Yang Mi

Yang Mi
Yang Mi
Chinese name	楊冪 (Traditional)
Chinese name	杨幂 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Yáng Mì (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Joeng4 Mik6 (Cantonese)
Born	September 12, 1986 (1986-09-12) (age 25) Beijing, China
Other name(s)	Mimi
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991 – present

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

Yang Mi (born September 12, 1986) is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her role as Guo Xiang in the 2006 television series The Return of the Condor Heroes and as Tang Xuejian in Chinese Paladin 3. However, she has been gaining even greater popularity through her role as Luo Qingchuan in Palace.^[1]

Yang is a student at the Performance Institute of Beijing Film Academy.

Career

Yang began acting at the age of four. She played a minor role as Beggar So's daughter in King of Beggars (1992), which starred Stephen Chow as the titular character. In the late 2000s, Yang rose to fame for her roles in television series such as The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006) and Chinese Paladin 3 (2009). Her popularity increased after she starred as Luo Qingchuan in Palace (2011). Her increase in popularity from her performance in Palace helped land her a role in Gordon Chan's Painted Skin 2.^{[citation needed]} In 2010 she participated in Empires of the Deep, a Chinese-American co-produced film with a budget of US$100 million. In 2011, Mei Ah Entertainment announced that it will be producing four tailored-made films for Yang due to the box office success of the horror film Mysterious Island (2011), which starred Yang.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	King of Beggars 武狀元蘇乞兒	Beggar So's daughter
1994	Yingxiong Jie 英雄劫	Little girl
1996	Geshou 歌手	Xu Ning's sister
2004	Beijing Fairytale 北京童話	Zhu Zhu
	Dahan Taohua Kai 大寒桃花開	Taohua Kai
2007	The Door 門	Wenxin
2010	Empires of the Deep 人魚帝國	Mistress of Suoyou Island
2011	Mysterious Island 奪命孤島	Shen Yilin
	East Meets West 2011 東成西就2011
TBA	A Match Made By Heaven 天生一對[2]
	Painted Skin 2 畫皮2
	Love in the Buff[3]		alternative title Love in a Puff 2
	Great Wudang 大武當[4][5]
	Chinese Princess Turandot[5]
	Butterfly Cemetery[5]
	Eighth Happiness 八星報喜[6]
	Vanishing Bullet[7]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Tang Minghuang 唐明皇	Princess Xianyi
1993	Hou Wa 猴娃	Nannan
2003	The Story of a Noble Family 紅粉世家	Li Xiaotao
2004	Shuangxiang Pao 雙響炮	Xiaoxifu
2005	Tian He Ju 天和局	Zhu Yuqiu
	The Legend of the Heavenly Stones 天石傳說	Bai Xian'er	alternative Chinese title 絕對計畫
	Shangshu Fang 上書房	Dun'er
	Strange Tales of Liaozhai – Xiaoqian 聊齋誌異-小倩	Nie Xiaoqian
	Wang Zhaojun 王昭君	Wang Zhaojun
2006	The Return of the Condor Heroes 神鵰俠侶	Guo Xiang
	Xiangfeng Hebi Ceng Xiangshi 相逢何必曾相識	He Meiji
2007	Xiaozhe Huo Xiaqu 笑著活下去	Cheng Xiaonuo
	Daqin Zhidao 大秦直道	Princess Ying Ling
2008	Anxiang 暗香	Xiaojin Guniang
	Chinese Paladin 3 仙劍奇俠傳3	Tang Xuejian / Xiyao
2009	Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢	Qingwen
	Detective Di Renjie – prequel 神探狄仁傑前傳	Linglong
	Diaoman Xinniang 刁蠻新娘	Yan Lin
2010	Meiren Xinji 美人心計	Mo Xueyuan
	The Legend of the Twelve Chinese Zodiacs 十二生肖傳奇	Qingli the Snake
	Jingcheng Sishao 京城四少	Bai Xue
	Hongwu Da'an 洪武大案	Cai Yu
	Women Tongshi Yijiaren 我們同是一家人	Xia Jiajia
	Palace 宮	Luo Qingchuan / Huaying

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References

1. ^ "China's TV drama Gong earns high ratings". Asia Pacific Arts. 02/28/2011. http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?chinas_tv_drama_gong_earns_high_ratings_16453.aspx. 
2. ^ "Tian Sheng Yi Dui" Eyeing New Year Holiday Release
3. ^ Love in the Buff starts where Love in a Puff left off
4. ^ (Chinese) 功夫片《大武当》将拍 杨幂携手赵文卓樊少皇
5. ^ ^{a b c} Yang Mi to Star in Four Tailor-made Films
6. ^ (Chinese) 八星报喜 演职员表
7. ^ 2011.11.04 YANG MI SIGNS WITH EMPEROR FOR SEVEN FIGURES
8. ^ "Yang Mi". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2468729/. Retrieved June 16, 2010. 
9. ^ "Yang Mi". chinesemov.com. http://chinesemov.com/actors/Yang%20Mi.html. Retrieved June 16, 2010. 

External links

• (Chinese) Yang Mi's official website
• (Chinese) Yang Mi's page on Sina.com
• (Chinese) Yang Mi's blog on Sina.com
• (Chinese) Yang Mi's official Hong Kong website
• (Chinese) Yang Mi's English website
• (Chinese) Yang Mi on Baidu Baike

Persondata
Name	Mi 楊冪/杨幂, Yang
Alternative names	Mi, Yang
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	September 12, 1986
Place of birth	Beijing, China
Date of death
Place of death