Olivia Wang

Olivia Wang Chinese name 王欧 is an awardwinning ChineseAustralian actor creator and crosscultural arts practitioner working across screen theatre and embodied performance She is the recipient of 7 international Best Actress awards with her work selected by 30 international film festivals and works bilingually across Chinese Australian and international contexts Her artistic practice centres on migration the body identity female subjectivity and the emotional architecture of silence evolving into what she defines as Embodied Migration Acting and Embodied Screen Acting a bodyled approach to screen performance that emphasises breath rhythm spatial behaviour and physical presence as cinematic language As a screen actor Olivia Wang has won Actress in a Leading Role at the International Independent Film Awards Best Actress awards at the Sweden Film Awards Thilsri International Film Festival Athvikvaruni International Film Festival Rohip International Film Festival MIFF and Sittannavasal International Film Festival and has been a finalist at the New York International Film Awards Top Shorts Film Festival Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival and Independent Shorts Awards Her breakout project Wake Her Up has been selected by 30 international film festivals across North America Europe Oceania and Asia significantly expanding her international recognition Beyond screen she is also a stage performer and the first actor to bring ChineseAustralian crosscultural physical theatre into leading roles on Australian stages with performances at La Mama and major arts festivals Her work is noted for its integration of Eastern and Western aesthetics combining cultural depth with contemporary sensibility Olivia is the founder of Cross Encounters Melbournes first fully accredited ChineseAustralian crosscultural performing arts organisation leading projects across artistic exchange interdisciplinary creation performance training and public cultural engagement Her practice spans authorship performance methodology and cultural dialogue positioning her as a distinctive voice in contemporary ChineseAustralian screen and performance culture A recipient of the Victorian Multicultural Arts Excellence Award Olivia has been featured by major media including SBS She has also received the Yarra Arts and Culture Contribution Award was named 1st RunnerUp in the AsianAustralian Leadership Awards and holds over ten nominations in the arts and culture sector Her work continues to shape the presence of ChineseAustralian artists within international screen and performance contexts Currently based in Australia she works internationally and is available for film moving image and crosscultural screen projects particularly those seeking a strong characterdriven Asian female lead