Yang Zishan (, born 6 November 1986) is a Chinese actress. She is known for her breakout role in the film '' So Young'', which won her the

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for Outstanding New Actress and the

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awards at the 5th

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and the 5th International Chinese Film Festival. Her outstanding performance in '' So Young'' also earned her nominations for best actress for the

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, the

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, and at the

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. In 2015, she won the Best Actress Award at the

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for her performance in ''

20 Once Again ''20 Once Again'' (Chinese: 重返20岁 ''Chóng fǎn èrshí suì'') is the 2015 Chinese comedy film directed by Leste Chen and starring Yang Zishan, Gua Ah-leh, Bolin Chen and Lu Han. The film is a remake of the South Korean movie ''Miss Granny' ...

''. In 2017, She starred in '' Walking Past the Future'', the only Chinese film to be nominated for the

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at the

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, and the science fiction thriller ''

Battle of Memories ''Battle of Memories'' is a 2017 Chinese science fiction crime thriller film co-written and directed by Leste Chen and starring Huang Bo, Xu Jinglei, Duan Yihong, Yang Zishan and Ann Hsu. It was released in China on April 28, 2017 and received cr ...

''. In 2018, she starred in ''Till the End of the World'', the first film in history to shoot in

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. In 2020, her film ''Wuhai'' premiered at the 68th San Sebastian Film Festival where it competed for the

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. In 2021, her film ''Ripples of Life'' premiered at the

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Filmography

Film

Television series

Discography

Personal life

Yang married actor

Matt Wu Matt Wu Chung-tien (; born July 5, 1981) is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter. His short film ''Stairway'' (四十三階) won Best Asian Short Film Award at the 19th Busan International Film Festival in 2014. Personal life In 200 ...

in 2015. They met while starring in 7-minute romantic drama in Taiwan as part of the 2011 web series ''Female Zodiac Stories''.

Awards

References

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* Actresses from Jiangsu Actresses from Nanjing 21st-century Chinese actresses Living people 1986 births Chinese film actresses Chinese television actresses {{China-actor-stub