Vaness Wu (吳建豪) (sometimes written as Van Ness Wu) was born on August 7th, 1978 in Santa Monica, California and was raised in Newport Beach, California. He is a Taiwanese-American actor, entertainer, singer, director, spokesperson, and producer.

He graduated from Corona del Mar High School. He studied acting in Hollywood and is fluent in Mandarin, English, Spanish and Cantonese. Before moving to Taiwan, he worked as a telemarketer.

He is a member of the Taiwanese group F4 (from the Taiwanese adaptation of Boys Over Flowers (called Meteor Garden) and the Korean-Mandarin duo Kangta & Vaness.

He has been active in the entertainment industry since 2000.

In 2013, he married Arissa Cheo – a Singaporean heiress and entrepreneur – in Los Angeles. The couple divorced in 2018 and do not have any children.

Vaness currently resides in Taiwan, where he works.