---
name: "Sonia Yuan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sonia-yuan"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 September 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T08:23:00.251879+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."
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# Sonia Yuan

Actor. Born 21 September 1990 in Taiwan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 September 1990, Taiwan
- **Also known as:** Yuan Tzuyun, Yuan Zi-Yun
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12719480/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2547327

## Biography

Sonia Yuan is a Taiwanese-American actor, also credited as Yuan Tzuyun or Yuan Zi-Yun. Born on 21 September 1990, she grew up in California, graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and later worked in Taiwan. A native speaker of Mandarin and English, she first gained recognition for her role in the Chinese romantic drama series *Summer's Desire* (2018).

Yuan made her feature film debut in the comedy *The Island* (2018). She is known for her performance as Janice Chang in Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's *Drive My Car* (2021), as well as roles in Taiwanese series including *The Way You Shine* (2023) and *Wave Makers* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Drive My Car* (2021), Fi1m 88, as Janice Chang — [page](https://film.one/film/drive-my-car.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *China Sea* (2026), as Huan
- *Had I Not Seen the Sun* (2025), series, as Liu Chien-yi
- *Nervous Energy* (2025), as Kiki
- *The Way You Shine* (2023), series, as Hsia Anni
- *Wave Makers* (2023), series, as Hsu Wen-chun
- *You Are On My Mind* (2022), as Qiu Su-fen
- *Be My Quarantine* (2021), Actor
- *Drive My Car* (2021), as Janice Chang — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/drive-my-car.md)
- *Meow Meow Boss* (2021), series, Actor
- *Get Married or Not* (2020), series, as Lucy
- *Perfect Partner* (2020), series, as Amy
- *Miss Truth* (2020), series, as Wan Lu
- *The Island* (2018), as Zi Yun
- *King is Not Easy* (2017), series, as Qiu Shui
- *Straight Outta Fishtown*, Actor

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