--- name: "Elva Hsiao" canonical: "https://film.one/person/elva-hsiao" fi1m_id: "elva-hsiao" imdb_id: "nm1287504" tmdb_id: 236115 wikidata_id: "Q241604" roles: ["Actor"] born: "24 August 1979" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T22:48:33.023153+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Elva Hsiao ## Identity Elva Hsiao - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elva-hsiao - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** elva-hsiao - **IMDb ID:** nm1287504 - **TMDB ID:** 236115 - **Wikidata ID:** Q241604 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elva_Hsiao, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q241604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1287504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/236115 Actor. Born 24 August 1979 in Taoyuan, Taiwan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 24 August 1979, Taoyuan, Taiwan - **Also known as:** 萧如意, 萧雅之, Tiêu Á Hiên, Сяо Я Сюань, Hsiao Ya Hsuan, 蕭亞軒, Xiao Ya Xuan, 萧亚轩, Сяо Я Чжи, Xiao Ya Zhi, 蕭雅之, Elva Hsiao Ya-Hsuan - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elva_Hsiao, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q241604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1287504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/236115 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Infernal Affairs*](https://film.one/film/infernal-affairs.md) (87) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Elva Hsiao is a Taiwanese singer and actress. Born on 24 August 1979 in Zhongli District, Taoyuan, she trained in fashion design in Vancouver before entering the entertainment industry after placing as a finalist in the 1998 New Talent Singing Awards. She made her feature film debut in a supporting role as May in the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller *Infernal Affairs*. Hsiao has also provided voice work for the 2004 animated film *The Butterfly Lovers* and appeared in later features including *What Women Want* (2011) and *100% Kiss* (2012). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Infernal Affairs* (2002), Fi1m 87, as May — [page](https://film.one/film/infernal-affairs.md) ## Complete filmography (11) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Tree in the River* (2018), series, as Theme Song Performance - *What Women Want* (2011), as Songs - *Old Master Q and Little Ocean Tiger* (2011), Actor - *萧亚轩 WOW台北小巨蛋演唱会* (2009), Actor - *无间道正序版* (2006), as May （陈永仁前女友） - *就是愛Jolin慶功演唱會* (2004), as 嘉宾 - *The Butterfly Lovers* (2003), as 梁山伯 - *Sound of Colors* (2003), as Songs - *萧亚轩Up2U台北演唱会* (2003), as 歌手 - *Infernal Affairs* (2002), as May — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/infernal-affairs.md) - *萧亚轩2002香港红磡演唱会* (2002), Actor ## Gallery - ![Elva Hsiao at a fundraising event in 2014](https://film.one/media/person/97996/gallery-70b7278961b1.jpg) Elva Hsiao at a fundraising event in 2014 — 何等幸福平面攝影工作室, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Elva_Hsiao_in_2014_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Elva_Hsiao_in_2014_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Elva Hsiao at a fundraising event in 2014](https://film.one/media/person/97996/gallery-f1d86aff9e07.jpg) Elva Hsiao at a fundraising event in 2014 — 何等幸福平面攝影工作室, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Elva_Hsiao_in_2014_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Elva_Hsiao_in_2014_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![​先生力量演唱会 -萧亚轩 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/97996/gallery-2ea0022c7dbe.jpg) ​先生力量演唱会 -萧亚轩 (2015) — 摄影师俊熙, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F%E6%BC%94%E5%94%B1%E4%BC%9A_-%E8%90%A7%E4%BA%9A%E8%BD%A9_%281%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F%E6%BC%94%E5%94%B1%E4%BC%9A_-%E8%90%A7%E4%BA%9A%E8%BD%A9_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![​先生力量演唱会 -萧亚轩 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/97996/gallery-9088d44bdef4.jpg) ​先生力量演唱会 -萧亚轩 (2015) — 摄影师俊熙, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F%E6%BC%94%E5%94%B1%E4%BC%9A_-%E8%90%A7%E4%BA%9A%E8%BD%A9_%282%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F%E6%BC%94%E5%94%B1%E4%BC%9A_-%E8%90%A7%E4%BA%9A%E8%BD%A9_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Elva Hsiao](https://film.one/media/person/97996/gallery-56bcf8662b0a.jpg) Elva Hsiao — Image via TMDB - ![Elva Hsiao](https://film.one/media/person/97996/gallery-5f2872e9be45.jpg) Elva Hsiao — Image via TMDB - ![​先生力量演唱会 -萧亚轩 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/97996/gallery-d4acf7a9fd57.jpg) ​先生力量演唱会 -萧亚轩 (2015) — 摄影师俊熙, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F%E6%BC%94%E5%94%B1%E4%BC%9A_-%E8%90%A7%E4%BA%9A%E8%BD%A9_%283%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F%E6%BC%94%E5%94%B1%E4%BC%9A_-%E8%90%A7%E4%BA%9A%E8%BD%A9_%283%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![​先生力量演唱会 -萧亚轩 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/97996/gallery-87f96a9c6a94.jpg) ​先生力量演唱会 -萧亚轩 (2015) — 摄影师俊熙, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F%E6%BC%94%E5%94%B1%E4%BC%9A_-%E8%90%A7%E4%BA%9A%E8%BD%A9_%284%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F%E6%BC%94%E5%94%B1%E4%BC%9A_-%E8%90%A7%E4%BA%9A%E8%BD%A9_%284%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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