Her mother died from breast cancer when she was 9, leaving her and her younger sister to be cared for by relatives while her father worked in China for many years.[6][6].

[8] That same year she starred in another SETTV drama entitled Miss Rose, playing the supporting role of a spoiled fiancee to lead actor Roy Chiu's character.

In 2013, Kuo made a cameo appearance in Fabulous Boys, the Taiwanese remake of the popular Korean idol drama You're Beautiful.

[12] In Pleasantly Surprised, Kuo starred opposite popular male model and actor Jasper Liu, whom she first met and previously collaborated with for a short comedy skit at the 2013 Golden Bell Awards presentation show, where they played a couple as leads in a romantic idol drama.

[14] Kuo also showed that her popularity was rising outside of Taiwan when she won the "China Wave Award" at the same ceremony.

After starring in We Got Married Global Edition, Kuo's popularity soared in South Korea and her group Dream Girls was the only Taiwanese music act invited to the "2014 Asia Song Festival" held in Busan, South Korea.

[18] In late 2014, after Pleasantly Surprised finished filming, Kuo took a break from acting to work on Dream Girls' next album and a photo book that was scheduled for release in December 2014.