Deng Jiajia (; born 17 May 1983) is a Chinese actress. Deng is noted for playing Tang Youyou in the sitcom television series ''

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'', which enjoyed the highest ratings in China when it was broadcast.

Early life

Deng was born in a military family in

Neijiang Neijiang (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Nui4jiang1; Sichuanese pronunciation: ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. It is located on the Tuo River, midway between the two major cities of Chengdu ...

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on May 17, 1983. Her father is good at singing and dancing, thus inspiring Deng from an early age to be a star. At the age of four, Deng sang and danced on the Spring Festival evening party of Neijiang city. Deng started learning using

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by age six. Deng became the student in charge of entertainment in her class during her school-days. Deng began her career by attending the reality show ''Holiday Story'' () when she was a senior high school student, she won the championship. Deng graduated from

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 Rep ...

, majoring in acting.

Acting career

Deng began her career by appearing in small roles in several

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television series, such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Legend of Chu Liuxiang''. In 2011, Deng rose to fame for her role in '' IPartment 2'', which was one of the most watched ones in mainland China in that year. Deng also filmed in a number of successful sequels to ''

''. In 2013, Deng starred in ''

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'', a crime thriller film; and received critical acclaim for her performance. She won the Best Supporting Actress awards at the

Hundred Flowers Awards The Hundred Flowers Awards () are, together with the Golden Rooster Awards, the most prestigious film awards honouring the best in Chinese cinema, as well as Hong Kong cinema and the Cinema of Taiwan, they are classified as the Chinese equiv ...

and

Golden Rooster Awards The Golden Rooster Awards () are film awards given in mainland China. The awards were originally given annually, beginning in 1981. The name of the award came from the year of the Rooster in 1981. Award recipients receive a statuette in the shap ...

. In 2018, Deng starred in the critically acclaimed crime drama '' Burning Ice''. In 2019, Deng starred in the historical drama '' Empress of the Ming'', portraying

Hu Shanxiang Empress Hu (; 20 May 1402 – 5 December 1443), personal name Hu Shanxiang, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Xuande Emperor. She was posthumously honoured with the title Empress Gongrangzhang. Early life Empress ...

. For her role as Hu Shanxiang, she was nominated as a Best Actress in a Supporting role for the 2020 Magnolia Awards.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Awards and nominations

References

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