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* Jury member of the Berlinale 2008.
* She was once considered to play the role of Jiao Long in CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000).
* Her (soon-to-be-fired) manager pulled her out of CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON to do a commercial instead. Fellow Taiwanese and future co-star (in Three Times) Chang Chen went on to play opposite her replacement, Zhang Ziyi.
* Famously rose from nude pictorials and soft-core sex films to mainstream success.
* Posed for renowned Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee for Kee's 2006 charity photo-book Super Stars, dedicated to the victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami disaster, which consist of photographs of 300 Asian celebrities by Kee.
* Sometimes credited as: Chi Hsu, Qi Hsu, Kei
* Cantonese Name: Shu Kei
* Mandarin Name: Shu Qi
* Has been called the Sharon Stone of the East.
* She has the same birthday as Pope Benedict XVI.
* In 1996, she was the winner of the Best New Performer at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
* In 1996, she was given the Best Supporting Actress at the 2nd Golden Bauhinia Awards.
* Shu Qui was director Ang Lee’s first choice for the part of Jen (later played by Zhang Ziyi) in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
* In a 1997 interview her manager, Manfred Wong, said “If you’re an unknown and from Taiwan, there is no such thing as doing art and high-class films. Shu Qi knows if she doesn’t strip, she can’t be a star.”
* Early in her career, she received number of awards for the soft-porn film Viva Erotica, which gave her the media attention she needed to get parts in more mainstream films.
* In 1997 she was given the Best Supporting Actress Award for Viva Erotica at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
* She was awarded Best New Performer at the 1997 Hong Kong Film Awards for her performance in Viva Erotica.
* She was nominated for the 1998 Best Actress Hong Kong Film Award for her part in Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke.
* She received the Best Supporting Actress nomination from the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1999 for The Storm Riders.
* She was nominated for the 1999 Best Actress Hong Kong Film Award for her part in City of Glass.
* In 1999 she was given the Best Supporting Actress Award for Portland Street Blues at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
* She won the Golden Horse for Best Lead actress in 2005 for her starring performance in Three Times.
* She was nominated for Best Actress Golden Horse in 1997 for Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke.
* She won the Golden Bauhinia Best Supporting Actress in 1997 for Viva Erotica.
* Her manager, Manfred Wong, pulled Shu Qi from the production of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon so she could do a Japanese Coca-Cola commercial.