‘Born For The Spotlight’ Team On Rise Of Female-Centric Dramas In Taiwan

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How do you react if you’re an award-winning actress but feel like you don’t have much control over the direction of your career?

In the case of Taiwan’s Yen Yi-wen, you start writing and directing your own series. Based on her own experiences, Yen has written and directed 12-part series, Born For The Spotlight, produced by Netflix and Third Man Entertainment, which is streaming globally from November 7.

The Taipei-set drama revolves around a group of actresses, spanning different generations, from a newcomer trying to get her first break in the industry to an older soap opera star, who feels she can’t retire because she needs to support her family.

The core group of characters includes three women supposedly at the top of their game – an actress turned manager (played by Hsieh Ying-xuan); her former friend and current adversary (played by Cheryl Yang), who is struggling with the pressures of a fading career, drinking heavily and living in hotel rooms; and an actress who rose to fame through adult movies (Annie Chen), who can be naïve despite her sexy, confident persona.