Canadian Marvel star Simu Liu is married

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Canadian actor Simu Liu, star of Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, has tied the knot, marrying music industry executive Allison Hsu.

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Jessica Wong · CBC News

· Posted: Oct 06, 2026 12:14 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

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A smiling man in a black suit poses with a smilingwoman in a white gown on a red carpet, fuschia flowers seen against a white backdrop behind them.

Canadian actor Simu Liu, star of Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, has tied the knot, marrying music industry executive Allison Hsu, according to reports in U.S. media.

The pair celebrated their nuptials this past weekend in France, according to TMZ, the first to report the marriage, and People magazine.

CBC News has reached out to Liu's representatives for comment.

Officially dating since late 2022, the couple hrevealed their engagement via social media in May 2025, during a trip to Paris. More recently, Hsu shared images from wedding-related events in Mexico and a mid-summer visit to Paris with Liu.

A smiling man and woman pose for a selfie photograph, as she holds up her left hand to the camera to show off a large diamond engagement ring.

Canadian actor Simu Liu and music industry executive Allison Hsu are seen in a photo from her Instagram account posted in May 2025 announcing their engagement. (Allison Hsu/Instagram)

The couple has been open about their courtship, posting about each other on social media, and Liu has referenced their relationship in interviews.

"I feel challenged and loved and cared for, and I feel championed. I think the best, healthiest relationships are ones where you have each other's back, and I definitely feel like that's the case," he told People magazine in 2023.

Born in China and raised in the Toronto area, Liu is set to revisit his Marvel Universe role as Shang-Chi in the upcoming film Avengers: Doomsday.

Portraying Marvel's Chinese hero Shang-Chi catapulted Liu to international fame, on the heels of homegrown recognition he'd already garnered for the celebrated CBC comedy Kim's Convenience, for which he played Jung Kim, the estranged son of the store-owning family at the centre of the series.

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The superhero turn is among the many projects he's taken on in recent years, including appearing as a memorable Ken in the massive hit Barbie, voice roles like in the animated film In Your Dreams and starring in the spy thriller series The Copenhagen Test.

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