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A graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique, Jin Xuan Mao performed with Macha Makeïeff, Roland Auzet and David Bobée, among others. He plays the role of Étienne in the series Emily in Paris and works with movie directors such as Xavier Legrand, Camille Lugan, Guillaume Canet and Rachel Suissa.
His practice is marked by the complex intersectionality that inhabits him and is forged by his commitments to queer, anti-racist and transfeminist causes. With a predilection for transdisciplinarity, his artistic practice, rich in influences, crosses theatre, dance, pop, ballroom and Chinese cultures, cinema, art of drag and burlesque. His work is an attempt to shine a light on silenced people and invisibilised lives and to bring greater authenticity and justice to queer and Asian representations. Under the name Jinix, he performs outside conventional cultural venues, creating a universe that interweaves humour, extravagance, sensuality and poetry and celebrates a life in constant metamorphosis.
Jin Xuan Mao is currently working on My Odyssey, produced by the MC93, as part of CommonPROD. The piece will be premiered in Fall 2026.
Project: An intimate solo piece, My Odyssey is an ode to the obstinate quest for oneself, an incandescent celebration of reconciliation and fulfillment.