Zhu Yuanyuan (; born 18 March 1974) is a Chinese actress.
Zhu is noted for her roles as Tao Hua and Song Yu in the film and television series ''The Forest Ranger'' and ''The Forest Ranger'' respectively.
Early life
Zhu was born and raised in
Shibei District of
Qingdao
Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...
,
Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
, where she finished from Qingdao Art School in 1992, her
ancestral home in
Yixing,
Wuxi,
Jiangsu.
Zhu graduated from
Central Academy of Drama in 1997, where she majored in acting.
Acting career
Zhu began her career by appearing in small roles in 1995, such as ''Spring Breeze in the Evening'', ''Modern Urban Heroine'', and ''Waiting Hall''.
In 1998, Zhu won the Best TV Actress Award at the Beijing Chunyan Awards and Favorite Actress Award at the
Golden Eagle Awards for her performance in ''Loquacious Zhang Damin's Happy Life''.
Zhu's first film role was uncredited appearance in the film ''Bey, Our 1948'' (1999).
In 2000, Zhu played the role of
Soong Ching-ling in ''Sun Yat-Sen'', for which she won the Favorite Actress Award at the
CCTV Television Awards. That same year, she earned her
Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress nomination for her performance as Li Yun in ''Beautiful Family''.
In 2001, Zhu had a supporting role in ''
Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito 2'', a historical television series starring
Zhang Guoli and
Deng Jie.
For her role as Song Yu in ''Romantic Matter'', Zhu was nominated for the
Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress and
Chinese Television Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding Actress.
In 2005, Zhu starred in ''The Forest Ranger'', a film adaptation based on the novel of Zhang Ping's ''The Attacker '', she received nominations at the
Shanghai Film Critics Awards,
Golden Rooster Awards and
Huabiao Film Awards
China Huabiao Film Awards (), also simply known as Huabiao Awards, is an annual awards ceremony for Chinese cinema. Named after the decorative Chinese winged columns (''huabiaos''), The Huabiao Awards were first instituted in 1957 as the Ministry ...
, and won the Female Actor Award at the
Golden Phoenix Awards.
In 2010, Zhu co-starred with
Jet Li,
Gwei Lun-mei
Gwei Lun-mei (; born 25 December 1983) is a Taiwanese actress. She started her acting career in 2002, with the film ''Blue Gate Crossing''. Gwei then appeared in a few more films before achieving wide recognition for the film ''Secret'', direct ...
and
Wen Zhang in ''
Ocean Heaven
''Ocean Heaven'' () is a 2010 Chinese-Hong Kong drama film starring martial arts superstar Jet Li in his first full drama role. It also co-stars Taiwanese actress Gwei Lun-mei, who previously starred in Jay Chou's '' Secret''. The movie was film ...
'' as the Aunt Chai. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award at the
Hundred Flowers Awards.
In 2012, Zhu played the lead role in ''Love in the Family'', for which she earned her second
Golden Eagle Awards for Favorite Actress.
Personal life
Zhu married her university friend
Xin Baiqing
Xin Baiqing (; born 20 June 1973) is a Chinese actor best known for portraying Li Bai in ''Legend of the Demon Cat'' (2017) and Guan Xiaohe in ''Four Generations under One Roof'' (2010), which garnered him a Best Performance Award at the 2012 Gol ...
in 2004, their daughter was born in August 2008.
Filmography
Film
Television
Drama
Awards
References
External links
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1974 births
Actresses from Qingdao
Living people
Central Academy of Drama alumni
21st-century Chinese actresses
20th-century Chinese actresses
Chinese stage actresses
Chinese film actresses
Chinese television actresses