Liu Yifei

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Liu Yifei, born on August 25, 1987 in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, is a Chinese film actress and singer. She graduated from the performance Department of Beijing Film Academy in 2002.

In 2002, Bai Xiuzhu stepped into the performing arts circle because of her role in the TV series Jinfen family. In 2003, Wang Yuyan came to the fore because she starred in the martial arts drama Tianlong Babu. In 2004, Zhao ling'er won high popularity and attention by virtue of Xianjian Qixia Zhuan. In 2005, because of playing Little Dragon Girl in the martial arts drama "the hero of the divine eagle", it was widely concerned. In 2006, she released her first Mandarin album "Liu Yifei" and Japanese album "all my words"; in the same year, she became the first Golden Eagle goddess in the history of Golden Eagle Festival. In 2008, she moved to the big screen and became the first Asian actress to be ranked first in the IMDB movie rookie list by virtue of the Hollywood movie king of Kung Fu. In 2009, he was awarded one of the "four little Huadan" in the "post-80s new generation entertainment star" selection activity. In 2012, she won the most attractive actress award of the 24th Hong Kong Society of professional cinematographers. In 2014, she won the best actress award of the 5th Macau International Film Festival for her role in the costume film Tongque stage.

Since 2015, the films "night Peacock" and "beacon fire Fangfei" starring Liu Yifei have been shortlisted in the main competition units of the international class a film festival. In 2016, Zou Yu won the most popular actress award of the 16th Chinese Film Media Award for her role in the romantic film the third love. In 2017, she was the heroine of Disney's live action movie Hua Mulan, and Liu Yifei nominated Hollywood critics for the best actress award of super award action movie, and was selected as the "Hollywood star" by Hollywood Reporter. In the same year, she received high attention for Bai Xianchu in the fantasy film "lucky life of the second generation of goblins".

Besides performing arts, Liu Yifei is also enthusiastic about charity. In 2008, he served as the image ambassador of China children's fund and was awarded the "China children's Charity Award" in 2009.

Early experience

Liu Yifei's original name is an Feng, and her nickname is Sisi (read x ī x ī). After her parents divorced, she changed her surname to Liu with her mother Liu Xiaoli. Her grandmother named her Liu ximeizi.

In 1995, 8-year-old Liu Yifei participated in the 2nd children's flower cup children's clothing model competition of Zhongnan Shangdu. Among the more than 1800 children who participated in the competition, she won the championship with her good performance level and excellent physical condition.

Liu Yifei is studying in Poyang Street Primary School in Wuhan. She also performed the dance "happy festival" at the "June 1" evening party. In 1997, Liu Yifei dropped out of Poyang Street Primary School and moved to the United States because of her mother's working relationship. Liu Yifei's mother changed her nationality to the United States because of her study and long stay in the United States. In the same year, Liu Yifei started middle school in New York.

In 2002, Liu Yifei, who returned to China, took part in the entrance examination of Beijing Film Academy and successfully passed three rounds of examinations, thus he was officially admitted by Beijing Film Academy.

Acting experience

TV drama period

In 2002, producer you Jianming accidentally saw Liu Yifei's advertisement as an image spokesperson, and then chose her to play Bai Xiuzhu, which made Liu Yifei enter the performing arts circle. On June 18, Liu Yifei officially entered the group to shoot the TV series "Jinfen aristocratic family". In the same year, Liu Yifei participated in the audition of "Tianlong Babu". After the audition, she was finally selected to play the immortal sister Wang Yu Yan Yijiao, on September 16, Liu Yifei officially entered the group to shoot the play.

On March 20, 2003, Liu Yifei and Li Dawei's Republic of China love drama "Jinfen aristocratic family" premiered in CCTV's eight golden programs. In the play, she played Bai Xiuzhu, a well-off young lady who dares to love and hate. After the show was broadcast, the average audience rating reached 7.68%, and won the CCTV ratings champion for two consecutive years. On December 11, the ancient costume martial arts drama Tianlong Babu, starred by Liu Yifei, premiered, which was Liu Yifei's first ancient costume work. She was known as "fairy sister" because she played the role of Wang Yuyan, a gorgeous, quiet and talented beauty in the play. After that, the play was broadcast on Taiwan's CCTV, with a rating of 5.69%, and achieved the first rating in Taiwan at the same time.

In June 2004, Liu Yifei began to participate in the audition of the TV drama "the heroes of the divine eagle"; on July 16, the youth love movie "may love" co starred by Liu Yifei and Chen Bolin was released, which was Liu Yifei's first film work. In the film, she played Zhao Xun, a cheerful, lively and gallant student of Beijing Opera Troupe, and this was her first attempt at modern costume, Liu Yifei has officially decided to play the role of little dragon girl, and has entered the group for shooting. On November 30, the youth love movie "big winner in love" starred by Liu Yifei was released, in which Liu Yifei plays a lively, beautiful and eccentric pure love girl Jin Qiaoli.

On January 24, 2005, Liu Yifei starred in the ancient costume drama "Legend of swordsman" premiered. In the play, she played Nanzhao Princess Zhao ling'er, innocent and understanding. At the same time, she was charged with the mission of saving the common people, and won high popularity and attention because of this role. In June of the same year, she signed a contract with Sony Music Entertainment Company of Japan. In addition, Liu Yifei also accepted vocal music and dance Training, so temporarily stop shooting TV series.

On March 17, 2006, the ancient martial arts drama "the hero of the divine eagle" starred with Huang Xiaoming was premiered. After it was broadcast, it gained good ratings and reputation, and ranked first in the survey data of TV series from January to September 2006 with 45 times of broadcast rate. Later, it was broadcast in Hong Kong and set the second place in TVB series ratings. Liu Yifei played the role of little dragon girl, who is pure and refined, beautiful and does not eat people's fireworks. On July 1, the first Japanese EP "real night gate" was released, in which the single of the same name also became the last song of Japanese animation "little policewoman Z"; on August 31, the first Japanese EP "real night gate" was released Liu Yifei, her first Mandarin album of the same name, was released in mainland China. The album was released simultaneously in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and Japan on September 15; her first Japanese album "all my words" was released on September 6; on October 27, she served as the Golden Eagle goddess at the opening ceremony of the 6th China Golden Eagle TV Art Festival. Liu Yifei became the first Golden Eagle goddess in the history of the Golden Eagle Festival At the opening ceremony party, the opening dance "golden eagle flying" was performed, and the song "palpitation" was also performed in the following program.

In January 2007, Liu Yifei's song palpitation won the mainland Golden Melody Award in the 6th China original music pop list. In April of the same year, her partners Jackie Chan and Jet Li were confirmed to play in the first Hollywood film king of Kung Fu, and played the heroine Jin Yanzi in the film. Later, Liu Yifei entered the training place ahead of time to receive a variety of martial arts training for the film. In the same year, Liu Yifei was also evaluated He is one of the "ten outstanding representatives of China's post-80s generation".

Moving to the big screen

Since 2008, with the popularity of TV series, Liu Yifei began to develop in the field of film and television, and turned the focus of her acting career to the big screen. On April 24, the movie "king of Kung Fu" starred by Liu Yifei was released in mainland China, with the domestic box office breaking through 185 million and the overseas box office reaching 128 million US dollars. In the film, she played Jin Yan, a chivalrous woman with excellent martial arts skills and cool beauty In May, Liu Yifei signed with wma William Morris Agency. As of December 31, Liu Yifei, relying only on "king of Kung Fu" in the first half of the year, topped Baidu entertainment boiling point "the most boiling point female star" with 1.134 billion baidu searches.

In 2009, he was officially awarded one of the "four little Huadan" in the "post-80s new generation entertainment stars" selection activity of "online voting + media review + offline spot check". On August 12, 2010, the love movie "love notice" starring Wang Leehom was released. Liu Yifei almost appeared as a plain face. She played song Xiaoqing, a female student of folk music department with extraordinary temperament in the film, which broke the box office record of domestic similar love movies.

On April 19, 2011, the fantasy love film "Qiannv Youhun" co starred with Gu Tianle was released, in which Liu Yifei played the charming fox demon Nie Xiaoqian. The overseas pre-sale of the film's copyright reached 12 million US dollars, setting a new record for domestic film's overseas distribution, while the mainland box office exceeded 150 million. On November 29, the ancient costume war film "Legend of Hongmen banquet" directed by Li Rengang was released, and the ticket number of the film was up to 100 million Liu Yifei plays Yu Ji, a beautiful and gentle lady who is good at singing and dancing, and sings the movie episode "songs of Chu". By the end of 2011, Liu Yifei has been ranked in the forefront of Forbes China celebrity list for seven consecutive years.

On July 12, 2012, Liu Yifei and Chen Jiashang's ancient costume martial arts action film "four famous catchers" was released, which is the first of the "four famous catchers Trilogy". Liu Yifei plays the role of the ruthless goddess catcher, who is thoughtful, calm, introverted and tough. The box office of the film reaches 200 million yuan, ranking seventh in the 2012 domestic film box office list. On September 26, Gu Yifei, who starred in the film, plays the role of "goddess catcher" The historical film Tongque stage was released, and the theme song waiting for snow was presented. For the first time, Liu Yifei challenges one person to play two roles in the film. She plays lingju, a mysterious killer born to stab Cao, and Diao Chan, a beautiful woman

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