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{{Short description|Hong Kong and American actor}}
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| occupation = Actress, singer-songwriter, model, martial artist
| years_active = 2008–present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Han Geng]]|31 December 2019}}
| father = [[Roy Horan]]
| children = 1
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'''Celina Jade''' (born '''Celina Horan'''; 10 June 1985) is a [[Hongkongers|Hong Kong]] and [[Americans|American]] actress, singer, songwriter, model, and martial artist. She is the first [[Hongkongers|Hong Konger]] of European descent to win this title.
'''Celina Horan''' (born 10 June 1985), professionally known as '''Celina Jade''', is a Hong Kong-American actress, singer-songwriter, model and martial artist. Internationally she is best known for her role as [[Shado (comics)|Shado]] (and Mei) in the 2010s [[The CW|CW]] series ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]''. In China she's best known for starring in the 2017 blockbuster ''[[Wolf Warrior 2]]'', the [[List of highest-grossing films in China|highest-grossing Chinese film ever]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Frater|first1=Patrick|title=‘Wolf Warriors II’ Star Celina Jade Joins CAA (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/wolf-warriors-star-celina-jade-joins-caa-1202515707/|work=Variety|date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="celinajade">{{cite news|last1=Lo|first1=Andrea|title=Celina Jade|url=http://hk-magazine.com/city-living/article/celine-jade|accessdate=19 December 2014|work=Hong Kong Magazine|date=13 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=SCMP141912>{{cite news|title=My life: Celina Jade|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1238855/my-life-celina-jade|accessdate=19 December 2014|work=South China Morning Post}}</ref>▼
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== Personal life ==▼
Celina Jade was born in [[Hong Kong]] to American [[kung fu]] star [[Roy Horan]] and Chinese mother Christina Hui.<ref name="celinajade" /><ref name="SCMP141912"/> She was educated at a local Chinese school from kindergarten through high school, and is fluent in [[Cantonese]], [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] and English. She learned archery, shooting and [[Taekwondo]] from her father growing up. At 14, she left Hong Kong for [[New Jersey]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.c-heads.com/2016/08/18/love-from-hong-kong-actress-and-restauranteur-celina-jade/|title=Love from Hong Kong: Actress and restaurateur {{sic|hide=y}} Celina Jade|date=2016-08-18|website=C-Heads Magazine|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> but returned to Hong Kong shortly after, and attended [[Island School]]. She later attended the [[London School of Economics]]. She graduated top of her class with First Class Honours in BSc Management.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.celinajade.com/about|title=Celina Jade Official Website|website=Celina Jade Official Website|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/aboutLSE/keyFacts/LSEDigest/pdf/LSEDigest2005-06.pdf|title=LSE Digest 2005-2006|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> Outside of being an actress, Jade is a [[vegetarian]], a daily meditator and a healthy eating advocate for battling [[climate change]]. Inspired by a serious burn accident in 2012,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1238855/my-life-celina-jade|title=My life: Celina Jade|newspaper=South China Morning Post|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> Jade began her journey as a vegetarian and in 2016, worked hand-in-hand with Christian Gerard Mongendre in opening a two floor plant-based restaurant in Hong Kong called HOME - Eat to Live to promote [[sustainable]] living and healthier lifestyles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hashtaglegend.com/post/power-couple-christian-mongendre-celina-jade-home-eat-to-live-chain-restaurant|title=Power Couple Christian Mongendre and Celina Jade are Out to Build a Chain of Fast but Healthy Restaurants - Hashtag Legend|website=hashtaglegend.com|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> The restaurant closed in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/blog/home-eat-to-live-has-closed-071417|title=Home - Eat To Live has closed|last=Graham|first=Holly|work=Timeout|date=17 July 2017|access-date=21 May 2019}}</ref>▼
== Early life and education==
▲Celina Jade was born in [[Hong Kong]] to American [[kung fu]] star [[Roy Horan]] and Chinese mother Christina Hui.<ref name="celinajade" /><ref name="SCMP141912"/> She was educated at a local Chinese school from kindergarten through high school, and is fluent in [[Cantonese]], [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] and English. She learned archery, shooting and [[Taekwondo]] from her father growing up. At 14, she left Hong Kong for [[New Jersey]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.c-heads.com/2016/08/18/love-from-hong-kong-actress-and-restauranteur-celina-jade/|title=Love from Hong Kong: Actress and restaurateur {{sic|hide=y}} Celina Jade|date=2016-08-18|website=C-Heads Magazine|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> but returned to Hong Kong shortly after, and attended [[Island School]]. She later attended the [[London School of Economics]]. She graduated top of her class with First Class Honours in BSc Management.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.celinajade.com/about|title=Celina Jade Official Website|website=Celina Jade Official Website|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/aboutLSE/keyFacts/LSEDigest/pdf/LSEDigest2005-06.pdf|title=LSE Digest 2005-2006|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=
==Career==
Since February 2018, Jade has been in a relationship with [[Han Geng]], a Chinese actor, singer and former member of the [[South Korea]]n [[boy band]] [[Super Junior]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/k-pop-news-2018-former-super-junior-member-han-geng-dating-arrow-actress-celina-jade-217546|title=K-Pop News 2018: Former Super Junior Member Han Geng Dating 'Arrow' Actress Celina Jade|newspaper=The Christian Post|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref> ▼
===Acting ===
Jade's acting career started in Hong Kong & China in 2007. She was cast as the leading lady in her first film, ''[[Legendary Assassin]]'' alongside [[Wu Jing (actor)|Wu Jing]]. She also starred in Chinese Films ''Love Connected'', and ''All's Well Ends Well''; appearing on TV shows like ''[[Dolce Vita (TV programme)|Dolce Vita]]'', ''[[Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation|Jade Solid Gold]]''; with regular appearances across TV channels in China including [[TVB]], [[China Central Television|CCTV]] and [[Hunan Television|Hunan TV]]. In 2012, she landed her first role in a US film by [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]], ''[[The Man with the Iron Fists]]'', as directed by the [[RZA]] starring [[Russell Crowe]] & [[Lucy Liu]]. During the same year, she lent her voice as the character, Not Ping, in the Square Enix game ''[[Sleeping Dogs (video game)|Sleeping Dogs]]''. She also began filming her first web series, ''Wish Upon a Star'', as lead actress alongside Asian actor [[Peter Ho]]. Later in 2012, Jade was cast to play the recurring role of [[Shado (comics)|Shado]] (Oliver Queen's martial arts teacher & girlfriend) in [[The CW]] series ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'',<ref>{{cite news | url = http://thedailyquirk.com/2013/04/11/an-interview-with-arrow-actress-celina-jade/ | title = An Interview with
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[[File:Celina Jade.jpg|thumb|Jade in 2016]]▼
▲Jade's acting career started in Hong Kong & China in 2007. She was cast as the leading lady in her first film, ''[[Legendary Assassin]]'' alongside [[Wu Jing (actor)|Wu Jing]]. She also starred in Chinese Films ''Love Connected'', and ''All's Well Ends Well''; appearing on TV shows like ''[[Dolce Vita (TV programme)|Dolce Vita]]'', ''[[Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation|Jade Solid Gold]]''; with regular appearances across TV channels in China including [[TVB]], [[China Central Television|CCTV]] and [[Hunan Television|Hunan TV]]. In 2012, she landed her first role in a US film by [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]], ''[[The Man with the Iron Fists]]'', as directed by the [[RZA]] starring [[Russell Crowe]] & [[Lucy Liu]]. During the same year, she lent her voice as the character, Not Ping, in the Square Enix game ''[[Sleeping Dogs (video game)|Sleeping Dogs]]''. She also began filming her first web series, ''Wish Upon a Star'', as lead actress alongside Asian actor [[Peter Ho]]. Later in 2012, Jade was cast to play the recurring role of [[Shado (comics)|Shado]] (Oliver Queen's martial arts teacher & girlfriend) in [[The CW]] series ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'',<ref>{{cite news | url = http://thedailyquirk.com/2013/04/11/an-interview-with-arrow-actress-celina-jade/ | title = An Interview with ‘Arrow’ Actress Celina Jade | first = Ashley | last = Geb | work = The Daily Quirk | date = April 11, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Abrams|first1=Natalie|title=Arrow Exclusive: Celina Jade on Shado's New Partnership with Oliver|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/arrow-celina-jade-shado-oliver-spoilers-1062249.aspx|accessdate=19 December 2014|work=TV Guide|date=5 March 2013}}</ref> a TV Show based on the [[DC Comics]] [[Green Arrow]]. She appeared in eighteen episodes over the first two seasons, before reappearing as Shado's twin sister Mei for two episodes of season three and 1 episode in season 4. In 2015, Jade starred opposite Asian action star [[Tony Jaa]], [[Dolph Lundgren]] and [[Ron Perlman]] in “[[Skin Trade (film)|Skin Trade]]” as the leading lady. Shortly after, she was cast to play the character April in Indie film "April Flowers".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/celina-jade-in-april-flowers-1201484368/|title=Celina Jade To Star in ‘April Flowers’ (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=2015-04-30|newspaper=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> In 2016, Jade rejoins [[Wu Jing (actor)|Wu Jing]] to play the lead actress in the sequel of Chinese Franchise [[Wolf Warriors|Wolf Warrior]] alongside China's Zhang Han & [[Frank Grillo]]. The film was the sixth highest-grossing film of 2017 at US$874 million, making it the 54th highest grossing film worldwide. It is the first and only non-Hollywood film ever to be included in the list of 100 all-time highest-grossing films worldwide. It was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/celina-jade-joins-wolf-warriors-2-1201926252/|title=Celina Jade Joins Jacky Wu’s ‘Wolf Warriors 2’ (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=2016-11-24|newspaper=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref>
▲[[File:Celina Jade.jpg|thumb|]]
At age 14, Jade won an Asia-wide singing competition, which led to a record deal with Japanese producer, [[Tetsuya Komuro]]. Together, they released two EPs, ''Good News Bad News'' and 'Kwong Ying Zi Gan'. In July 2000, she performed alongside [[Namie Amuro]] in front of [[Bill Clinton|President Bill Clinton]] & other world leaders at the [[26th G8 summit|G8 Summit]] in Okinawa, Japan. At age 15, she had her first number-one hit with the song, "Kwong Ying Zi Gan" in Taiwan. She has since then been featured in multiple ad campaigns for [[Marks & Spencer]]s, [[Cathay Pacific]], [[Motorola]] and [[Ponds Cream|Ponds]] globally.<ref name=":0" />
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== Charity work ==
In 2014 and 2015, Jade supports Maggie's Cancer Caring
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Jade is a [[vegetarian]], a daily meditator and a healthy eating advocate for battling [[climate change]]. Inspired by a serious burn accident in 2012,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1238855/my-life-celina-jade|title=My life: Celina Jade|newspaper=South China Morning Post|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> Jade began her journey as a vegetarian and in 2016, worked hand-in-hand with Christian Gerard Mongendre in opening a two floor plant-based restaurant in Hong Kong called HOME - Eat to Live to promote [[sustainable]] living and healthier lifestyles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hashtaglegend.com/post/power-couple-christian-mongendre-celina-jade-home-eat-to-live-chain-restaurant|title=Power Couple Christian Mongendre and Celina Jade are Out to Build a Chain of Fast but Healthy Restaurants - Hashtag Legend|website=hashtaglegend.com|date=30 June 2016 |access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> The restaurant closed in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/blog/home-eat-to-live-has-closed-071417|title=Home - Eat To Live has closed|last=Graham|first=Holly|work=Timeout|date=17 July 2017|access-date=21 May 2019}}</ref>
▲Since February 2018, Jade has been in a relationship with [[Han Geng]], a Chinese actor, singer and former member of the [[South Korea]]n [[boy band]] [[Super Junior]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/k-pop-news-2018-former-super-junior-member-han-geng-dating-arrow-actress-celina-jade-217546|title=K-Pop News 2018: Former Super Junior Member Han Geng Dating 'Arrow' Actress Celina Jade|newspaper=The Christian Post|date=13 February 2018 |access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreaboo.com/news/super-junior-hangeng-reportedly-married-celebrity-girlfriend-hong-kong/|title=Former Super Junior Member Hangeng Reportedly Married His Celebrity Girlfriend In Hong Kong|newspaper=Koreaboo|date=24 June 2019 |access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref> The two married on 31 December 2019 in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Christina |title=When Super Junior's Han Geng married Wolf Warrior 2 actress Celina Jade – why are details of the K-pop star's New Zealand wedding in the wilds where The Hobbit was filmed only emerging now? |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3112895/when-super-juniors-han-geng-married-wolf-warrior-2 |access-date=2 April 2021 |work=South China Morning Post |date=8 December 2020}}</ref> In September 2022, Jade gave birth to their first child, a daughter. <ref>{{cite news |last1=She |first1=Chase |title=Han Geng and Wife Celina Jade Welcome Their First Child |url=https://dramapanda.com/2022/09/han-geng-and-wife-celina-jade-welcome-their-first-child.html |access-date=11 September 2022 |work=South China Morning Post |date=9 September 2022}}</ref>
==Filmography==
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| Dr. Rachel Prescott Smith
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|2020 || ''My People My Hometown'' || Emma Maier || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjnews.com.cn/ent/2020/09/09/767257.html|title=《我和我的家乡》徐峥单元曝光海报，范伟杨紫王俊凯等出演|date=9 September 2020|website=Beijing News|language=zh}}</ref>
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|2020 ||''Love Yourself'' || Karen ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ent.ynet.com/2020/08/17/2804214t1254.html|title=宋茜郑恺新作《他其实没有那么爱你》定档818 《我的前半生》原班人马打造|date=
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| ''[[Sleeping Dogs (video game)#Nightmare in North Point|Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare in North Point]]''
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