Dai Jiaoqian (; born 4 June 1982), also known as Shirley Dai, is a
Chinese
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actress, singer and hostess.
Dai is noted for her roles as Liu Xia and Princess Xingdai in the television series ''Flowering Season, Rainy Season'' (1998) and '' The Palace: the Lost Daughter'' (2014) respectively.
Life
Early life
Dai was born in
Shanghai
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on June 4, 1982, where she attended the Shanghai No.3 Middle School for Girls and Shanghai Caoyang NO.2 High School, with her
ancestral home
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in
Nanjing
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,
Jiangsu
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. Dai graduated as a recommended student, majoring in Chinese language.
Acting career
Dai first rose to prominence in 1998 for playing Liu Xia in the television series ''Flowering Season, Rainy Season'', for which she received nominations at the 17th Golden Eagle Awards.
Dai's first film role was a clerk uncredited appearance in the film ''
Crash Landing
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'' (2000).
In 2002, Dai had a supporting role in ''Contact'', which won Best Supporting Actress at the 12th Chunyan Awards.
In 2004, Dai played her role as Ru Yu in the '' Xiaozhuang Epic'' sequel, '' Secret History of the Crown Prince''.
In 2005, Dai participated in
Jeffrey Lau
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's ''
A Chinese Tall Story
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Synopsis
It is a twisted story about Tang Sanzang and his t ...
'', a fantasy adventure film starring
Nicholas Tse
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,
Charlene Choi
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Early life
Choi was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. S ...
,
Fan Bingbing
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,
Bolin Chen
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Early life and education
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and Steven Cheung.
She starred in many television series, such as ''Phoenix Swing'' (2001), ''Shouting for You to Come Back'' (2007), ''Spring Goes, Spring Comes'' (2008) and ''The Diamond Family'' (2009).
In 2007, Dai appeared as Jian Xiong in ''The Sword and the Chess of Death'', a
wuxia
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television series starring
Tony Sun
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Career
Sun gained much solo experience by releasing several well-received albums in Taiwanese Hokkien
...
, Jenson Tien,
Liu Tao
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and
Ray Lui
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.
In 2010, Dai starred as Tong Jinyu, reuniting her with co-star
Kingdom Yuen
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, who played Ma Linglong, in the television series ''
Happy Mother-in-Law, Pretty Daughter-in-Law
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''.
In 2011, Dai played the character Li Qinghe in ''The Legend of Crazy Monk 2'', an ancient costume comedy starring Benny Chan,
Lam Chi-chung
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Partial filmography
* ''The Sexy Guys'' (2019)
* ''The Incredible Monk 3'' (2019)
* ''Monkey King - The Volcano'' (2019)
* ''Flirting Scholar from the Future'' (2019)
* ''A Home with a ...
, Zhang Liang and Ye Zuxin.
Dai played a supporting role Huo Caidie in the 2012 wuxia television series ''
The Bride with White Hair
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The film's main character, Lian Nichang, is loosely based on the protagonist of Liang Yusheng's novel ''Baifa Monü Zh ...
'', adapted from
Liang Yusheng
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's novel of the same title. The same year, Dai starred in the romantic comedy television series ''Mermaid Legend'', alongside
Kenny Kwan
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,
Zanilia Zhao
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and Ding Zijun, the series was one of the most watched ones in mainland China in that year. In 2013, ''China Whisper'' described her as "Top 10 Most Beautiful Girls in Shanghai".
In 2014, Dai starred with Lu Yi,
Mabel Yuan
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She is noted for her roles as in the ''Gong'' series: ''Palace II'' (2012) and ''Palace III'' (2013); as well as ''Swordsman'' (2013) and ''Jian ...
Palace II
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'',
Filmography
Film
Television series
Single
* ''Over the Heart'' ()
* ''I Know'' ()
* ''Call'' ()
* ''My Motherland, I Love You'' ()
* ''The Sound a Flower Blooms'' ()
* ''Shouting for You to Come Back'' ()
* ''A Little Happy Woman'' ()
* ''Love of The Starry Sky '' ()
* ''Figure'' ()
* ''Suddenly Remind of You'' ()
Television Programme
* ''Travel Channel Inc.'' - ''Top Model''
* ''
CCTV-4
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This channel contains a variety of programs including documentaries, music, news, dr ...
'' - ''Cyber Sunday''
* ''
Hebei Television
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'' - ''Wonderful Television''
* ''
Tianjin Television
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'' - ''The Legendary Swordsman''
* ''
China Education Television
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