Celina Horan, a Chinese American actress, model, singer/songwriter, and martial artist, is professionally known as Celina Jade. She is most renowned for her portrayal of "Shado" in the CW series Arrow.
Jade's acting career commenced in Hong Kong in 2007, when she was cast as the leading lady in her first film, Legendary Assassin, alongside Wu Jing. In 2012, she made her debut in a US film by Universal Pictures, The Man with the Iron Fists, starring alongside Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu.
In 2012, Jade secured the recurring role of Shado, DC's Oliver Queen's martial arts teacher and girlfriend, in the hit CW series Arrow. Her subsequent role was in the 2015 film Skin Trade, opposite Asian action star Tony Jaa and Ron Perlman, where she played the leading lady.
Following her success in Skin Trade, Jade was cast to lead the Indie film April Flowers. In 2017, she starred as the female lead opposite Wu Jing and Frank Grillo (Captain America) in Wolf Warrior 2, which achieved phenomenal success. In less than two days, the movie surpassed the $88 million scored by the franchise's first installment in 2015. Ten days later, it overtook last year's sensation, "The Mermaid," as China's top-grossing film of all time.
By the fifth weekend, Wolf Warrior II's $860 million take made it the second-highest-earning title in a single territory in history, behind "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in North America. Celina Jade's impressive performance earned her the Kineo Anica International Icon Award at the 74th Venice film festival and the Most Popular Actress of China 2017 award by Instyle Magazine.
