Ariel Lin Yi-chen (; born 29 October 1982) is a

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actress and singer. She rose to fame for her role as Yuan Xiangqin in the

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'' It Started with a Kiss'' (2005) and the Chinese fantasy drama ''

The Little Fairy ''The Little Fairy'' () is a 2006 Chinese television series based on the legend of the '' Fairy Couple'' during the Han Dynasty. The series was produced by Mediacorp (Singapore), Chinese Entertainment Shanghai (China) and Taiwanese Film Studio (Ta ...

'' (2006). Lin won

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at the 43rd and 47th

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for her roles in ''

They Kiss Again ''They Kiss Again'' () is a 2007 Taiwanese television series starring Joe Cheng, Ariel Lin, Jiro Wang and Danson Tang. It is the sequel to '' It Started with a Kiss'' which is based on the Japanese manga series ''Itazura na Kiss'' (イタズ� ...

'' (2007) and '' In Time with You'' (2011) respectively.

Career

2004: Beginnings

Lin was first discovered in a Taiwanese beauty contest. She made her debut in the television drama ''True Love 18'' (2002). Lin also starred in her first film ''Love Me, If You Can'' (2004), which earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 40th

Golden Horse Awards The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is us ...

. She gained more popularity after starring in the idol drama series ''My Secret Garden II'' and '' Love Contract'' opposite

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. She also sang the theme song for ''Love Contract'', titled "Alone in the northern hemisphere", which topped the KTV and ring tone charts for 12 weeks.

2005–2007: Breakthrough

Lin rose to mainstream popularity for her role as Yuan Xiangqin in the popular Taiwanese idol drama '' It Started with a Kiss'' (2005). The series topped ratings in Taiwan, and was a hit across Asia. Lin then starred in her first Chinese drama, ''

'' (2006) where she played the Seventh Fairy Maiden. The series was extremely popular and had high ratings, marking her successful foray into the Chinese market. The same year, she starred in '' Tokyo Juliet'' alongside

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. Lin reunited with

Joe Cheng Joseph Cheng, () (born 19 June 1982) is a Taiwanese model, actor and singer. Although he started his career as a model, Cheng is well known for his role as Jiang Zhishu in Taiwanese drama serial version of Japanese manga ''Itazura Na Kiss'', '' ...

in ''

'' (2007), the sequel of ''It Started with a Kiss''. The drama had an average rating of 3.43, becoming one of the highest rated idol dramas. Lin's performance in the drama won her the Best Actress award at the 43rd

, making her the first actress in history to win the award with an idol drama. The same year, she released the single "Adventure of Lunia" as the theme song for the video game '' Lunia: Record of Lunia War''.

2008–2013: Continued success and Singing career

Lin starred in the 2008 adaptation of

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's novel ''

The Legend of the Condor Heroes ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' is a wuxia novel by Chinese writer Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It is the first part of the '' Condor Trilogy'' and is followed by '' The Return of the Condor Heroes'' and '' The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''. I ...

''. She plays Huang Rong, opposite her ''The Little Fairy'' co-star

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, who plays

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. She also starred in the Taiwanese drama ''

Love or Bread ''Love or Bread'' () is a 2008 Taiwanese drama starring Joe Cheng and Ariel Lin. It was produced by Gala Television and directed by Lin He-long. This marks the third drama that Cheng and Lin have co-starred together, after '' It Started with a Ki ...

'', her third collaboration with

. In 2009, Lin signed a three-year and three-album contract with

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. She released her first album, ''

Blissful Encounter ''Blissful Encounter'' () is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Ariel Lin's () debut Mandarin solo studio album. It was released on 10 July 2009 by Avex Taiwan. On 21 August 2009, Avex Taiwan released another edition with a bonus DVD containing two music v ...

'', which sold 20,000 copies within 2 days. The same year, she starred in her first theater play, ''The War and Peace between Men and Women''. Lin then starred in romance drama '' In Time with You'' (2011), co-starring

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. It was the highest rated Taiwanese idol drama of the year and was extremely popular across Asia. Lin won her

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trophy for her performance in the series. She then starred alongside

Feng Shaofeng Feng Shaofeng (, born October 7, 1978), also known as William Feng, is a Chinese actor. Feng rose to fame with the hit time travel series ''Palace'' (2011). He was ranked 33rd on 2012's Forbes China Celebrity 100 list. He won the Hundred Flowers A ...

in the historical drama '' Prince of Lan Ling'' (2013). In 2013, she was listed by Forbes as the 85th most influential celebrity in China.

2014–present: Films

Following her television career, Lin focused on films. In 2014, she starred in the crime caper ''

Sweet Alibis ''Sweet Alibis'' is a 2014 Taiwanese comedy film starring Alec Su as a cowardly veteran cop and Ariel Lin as an overzealous rookie. The film follows the pair who team up to solve crimes together in Kaohsiung. Plot Starting from a seemingly point ...

'' alongside

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. It was chosen as the Most Popular Taiwanese Film at the 6th Straits Film and Television Awards. Lin then starred in ''

Go Lala Go 2 ''Go Lala Go 2'' () is a 2015 Chinese romantic comedy-drama film directed by Andrew Chien and starring Ariel Lin, Vic Zhou and Chen Bolin. The film is based on a novel and is a sequel to the 2010 film '' Go Lala Go!''. It was released on December ...

'' (2015), the sequel to the 2010 hit film ''

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''. However unlike its predecessor, it was a critical and commercial flop. Lin turned to the thriller genre in ''

The Mysterious Family ''The Mysterious Family'' ( zh, 神秘家族; also known as ''The Mysteries Family'') is a 2017 Chinese suspense film written and directed by Park Yu-hwan. The film was inspired by a homicide case that occurred in Fujian, in 2014. The film stars A ...

'' (2017), playing a rape victim who becomes psychologically scarred after the incident. The same year, she was cast in the television drama '' Old Boy'' alongside Liu Ye, marking her small-screen comeback after 4 years. In 2018, Lin was cast in the historical drama ''I Will Never Let You Go'' as the protagonist.

Personal life

Lin was born in

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to a middle-income family. She has a younger brother. Her parents separated when she was very young and divorced when she was in high school. (Lin helped reconcile them in 2014.) Lin was raised by her mother and lived in poverty for many years. She began taking care of the family in her second year of high school after her mother suffered a cerebellar stroke. At age 18, she entered a beauty competition because she wanted to win the prize money and buy her brother a new computer. She won first place. She was also accepted to

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...

, a top university in Taiwan. She graduated with a BA in

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while working as an actress part-time. When she filmed in China, several of her classmates copied notes for her. Lin is severely

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(-7.0D) and wears

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. In June 2008, Lin was diagnosed with a 2 cm cyst on her pituitary gland, following which she had an operation in February 2009. In 2013, she decided to take a break from her career. She went to

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and obtained a Master of Arts (MA) in Acting for Screen from the

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in 2014. On 24 December 2014, Lin married businessman Charles Lin. The couple were introduced by mutual friends. On 29 September 2021, Lin announced her pregnancy hours after media broke the news. She gave birth to a girl on 18 October that year. She wrote a book during her pregnancy, which topped

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's bestseller lists (both print and e-book) when it was published in January 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Theater

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Music video

* 2001: ** Believe - 相信 (May day - 五月天) 2001 ** Lonely Flight - 寂寞飛行 (Maggie Chiang - 江美琪) 2001 ** Nunchuks - 雙截棍 (Jay Chow 周杰倫) 2001 ** Paper Flight - 紙飛機 (Sandy Lam - 林憶蓮) 2001 * 2002: ** MAKE A WISH (Vic Chou - 周渝民) 2002 ** Love Guardian 鎮守愛情 (Power Staton - 動力火車) 2002 ** Angel (David Tao - 陶吉吉) 2002 * 2003: ** Friends 名扬四海 - Rainbow (You Chiu-Hsing 尤秋興 of Power Station 動力火車) 2003 ** She's having my baby (Tension) 2003 * 2004: ** Secret Garden II 我的秘密花園 II - 單純的臉孔 (Zhang Jian) 2004 ** Cha Cha (Secret Garden II OST - 我的秘密花園 II 電視原聲帶) (Ariel Lin - 林依晨, Cheryl Yang - 楊謹華, Yolin Liang - 梁又琳, Michelle Lin - 林立雯, Marcus - 張天霖 và Daniel Lee - 李岳) 2004 ** Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶-孤單北半球 2004 (Ariel Lin - 林依晨) 2004 ** Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶-中間 (Fish Leong - 梁静茹) 2004 ** Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶 - Shinning (丸子) 2004 ** Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶 - 失去 (A-Yue 張震嶽) 2004 ** Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶 - 關於我們之間的事 (A-Yue 張震嶽) 2004 ** Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶 - 中間（鋼琴版）(潘協慶) 2004 ** 孤單北半球 (Ariel Lin - 林依晨) 2004 ** Waiting for You - 字幕歌词 (Asnon Hu - 胡彦斌) (Love Contract MV) 2004 ** 白月光 (Jeff Chang - 张信哲) 2004 (Ariel Lin dub Korean for the girl in the MV) * 2005: ** It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - Say you love me (Jason & 温岚) 2005 ** It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - Meet 遇到 (方雅賢) 2005 ** It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - Come A Little Closer 靠近一點點 (梁心頤) ** It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - Can We 能不能 (Jason Wang 王威登 & Lady Wen 溫嵐) 2005 ** It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - The Whole World Could Hear 全世界的人都知道 (王俞勻) 2005 ** It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - Regret 後悔 (何書宇) 2005 ** It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - 惡作劇 (王藍茵) 2005 ** Born in A Troubled Time - 亂世浮生 (May day - 五月天) 2005 ** 惡作劇 (王藍茵) 2005 * 2006: ** The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 一眼萬年 (S.H.E) 2006 ** The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 千年淚 (Tank) 2006 ** The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 天亮以後 (Hu Ge - 胡歌) 2006 ** The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 古靈精怪 (吳艾倫 & 林靜) 2006 ** The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 月光 (Hu Ge - 胡歌) 2006 ** The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 棋只 2006 ** Tokyo Juliet 東方茱麗葉 - 逆風 (花園精靈) 2006 ** Tokyo Juliet 東方茱麗葉 - It Had To Be You 非你莫屬 (Ariel Lin - 林依晨) 2006 ** Good friend - 好朋友 (Alan Luo - 羅志祥) 2006 * 2007: ** Angel Wings - 天使的翅膀 (published in ''

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2007 Light Concert'' by Xu Zhiwei - 许志玮, Ariel Lin - 林依晨, Joe Cheng - 郑元畅, Rainie Yang - 杨丞琳, Mike He - 贺军翔, Cyndi Wang - 王心凌, Phoebe Huang - 黄嘉千, Wallace Huo - 霍建华, David Chen - 陈宇凡, Penny Lin - 林韦君, Eli Shih - 施易男, Van Fan - 范逸臣, Cheryl Yang - 杨谨华, Victor Wong - 品冠, Alien Huang - 黃鴻升, Ben Pai - 白吉胜,... ) 2007 ** Adventure of Lunia - 路尼亞戰記 (Ariel Lin - 林依晨) 2007 ** They Kiss Again 惡作劇2吻 - 幸福合作社 (Mavis Fan - 范曉萱) 2007 ** They Kiss Again 惡作劇2吻 - 你 (Ariel Lin - 林依晨) 2007

TV Commercial

* 2001: ** TrainAsia 2U PrePaidCard (2001) ** TrainAsia 2U PrePaidCard CDbox (2001) ** TrainAsia 2U PrePaidCard KTV (2001) * 2003: ** Jcode CF Meetings (2003) (Ariel Lin and

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) ** Xin Gui Bai Strawberry Biscuit CF 1 (2003) (Ariel Lin and

Bryant Chang Ray Chang (born March 31, 1985), formerly known as Bryant Chang, is a Taiwanese actor. He is known for his role in '' Eternal Summer'', for which he won the Best New Performer award at the 2006 Golden Horse Awards The Taipei Golden Horse ...

) ** Jcode CF Restaurant (2003) (Ariel Lin and

) ** Xin Gui Bai Strawberry Biscuit CF 2 (2003)(Ariel Lin and

) ** Jcode CF Ghost House (2003) (Ariel Lin and

) ** Xin Gui Bai Strawberry Biscuit CF 2 (2003) * 2004: ** Jcode CF Valentines (2/2004) (Ariel Lin and

) ** Jcode CF Motorcycle (2004) ** Contact Lens Solution CF (2004) * 2005: ** Jcode CF Reminder (2/2005) (Ariel Lin and

) ** Jcode CF Love (8/2005) (Ariel Lin and

) ** Heme CF Romeo Juliet (12/2005) (Ariel Lin and

Vic Chou Vic Chou () is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He is a member of the Taiwanese boy band F4. Career F4 Chou rose to fame for his role as Hua Ze Lei in the highly popular Taiwan television series ''Meteor Garden''. At the conclusion of the series, ...

) * 2006: ** Jcode CF Love (1/2006) (Ariel Lin and

) ** Jcode CF Slow Dance (2/2006) (Ariel Lin and

) ** Sofy CF Puzzle (4/2006) ** Heme CF Romeo Juliet (5/2006) (Ariel Lin and

) ** Green Tea CF Shopping (5/2006) ** Sofy CF Sleep In (9/2006) ** Green Tea CF Field (10/2006) ** Heme Commercial (11/2006) ** Heme CF Red Dress (11/2006)

Bibliography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

*
Ariel Lin's official website
*
Ariel Lin at hkmdb.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Ariel 1982 births Living people Taiwanese television actresses Taiwanese film actresses Taiwanese Mandopop singers Actresses from Taipei Musicians from Taipei National Chengchi University alumni People from Yilan County, Taiwan Taiwanese idols 21st-century Taiwanese singers 21st-century Taiwanese actresses 21st-century Taiwanese women singers Participants in Chinese reality television series Reality show winners