| Augusta Xu-Holland | |||||
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1991 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||
| Nationality: | New Zealand | ||||
| Occupation: | Acting and Bioenergy | ||||
| Years Active: | 2016-present | ||||
| Known For: | The Last Race, Borderland Love, The Eight Hundred | ||||
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Augusta Xu-Holland (; born 17 April 1991) is a New Zealand actress.
Xu-Holland was born in Auckland to a Chinese father and New Zealand mother and grew up in Wellington and the Bay of Plenty. From 2009 to 2013, she attended Victoria University for a bachelor's degree in biology and Asian studies.[1] Upon graduation, she moved to China and worked in public relations and bioenergy at Kaidi New Energy Group, China's largest privately owned bioenergy company.[2] [3] [4]
Shortly after deciding to become an actress in 2015, Xu-Holland was cast in a leading role in The Last Race alongside award-winning actors Joseph Fiennes and Shawn Dou.
Xu-Holland started her acting career in China-Hollywood co-production The Last Race (2016) directed by Stephen Shin. The Last Race is an unofficial sequel to the Academy Award winning story of Chinese-born Scottish Olympic gold medalist Eric Liddell, Chariots of Fire (1981).[5] In The Last Race, Xu-Holland plays Catherine Standish, a fictional character whom Eric Liddell, played by Joseph Fiennes, gave up his chance of repatriation arranged between the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and the Japanese government.[6] Liddell later died in the Weixian Internment Camp in Weifang, China.[7]
Xu-Holland is best recognized for her work in China, such as television series “Borderland Love” (2018) written by award-winning Chinese Gao Mantang and online film Special Mission (2018). In 2019, Xu-Holland stars in one of China's most highly anticipated films The Eight Hundred (2019) directed by Guan Hu, alongside Li Chen and Yao Chen.[8]
The US version of The Last Race was released under the title On Wings of Eagles in 2017.[9] Unspoken Code (2018) won Best Narrative Short at the California International Shorts Festival and Best Short Film at the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto.[10] Xu-Holland has never received formal acting training, and attributes her skills to the scale of opportunities whilst working in China.
| Year | English Title | Chinese Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Last Race | 终极胜利 | Catherine Standish | Released in the US as On Wings of Eagles |
| 2018 | Unspoken Code | Rhonda | Short film | |
| Special Mission | 特种使命之绿色军团 | Lina | ||
| 2019 | Meta Area | 原脑:坏死区 | Pudding | |
| The Eight Hundred | 八佰 | Eva | [11] Credited as Xu Jiawen | |
| Werewolf | 狼人杀 | Luna | Quadrilogy |
| Year | English Title | Chinese Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Borderland Love | 爱情的边疆 | Wenwen | Also under the English name Frontier of Love | |
| 2022 | Cupid's Kitchen | Elise |