chinese actress
Zhao Liying ( chinese : 赵丽颖, bear 16 October 1987 ), besides known as Zanilia Zhao, is a chinese actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in television receiver serial Legend of Lu Zhen ( 2013 ), Boss & Me ( 2014 ), The Journey of Flower ( 2015 ), The Mystic Nine ( 2016 ), Noble Aspirations ( 2016 ), Princess Agents ( 2017 ), The Story of Minglan ( 2018 ), and Legend of Fei ( 2020 ) .

early life [edit ]

Zhao was born on 16 October 1987 in Langfang, Hebei. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She graduated from Langfang School of Electronic Information Engineering, a secondary professional coach school. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] She has said of this period :

I was born in a village, but it was the experience of rural life that strengthened my strong will and gave me a firm and retentive personality. It is these experiences that have made me who I am today. so I think it is his potent kernel, the persistent avocation of dreams, the doggedness and steadfastness of the profession which you are engaged in, angstrom well as the composure and constancy when facing the vanity that makes a hero. [ 5 ]

Reading: Zhao Liying

career [edit ]

2006–2012 : Beginnings [edit ]

In 2006, Zhao Liying participated in the Yahoo Search Star Game and became the concluding achiever. She then signed with Huayi Brothers as a modern talent. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] In 2007, Zhao made her act debut in the family play Golden Marriage directed by Zheng Xiaolong. [ 7 ] In 2009, Zhao took on her first gear historic drama character in The Firmament of The Pleiades. [ 8 ] The series was broadcast on japanese channel NHK and earned critical acclaim. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Zhao received the Most popular Actress award at the chinese Creative Short Video Awards. [ 11 ] In 2010, first started to gain recognition from mainland audiences after starring in The Dream of Red Mansions ( 2010 ), based on the novel of the lapp name by Cao Xueqin. [ 12 ] In 2011, Zhao ‘s popularity rose following her role as Princess Qing’er in New My Fair Princess. [ 13 ]

2013–2015 : Rising popularity and Breakthrough [edit ]

In 2013, Zhao starred in historical drama Legend of Lu Zhen, playing an ordinary daughter who worked her way up to become the first female prime minister. [ 14 ] The drama was a hit domestically, and besides oversea in South Korea and Japan, leading to increased recognition for Zhao in the region. [ 15 ] Zhao won several newcomer and popularity awards at local prize ceremonies. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The same year, Zhao starred in historic love affair film Palace: Lock Sinensis, the fourth and final installment of the Gong series by Yu Zheng. Opposite to her common sugared and nice effigy, Zhao plays a scheme and evil princess in the film. [ 19 ] In 2014, Zhao starred in the quixotic drollery drama Boss & Me, based on Gu Man ’ s popular fresh Shan Shan Comes to Eat. [ 20 ] The series topped ratings in its timeslot in China, and besides earned high popularity oversea. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Zhao foster solidified her popularity with several high rated play in 2014, including The Legend of Chasing Fish and Wife’s Secret. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Zhao ‘s soaring popularity thanks to her respective successful acting projects led to her being crowned the “ Golden Eagle Goddess “ at the tenth China Golden Eagle TV Art Festival, where she performed as the opening act to the ceremony. [ 25 ] In 2015, Zhao starred in xianxia romanticism drama The Journey of Flower. [ 26 ] The play was a huge success in China, achieving a peak rate of 3.89 and besides became the first chinese play to surpass 20 billion on-line views. [ 27 ] The success of the play brought Zhao ‘s career to a greater acme. [ 28 ] Zhao won numerous accolades for her character in The Journey of Flower, [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] including the Best actress at the 28th China TV Golden Eagle Award. [ 32 ] Zhao was besides nominated at the Magnolia Award for Best Actress in a Television Series. [ 33 ] The lapp class, she starred in modern workplace drama Best Get Going, [ 34 ] and wuxia play Legend of Zu Mountain. [ 35 ]

2016–present : mainstream recognition [edit ]

In 2016, Zhao starred in action venture drama The Mystic Nine, playing a fresh and disdainful heiress. [ 36 ] The series was a commercial success, accumulating over 10 billion views in full. [ 37 ] Zhao won the Best actress award at the 3rd Hengdian Film and TV Festival of China for her function. [ 38 ] She was then cast as one of the two female leads, Bi Yao in Noble Aspirations, based on the popular novel Zhu Xian written by Xiao Ding. [ 39 ] The drama has over 23 billion views on-line, the highest phonograph record held by a chinese drama at that clock. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] The like year, Zhao starred in her first war drama, Rookie Agent Rouge. [ 42 ] VLinkage reported that as of December 2016, Zhao ‘s unite play ‘ views have reached over 110 billion views, which is the most views by a taiwanese actor at the consequence. [ 43 ] In 2017, Zhao starred in the Han Han -directed film, Duckweed aboard Deng Chao and Eddie Peng. [ 44 ] The sleeper hit was a commercial and critical success. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] She won her foremost film award, the Favorite Actress at the Beijing College Student Film Festival. [ 47 ] She then starred in the rotatory drama film Eternal Wave along with Aaron Kwok, about the operation of Communist Party ( CPC ) clandestine agents operating in Shanghai in the 1930s against the Japanese. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Zhao returned to the small screen with historic action drama Princess Agents, playing a slave daughter who rises up to become a herculean female cosmopolitan. [ 50 ] Princess Agents was a commercial success both domestically and internationally, and held the record as the most watch chinese television receiver series at that time. [ 51 ] Forbes China listed Zhao under their 30 Under 30 Asia 2017 list which comprises 30 influential people under 30 years old who have made substantial consequence in their fields. [ 52 ] In 2018, Zhao starred in the fantasy venture movie The Monkey King 3, playing the function of the Women Country ‘s Ruler. [ 53 ] Zhao then starred in the historic drama The Story of Minglan produced by Daylight Entertainment. [ 54 ] The drama received critical applaud and topped television ratings with over 2 % in its final episodes. [ 55 ] Zhao was nominated at the Magnolia Award for Best Actress in a Television Series for the moment clock time. [ 56 ] In 2019, it was announced that Zhao will star as the female tip in the wuxia drama Legend of Fei, based on the novel You Fei by Priest. [ 57 ]

early activities [edit ]

In 2016, Zhao was named the tourism ambassador of Hebei. [ 58 ] The same class, Zhao became the Vice President of Yi Xia Technology. [ 59 ] Zhao unveiled her wax figure at Madame Tussauds Beijing on May 2017. [ 60 ] The like year, Zhao was chosen as a stigmatize ambassador for Dior in China. [ 61 ] In March 2019, Zhao announced her partnership with Hesong Media. [ 62 ]

personal life sentence [edit ]

On October 16, 2018, Zhao announced her marriage to actor Feng Shaofeng on Sina Weibo. [ 63 ] On March 8, 2019, Zhao gave parentage to a boy. [ 64 ]

On April 23, 2021, Feng and Zhao announced their disassociate on Sina Weibo, ending their biennial marriage. They shared custody of their son .

Filmography [edit ]

film [edit ]

television series [edit ]

Short film [edit ]

Year
English title
Chinese title
Notes/Ref.

2006
Gui Zu Pian
跪族篇

2017
Who Love You The Most
谁最爱你
[88]
Love of Jasmine
茉莉之恋
[89]
Wang You Jiu Guan: Xiang Si Men
忘忧酒馆-相思门
Wang You Jiu Guan: Wang You Zhen
忘忧酒馆-忘忧镇
[90]

2018
The Real Illusion
幻狸录
[91]
Goodbye
再见
[92]
Bobo Snap
[93]
Wang You Jiu Guan III
忘忧酒馆3
[94]

Variety picture [edit ]

music video appearances [edit ]

Year
Song title
Singer
Notes/Ref.

2016
To Love You ( 終生角色)
Kenny Kwan
[98]

discography [edit ]

Singles [edit ]

Awards and nominations [edit ]

Year

Rank

Ref.

2014

80th

[136]

2015

43rd

[137]

2017

4th

[138]

2019

15th

[139]

2020

7th

[140]

2021

7th

References [edit ]