Adolescence Comes to an End in "Caity"
More than a coming-of-age story, Caity is a movie about losing the naivety of childhood before you're ready to.
Michelle Mao
Xinyi "Michelle" Fang (born 19 March 1997), known professionally as Michelle Mao, is an actress. She was born in Nashville, grew up in Hong Kong and Beijing, attended boarding school in England, and graduated with a BA in Media Studies from UC Berkeley in 2019 followed by a MA from Tsinghua University back in Beijing.
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