Ren Suxi (; born 1 June 1988) is a Chinese actress. She made her acting debut in the drama film ''The Eighth Clay Man'' (2006), and has since gone on to appear in numerous movie and film titles such as '' Mr. Donkey'' (2016) and '' Looking Up'' (2019).

Early life

Ren was born 1 June 1988 in

Laizhou Laizhou, alternately romanized as Laichow, is a county-level city in the Prefecture-level city of Yantai, Shandong Province, China. As of 2008, Laizhou had a population of 902,000, out of which 188,000 are urban residents. Laizhou traditionally ...

. Her mother is a kindergarten teacher, who was interested in literature and art. Her sister was originally a dancer at the

Yantai Yantai, formerly known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao on the ...

Song and Dance Theater, and later a student at the

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. She studied at No#5 Middle School and High School in Laizhou. At the age of 17, she was admitted to the Directing Department of the

Central Academy of Drama The Central Academy of Drama (), abbreviated Zhong Xi (), is a drama school in Beijing, China. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University Plan university identified by the Ministry of Education of China. The school is the first theatre ...

. In 2006, during her sophomore year at the Central Academy of Drama, Ren encountered stage play for the first time by chance. Although she was from the directing department, she was assisted by her seniors into the drama stage. In the same year, she participated in the drama contest of the Central Academy of Drama, and her work ''The Beginning of Man'' won the best stage, best lighting, and best actor awards.

Career

In 2006, she made her acting debut in the film ''The Eighth Clay Man''. In 2011, she starred in the stage drama ''Three People Can't Walk'', which was directed by

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ese director Hugh Lee, with multiple roles for each person in the production. In 2012, she starred in the stage drama ''The Donkey Gets Water'', which was written and directed by Liu Lu and Zhou Shen. In October 2014, she joined Dong Bo and Wang Ge in the stage drama ''Reminiscences in the Northeast'', and played the heroine Gao Huan. In 2016, Ren starred in the movie '' Mr. Donkey'', which was the film adaption of the stage drama ''The Donkey Gets Water''. For her performance in the movie, she won the Tencent Video Star Award for the New Actress of the Year and the Best New Actress Award at the

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. On the same year, she was awarded the Best Actress award at the 7th WenRong TV Award for her performance in the movie ''

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''. For her performance in ''Almost a Comedy'', she won the Best Actress awards at the 15th

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and 27th

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. On 2021, she starred in the movie ''Miss Mom'', where she played a role of a young woman named Wang Zhao. On the same year, she starred in the romantic comedy film ''Tempting Hearts'', which was directed by

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. Ren starred in the crime suspense film ''The Murder in Kairotei'' (2022), which is a live adaption of the mystery novel written by Japanese author

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Personal life

Ren was married to Li Yang in 2014, before divorcing in 2016.

Filmography

Films

*''The Eighth Clay Man'' (2006) *'' Mr. Donkey'' (2016) - Zhang Yiman *''Absurd Accident'' (2017) - Miss Gu *'' A Cool Fish'' (2018) - Ma Jiaqi *'' Looking Up'' (2019) - Xin Yu *''

'' (2019) - Fang Min *''Almost a Comedy'' (2019) - Momo *''A Road to Spring'' (2020) - Su Fang *''Miss Mom'' (2021) - Wang Zhao *''Tempting Hearts '' (2021) - Chen Ran *''The Murder in Kairotei'' (2022) - Zhou Yang *''Everything is Unknown'' (2022)

Television

*''Day Day Up'' (2008) *''PhantaCity'' (2018) *''Crossroad Bistro'' (2021) *''Remembrance of Things Past'' (2021) *''Dear Child'' (2022)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ren, Suxi 1988 births Living people Actresses from Shandong Chinese film actresses Chinese television actresses 21st-century Chinese actresses Central Academy of Drama alumni Chinese stage actresses Actresses from Yantai People from Laizhou