May Chin Movies and Career Information

Stage named May Chin, Kao Chin Su-mei (Chinese: 高金素梅; pinyin: Gāo Jīn Sùméi; Wade–Giles: kao chin su-mei, Atayal name: Giwas Ali, in traditional Chinese: 吉娃斯·阿麗), born on September 21, 1965 in Heping Township, Taichung County, Taiwan as Chin Su-mei, to a Han Chinese father and a Taiwanese Aborigine (of the Atayal tribe) mother, is a Taiwanese singer, actress and politician. After having acted since the mid-1980s, she stood for election to be a representative of Taiwanese Aborigines within the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan), hence taking on the Chinese surname of her Taiwanese Aborigine mother and became Kao Chin Su-mei . She was elected into the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in December 2001 and re-elected twice in 2004 and 2008, all in the Highland Aborigines electoral district. She is currently a member of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union. May Chin also published some 10 albums and showed up in various local TV series and commercials since mid-1980s. Besides acting, in mid-1990s May Chin ran a wedding photography service shop in Taipei. However this shop caught fire in 1996 and the fire claimed six lives. May Chin had to close down this