She has also starred in the films Help Me Eros (2007), and On Happiness Road (2017), as well as television series Two Fathers (2013), My Goddess (2018), and The Arc of Life (2021).

[4][5] Liao's father managed one of the only two cinemas in Hengchun,[2][6] and she described her family in early years as "wealthy".

[7] To avoid shift work, her father later resigned and opened a hardware store, but the business failed when she was in junior high school, leading the family to face a financial crisis.

[7] The restaurant, Qu Cun Rice Noodle Duck, is still operating in Hengchun and Liao returns to help run the store every Lunar New Year.

[8][9] Liao continued her studies in northern Taiwan and joined a film production company after graduation.