Yao Chen
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Yao Chen (born 5 October 1979) is an award-winning Chinese actress and the person on Sina Weibo
with the largest number of "fans" (analogous to "followers" on Twitter
), with over 14.8 million .
, Quanzhou
, Fujian
province, China in 1979 to a middle-class family, and studied Chinese folk dance at the Beijing Dance Academy
from 1993 to 1997, then studied at the Beijing Film Academy
from 1999 to 2003. Her acting debut was as the daughter of a powerful martial artist in a 2005 television production of My Own Swordsman. Following this, in 2008, she played the part of an iconic guerilla leader in the series Undercover. Her first stage appearance was as a white-collar heroine in A Story of Lala's Promotion (2009). She has since appeared as Mango in Feng Xiaogang
's If You Are the One 2 (2010), in Chen Yili’s Colour Me Love (2010) and in Shang Jing’s My Own Swordsman (2011). She won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress in 2010.
In 2004 Yao Chen married the Chinese actor Ling Xiao Su, but they divorced in January 2011.
In 2011 Yao Chen visited Mae La refugee camp
in northern Thailand as UNHCR
’s Honorary Patron for China. The number of followers of her microblogging during this visit increased dramatically, won over by her sincere, fearless communication and her honest engagement with current world events. As she left Mae La she said, "I hope to spend part of every year with refugees."
Sina Weibo
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with the largest number of "fans" (analogous to "followers" on Twitter
Twitter
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), with over 14.8 million .
Biography
Yao Chen was born in Shishi CityShishi City
Shishi City is a County-level city in the municipal region of Quanzhou, Fujian province, China, zip code:362700.The city has an area of 160 000 km2 with a population of 313 500 residents.It's well known for garments trading and industry....
, Quanzhou
Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders all other prefecture-level cities in Fujian but two and faces the Taiwan Strait...
, Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
province, China in 1979 to a middle-class family, and studied Chinese folk dance at the Beijing Dance Academy
Beijing Dance Academy
Beijing Dance Academy , also known as Beijing Dance Institute, is the only institution of higher education in dance in China. There are three specialties: performance, choreography and dance studies. It offers Master's degrees and Bachelor's degrees....
from 1993 to 1997, then studied at the Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Film Academy is a coeducational state-run higher education institution in Beijing, China. The film school is the largest institution specialised in the tertiary education for film and television production in Asia...
from 1999 to 2003. Her acting debut was as the daughter of a powerful martial artist in a 2005 television production of My Own Swordsman. Following this, in 2008, she played the part of an iconic guerilla leader in the series Undercover. Her first stage appearance was as a white-collar heroine in A Story of Lala's Promotion (2009). She has since appeared as Mango in Feng Xiaogang
Feng Xiaogang
Feng Xiaogang , in is a Chinese film director. He is famous in China as being perhaps the most successful "commercialized" filmmaker whose comedy films do consistently well in the box office, although Feng has attempted to break out from that mold by making drama or period drama films...
's If You Are the One 2 (2010), in Chen Yili’s Colour Me Love (2010) and in Shang Jing’s My Own Swordsman (2011). She won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress in 2010.
In 2004 Yao Chen married the Chinese actor Ling Xiao Su, but they divorced in January 2011.
In 2011 Yao Chen visited Mae La refugee camp
Mae La refugee camp
Mae La is a refugee camp in Thailand. It was established in 1984 in Tha Song Yang District, Tak Province and currently houses 30,000 refugees, with more arriving each week from Burma. Mae La Camp is the largest Burmese refugee camp...
in northern Thailand as UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to...
’s Honorary Patron for China. The number of followers of her microblogging during this visit increased dramatically, won over by her sincere, fearless communication and her honest engagement with current world events. As she left Mae La she said, "I hope to spend part of every year with refugees."
Filmography and TV work
- My Own Swordsman (television) (2005)
- Undercover, (2008)
- LurkLurk (TV series)Lurk is a 2009 Chinese television series based on a spy novel. The series is directed by Jiang Wei.- Story :Yu Zecheng was an apparently low-key Kuomintang military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics or The Investigation and Statistics Bureau later on change the name as The Counterespionage...
(2009) - A Story of Lala's Promotion (2009)
- Sophie's RevengeSophie's RevengeSophie's Revenge is a 2009 Chinese-Korean film starring Zhang Ziyi, So Ji-sub, Fan Bingbing, Ruby Lin, Peter Ho, and Yao Chen.This movie is a co-production with South Korean powerhouse CJ Entertainment. Sound and effects help also came from South Korea through Seoul-based postproduction houses...
(2009) - If You Are the One 2 (2010)
- My Own Swordsman (2010)
- Color Me Love (2010)
External links
- Yao Chen's Official Website (Chinese)
- Yao Chen on Weibo