Blake Abbie (born October 30, 1990 in Montreal, Canada) is a Canadian writer of Chinese and Scottish descent. He is the editor-at-large of the fashion magazines, System and A Magazine Curated By. In 2018, Abbie made his television debut in the Chinese series Meteor Garden playing Thomas.
After college, Abbie went to study classical music in Paris, France. To stay in the country, Abbie was required to obtain an internship and thus became a photographer's assistant. He became interested in fashion media after applying for an editorial assistant position with the magazine, Industry.[6] After working at Industry for a year, Abbie left the magazine to start System with some colleagues in 2013. He became the editor-at-large of A Magazine Curated By in 2014 and was the managing editor for Document Journal from 2014 to 2016.[4] At some point, he met Angie Chai through some family members with connections. Chai originally considered him for a role in a film, before casting him as Thomas in Meteor Garden (2018).[7] In 2021, he had a small role in the Chinese film Tomorrow Will be Fine.[8]
In early 2023, Abbie appeared as a main cast member in the Netflix reality series Bling Empire: New York.[9] It was cancelled after one season.[10]
He visited Vanness Wu's restaurant Bake Culture in New York City and posted a photo of him with a cardboard cutout of Wu. Abbie captioned it "Unexpected series crossover with Vanness Wu."[14]
His Chinese name is Wang Limin (Chinese: 王立民; pinyin: Wáng Lìmín).[15]
Abbie speaks three languages, English, French, and Mandarin.[16]
