei Gui (Ruby Lin), lets him rent one room of the apartment because her dog likes him. She reminds him of his dream girl from his university years, who was his senior by one year and taught him to dance the Jewish dance "Evening Rose". He gradually falls in love with his landlord, but he continues to dwell on his memories of the past "Evening Rose". In the end, he realizes that he remembers the past "Evening Rose" because the name "Evening Rose" reminds him of the feeling of love, and he falls into the arms of the present "Evening Rose"
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-02-14
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Forgotten
Overview: Taiwanese movie
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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小鼠爱大米
Overview: taiwan movie
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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