Liu Yan (; born 8 November 1980), also known as Ada Liu, is a Chinese actress, hostess and singer. She won the "Best New Artist" at the 2nd

Top Chinese Music Awards The Top Chinese Music Awards () is an annual music awards to recognize Chinese popular music artists and works. The Top Chinese Music Awards was established in 2001 and is held in China. The awards have been described by the media as China's equi ...

and the "Best Promising Host" at the 3rd Zongyi Award, in 2010 the Most Influencing Host of China named she on their list of the 10 Greatest hosts in Television. Liu is noted for her roles as Dai Yiyi and Jiajia in ''

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'' (2013) and ''The Incredible Truth'' (2013) respectively.

Life

Early life

Liu was born in

Hengyang Hengyang (; ) is the second largest city of Hunan Province, China. It straddles the Xiang River about south of the provincial capital of Changsha. As of the 2020 Chinese census, Its total population was 6,645,243 inhabitants, whom 1,290,715 ...

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, on November 8, 1980, with her

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Wuhu Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei city to the northwest, Ma'anshan ...

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. She was raised in

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

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and is the younger of two children, with an elder brother. Liu became the student in charge of entertainment in her class when she was a pupil. Liu enrolled at

Hunan Normal University Hunan Normal University (), founded in 1938, is a public university in Changsha, Hunan Province. The university is the 211 Project university, one of the country's 100 national key universities in the 21st century that enjoy priority in obtain ...

, earning a bachelor's degree in Chinese literature.

Hosting career

Liu joined

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to host television in 1999, at the same year, she entered

Communication University of China The Communication University of China (CUC) () is a leading public university in Beijing. It is one of the China's key universities of 'Double First Class University Plan', directly administered by the Ministry of Education of the People's Repu ...

. In March 2000, Liu hosted ''Financial Report'' and ''Green News'' in

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. From 2001 to 2002, she hosted ''Walking in Guangzhou''. In November 2002, Liu joined Hunan Public Channel and hosted ''Public News''. In 2004, Liu returned to Guangzhou, she hosted ''Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao'' in Guangdong Television. In December 2005, Liu joined

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Acting career

Liu made her acting debut in 2008 when she was chosen to act as a supporting actor in fantasy film ''

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''. In 2009, Liu acted in the historical television series ''

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'' directed by You Xiaogang, playing the role of Empress Zhang. Liu had a minor role as Yun Mei in fantasy film ''

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'' (2011), and also starred in

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's romance film ''Marry Mr. Prefect''. In 2012, Liu was cast in the historical television series ''Against the Blade of Honour'', which adapted from Taiwanese novelist

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wuxia ( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted f ...

novel of the same title. However the series has not been broadcast to date. After playing minor roles in various films and television series, Liu then acted bigger roles in ''

'', ''The Incredible Truth'', ''

Jian Bing Man ''Jian Bing Man'' () is a 2015 Chinese superhero parody film. It was directed, written and also starring Da Peng, Mabel Yuan Yuan Shanshan (, born 22 February 1987) also known as Mabel Yuan is a Chinese actress and singer. She is noted for he ...

'' and ''

I Belonged to You ''I Belonged to You'' is a 2016 Chinese romantic drama film directed by Zhang Yibai and starring Deng Chao, Bai Baihe, Yang Yang, Zhang Tianai, Yue Yun-peng, Du Juan and Liu Yan. It was released in China on September 29, 2016. Plot I Belonged To ...

'', which enjoyed commercial box office success in China and she quickly rose to prominence. In 2016, Liu reunited with fellow ''

'' co-star Yang Yang in

xianxia ''Xianxia'' ( zh, s=, t=仙俠), directly translated to 'immortal heroes', is a genre of Chinese fantasy heavily inspired by Taoism and influenced by Chinese mythology, Chan Buddhism, Chinese martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese ...

drama ''

Martial Universe ''Martial Universe'' (Chinese: 武动乾坤) is a 2018 Chinese television series based on the novel ''Wu Dong Qian Kun'' by Tiancai Dudou. It stars Yang Yang, Zhang Tianai, Wang Likun and Wu Chun. The series is divided into two seasons. The firs ...

''. She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award with her performance in military drama ''Young Marshal''.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards

References

External links

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