Yan Ni

Yan Ni
Chinese name	闫妮
Pinyin	Yán Ní (Mandarin)
Born	March 10, 1971 (1971-03-10) (age 40) Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Occupation	Actress

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yan.

Yan Ni (simplified Chinese: 闫妮; traditional Chinese: 閆妮; pinyin: Yán Ní; born March 10, 1971), born Yan Kaiyan (simplified Chinese: 闫凯艳; traditional Chinese: 閆凱艷), is a Chinese film and television actress. She works for the Television Art center of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

Biography

Yan Ni was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi. Yan's parents are ordinary workers, and all her family still live in Xi'an. After high school, she enrolled at a financial college to study accounting. Two years later she succeeded in gaining admission to an art organization of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Lanzhou, and then went on to enroll at the PLA's Art School in Beijing.

She started acting in 1992. In 1999 she had her first cinematic role, playing Qiqoqiqo Ma in the film Cog and Hen. She then she has played several other roles in a series of films. She played Tong Xiangyu in My Own Swordsman, an 80 episode TV comedy-drama that tells the story of the happenings in a tavern during the Ming Dynasty. After that role, she became a celebrity, was named the most beautiful woman by her fans, and won the best actress award at the 2006 Sina-Aokang Internet Awards.^[1] After My Own Swordsman, she played secretary Xiang Yunxiu in National Action and played Niu Xianhua in The North Wind.

Yan was awarded a Golden Eagle Award in 2010 for her role in The Wind From North.

Personal life

She has a 10 year old daughter and she has been known to never talk about her husband in public.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Movies

• Inseparable (TBA)
• The Great Magician (2012)
• Magic to Win (2011)
• 11 Flowers (2011)
• Mural (2011)
• All's Well, Ends Well 2011 2011 (2011)
• My Own Swordsman (2011)
• True Legend (2010)
• A Simple Noodle Story (2009)
• Cow (2009)
• Kung Fu Dunk (2008)
• Falling in Love (2007)
• Crossed Lines (2007)^[2]
• Stolen Life (2005)
• That One Not Enough (1999)

Television

• Le Huo Jia Ting 2 (2010)
• Zhang Xiaowu's Spring (2010)
• Le Huo Jia Ting (2009)
• Never Turn Around (2009)
• North Wind Blowing (2008)
• My Own Swordsman (2006)
• Shi Ming (2005)

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References

1. ^ "China's Internet Media Awards Ceremony". China.org.cn. 18 January 2007. http://russian.china.org.cn/english/entertainment/196567.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-06. 
2. ^ "Film "Call to Destiny" launches website". CCTV International. 12 November 2007. http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20071112/101735.shtml. Retrieved 2009-04-06. 
3. ^ "Yan Ni". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1106713/. Retrieved April 6, 2010. 
4. ^ "Yan Ni". chinesemov.com. http://chinesemov.com/actors/Yan%20Ni.html. Retrieved April 6, 2010. 

External links

• Yan Ni at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Yan, Ni
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Date of birth	1971-03-10
Place of birth	Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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