From Hollywood to Capitol Hill: Sisi Cao Expands the Mission Behind Sisi Hollywood
The international media personality and founder of Sisi Hollywood was recognized during a visit to the U.S. Capitol, as her work connecting people and cultures continues to move into a broader global arena.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Standing beneath a portrait of George Washington and surrounded by American flags inside the U.S. Capitol, Sisi Cao found herself in a setting far removed from the Hollywood red carpets where many audiences first came to know her.
Yet in many ways, the moment reflected the same journey.
Cao, an international media personality, television host and founder of Sisi Hollywood, recently visited Capitol Hill, where Congressman Andy Ogles personally led her through the historic halls of the Capitol and presented her with congressional recognition for her achievements.
For Cao, the significance of the visit extended beyond the recognition itself.
Born in China and building her media career in the United States, she has spent years moving between cultures, industries and communities. That experience became the foundation for Sisi Hollywood and its enduring mission: bridging East and West through meaningful conversation.
Rather than approaching interviews simply as opportunities to capture headlines, Cao has built her work around something more personal — creating enough space for people to move beyond rehearsed answers and speak about the experiences, values and turning points that shaped them.
That approach has taken her from Hollywood premieres and major entertainment events to conversations with filmmakers, actors, entrepreneurs, athletes and cultural figures from around the world.
Washington represented a different stage, but not necessarily a different direction.
Walking through the Capitol offered Cao a closer view of an institution that has shaped American public life for generations. From its historic rooms to the steps overlooking Washington, the visit placed her at another intersection of culture, identity and conversation.
It also comes as Cao’s own role in media continues to expand.
Alongside Sisi Hollywood, her media leadership now includes KSA Entertainment, extending her work across a broader television and increasingly international media landscape. The platforms are distinct, but the thread running through Cao’s work remains remarkably consistent: bringing people, cultures and ideas into conversation.
That continuity may be more important than any individual title.
At a time when media is increasingly fragmented by geography, technology and ideology, Cao has continued to build around a fundamentally human premise — that understanding begins by giving people the opportunity to be heard.
SPEC Entertainment President William Harlam, founder of FaceBank Global, also received congressional recognition during the Capitol visit.
The moment reflected another dimension of a changing media landscape. Harlam’s work spans entertainment and emerging technology, while Cao’s has increasingly centered on the human connection that remains essential even as the ways people communicate continue to evolve.
For Cao, the visit to Washington was therefore less a departure from her work in entertainment than an expansion of the world in which those conversations can take place.
Hollywood has given her one window into people and culture. Her experiences between China and the United States have given her another. Television has expanded the audience. And Washington offered a closer look at the institutions and public conversations that shape American life.
The settings may change, but the question at the center of Cao’s work remains much the same:
How do we understand one another better?
For Sisi Cao, the answer continues to begin with conversation.
- Sisi Cao receives congressional recognition during a visit to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
- Sisi Cao joins a conversation outside the U.S. Capitol during her Washington visit.
Sisi Cao at the Speaker of the House podium during a private tour of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
- SPEC Entertainment President William Harlam, founder of FaceBank, receives congressional recognition in Washington, D.C.
