The Taiwanese star was known by her fans as ‘Big S.’ Learn more about her life, career and untimely death here. Barbie Hsu, a ...

Shan Cai, whose parents are far from wealthy, attends Ying De University, the private school established exclusively for rich students. Besides being looked down by rich classmates, she has ...

Meteor Garden, an adaptation of a 1990s Japanese comic of the same name, propelled Hsu to stardom. She played Shan Cai, a teenager from a middle-class family who enrolls in an elite private school ...

A sequel, “Meteor Garden II,” followed the next year ... and “Summer Desire” (2010), and on the film side the 2008 action ...

Hsu starred in many films and television series following Meteor Garden. In 2012, she won best actress at the Macau International Movie Festival for the film “Croczilla.” ...

A sequel, “Meteor Garden II,” followed the next year ... and “Summer Desire” (2010), and on the film side the 2008 action movie “Connected,” 2010 rom-com “Hot Summer Days” and ...

In 2001, Meteor Garden beamed Barbie Hsu's name into many ... she continued to advance her entertainment career through other TV dramas, movies and talk shows. In recent years, her personal ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Barbie Hsu, a Taiwanese actress who starred in the popular TV drama “Meteor Garden” that once swept Asia, has died after contracting pneumonia triggered by the flu.