{{short description|Taiwan actor and singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{family name hatnote|Cheng|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox person | name = Enno Cheng | image = Enno Cheng (cropped).jpg | caption = | native_name = 鄭宜農 | birth_name = Cheng Yi Nung | other_names = Enno, Enno Zheng, Zheng Yi-Nong | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|3|19}} | birth_place = Yilan County, Taiwan | occupation = Film actor, singer-songwriter, author | years_active = 2007–present | parents = Cheng Wen-tang ({{lang|zh-tw|鄭文堂}}) }}
'''Enno Cheng''' ({{zh|t=鄭宜農|p=Zhèng Yínóng}}) is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter who is also an author and a film actress. She is currently part of the band Chocolate Tiger (猛虎巧克力) in addition to performing and releasing albums solo. She is the daughter of film director Cheng Wen-tang, who she often collaborates with by writing screenplays and film scores as well as performing in his films.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/paper/1349606|title=鄭宜農合作老爸鄭文堂 配樂超崩潰|access-date=29 May 2020|date=5 February 2020|trans-title=Enno Cheng works with father Cheng Wen-tang, on the verge of a breakdown from score writing|work=Liberty Times}}</ref>
== Career ==
She attended Tamkang University and majored in Chinese, but took a leave of absence in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/paper/167802|title=鄭宜農搖滾夏天 恨透怪名字|trans-title=Enno Cheng rocks the summer, hates her weird name|date=13 November 2007|access-date=29 May 2020|work=Liberty Times}}</ref>
She first appeared in the film industry in 2007 in the film ''Summer's Tail'', where she portrayed the main character Yvette Chang. She also composed and wrote for the film. Her performance was praised in ''The Hollywood Reporter'' although the film itself was panned.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-summers-tail-159346|title=A Summer's Tail|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=6 October 2007|first=Elizabeth|last=Kerr|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> She was also nominated for the Best New Performer award at the 44th Golden Horse Awards for her role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/awards/nw/?serach_type=award&sc=10&search_regist_year=2007&ins=34|title=Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival|work=Golden Horse Film Festival}}</ref> She was cast as Wen, a betel nut beauty, in the 2009 film ''Tears''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tears-film-review-93654|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=13 November 2009|first=Maggie|last=Lee|access-date=29 May 2020|title=Tears – Film Review}}</ref>
Her debut album "Neptune" (海王星) was released by White Wabbit Records in July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/5806944-%E9%84%AD%E5%AE%9C%E8%BE%B2|title=海王星|work=Discogs}}</ref>
She performed on 30 August 2019 in Kuala Lumpur as part of an official musical exchange spearheaded by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture between Taiwan and Malaysia, along with math rock band Elephant Gym, Formosan aboriginal singer Chalaw Passiwali, and Malaysian band Pastel Lite.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kuay |first1=Chau-churh |last2=Ko |first2=Lin |date=20 August 2019 |title=Taiwan, Malaysia musicians to hold joint bash in Kuala Lumpur |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/201908200014 |url-access=subscription |publisher=Central News Agency |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> She was slated to perform at SXSW 2020, but the event was cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/sxsw/8533125/sxsw-2020-performers-first-wave|title=SXSW Announces First Wave of 2020 Performers|magazine=Billboard|first=Chris|last=Eggertsen|date=16 October 2019|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref>
In 2023, Cheng won Best Female Singer in Taiwanese and Best Album in Taiwanese at the 34th Golden Melody Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Golden Melody Awards celebrate linguistic diversity - Taipei Times |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2023/07/03/2003802554 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.taipeitimes.com}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Cheng married Sam Yang, the lead singer for band Fire EX. in 2013. They amicably divorced in 2016, at which time she announced that she was gay.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3080899/6-lgbt-hookups-break-ups-and-scandals-shocked-taiwans|title=6 LGBT hookups, break-ups and scandals that shocked Taiwan's movie and music scenes – from Aaron Yan to Enno Cheng|work=South China Morning Post|first=Bennett|last=Marcus|date=22 April 2020|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/taiwan-musician-enno-cheng-announce-divorces-comes-out-as-lesbian/|title=Taiwan musician Enno Cheng announces divorce, comes out as lesbian|work=Gay Star News|date=8 January 2016|access-date=29 May 2020|archive-date=29 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429104357/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/taiwan-musician-enno-cheng-announce-divorces-comes-out-as-lesbian/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Activism and politics ==
In 2009, Cheng posed for photographer Clive Arrowsmith as part of the "T for Tibet" campaign, in which celebrities were photographed forming the letter "T" with their hands, along with other Taiwanese musicians Fire EX., Panai Kusui, and Chthonic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/07/11/2003448410|title=Shooting for the stars|first=Eric|last=Shih|access-date=29 May 2020|date=11 July 2009|work=Taipei Times}}</ref>
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cheng gave a performance remotely for the inauguration of President Tsai Ing-wen's second term.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3170367|title=小英總統連任就職音樂會 客家子弟黃子軒新竹州廳接力線上演唱|trans-title=President Tsai's inauguration concert, various artists give online performances|date=19 May 2020|access-date=29 May 2020|work=Liberty Times}}</ref>
In May 2020, Cheng recorded a track for the album ''T-POP: No Fear In Love'', a compilation album celebrating the one-year anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, with others including 9m88.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/05/25/2003737004|title=Equality campaign marks same-sex law anniversary|date=25 May 2020|access-date=29 May 2020|first=Sherry|last=Hsiao|work=Taipei Times}}</ref>
==Filmography== === Films === * Summer's Tail 夏天的尾巴 (2007) * Tears 眼淚 (2009) * Maverick (2015)
=== Television === * ''Green Door'' (2019) * The Mirror (2019)
<ref>[https://movie.douban.com/celebrity/1256052/ Enno Cheng at douban.com]</ref> <ref>[http://chinesemov.com/actors/Enno-Cheng.html Enno Cheng at chinesemov.com]</ref>
==Discography==
=== Solo albums ===
* Neptune (2011) * Pluto (2017) * Dear Uranus (2019) * Mercury Retrograde (2022) * Moon Phases (2025)
=== with Chocolate Tiger ===
* Nighttime Factory (夜工廠) (2013) * YI-CHUN (怡君) (2015)
==Bibliography== * Summer's Tail (2007)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Facebook|id=ennocheng}} * {{Facebook|id=chocolate.tiger.band.tw|name=Chocolate Tiger}} * {{IMDb name|2829489}} * {{Discogs artist|5806944-%E9%84%AD%E5%AE%9C%E8%BE%B2}}
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