57 Notable alumni of
Central Academy of Drama
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The Central Academy of Drama is 232nd in the world, 44th in Asia, and 5th in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 57 notable alumni from the Central Academy of Drama sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Zhang Ziyi
- Occupations
- dancerstage actormodelfilm actoractor
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Zhang Ziyi is a Chinese actress and model. She is regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses of China. After her breakout role in Zhang Yimou's The Road Home (1999), she gained international recognition for her performance in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. Zhang has also appeared in Rush Hour 2 (2001), Hero (2002), and House of Flying Daggers (2004). Her most critically acclaimed works are Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), which earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role; and The Grandmaster (2013), for which she won 12 different Best Actress awards to become the most awarded Chinese actress for a single film.
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Yang Yang
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- dancertelevision actorfilm actorsinger
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Yang Yang is a Chinese actor. He made his acting debut in the Chinese television drama The Dream of Red Mansions (2010). Since then, he has received recognition for his roles in television dramas The Lost Tomb (2015), The Whirlwind Girl (2015), Love O2O (2016), Martial Universe (2018), The King's Avatar (2019), You Are My Glory (2021), Glory of Special Forces (2022), Who Rules The World (2022), Fireworks of My Heart (2023) and films The Left Ear (2015), I Belonged to You (2016), Once Upon a Time (2017), Vanguard (2020).
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Gong Li
- Enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama
- Studied in 1985
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Gong Li is a Chinese actress. Regarded as one of the best actresses in China today, she is known for her versatility and naturalistic performance. She starred in three of the four Chinese-language films that have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
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Tiffany Tang
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- television produceractor
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Tang Yan, also known as Tiffany Tang, is a Chinese actress and singer. She is known for her roles in TV dramas Chinese Paladin 3 (2009), My Daughters (2011), My Sunshine (2015), The Princess Weiyoung (2016), and Blossoms Shanghai (2023).
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Tang Wei
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- stage actormodelfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Tang Wei is a Chinese actress. She rose to prominence for her appearance in Lust, Caution (2007), for which she received a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award at the 61st British Academy Film Awards. She gained further acclaim for her leading performances in Late Autumn (2010), Finding Mr. Right (2013), The Golden Era (2014), Long Day's Journey into Night (2018), and Decision to Leave (2022).
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Jackson Yee
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- actorsingertelevision actor
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Jackson Yee is a Chinese actor, dancer and singer. After being discovered by a talent manager at a children's talent competition, Yee became the youngest member of the Chinese boy band TFBoys in 2013.
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Deng Chao
- Enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama
- Studied in 1998-2001
- Occupations
- screenwritertelevision actoractorsingerfilm director
- Biography
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Deng Chao is a Chinese actor, comedian, director and singer. His recent films, The Breakup Guru (2014), The Mermaid (2016) and Duckweed (2017) are among the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time in China. In 2017, Deng was crowned Best Actor at the Golden Rooster Awards for his performance in The Dead End (2015). He was a cast member and leader of the popular variety program, Keep Running.
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Chen Xiao
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- actorsingertelevision actor
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Chen Xiao is a Chinese actor and model. He is best known for his roles in Swordsman (2013), Legend of Lu Zhen (2013), The Romance of the Condor Heroes (2014), Who Sleeps My Bro (2015), Nothing Gold Can Stay (2017) and Love Journey (2018).
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Jiang Wen
- Occupations
- film directorfilm actorfilm screenwriterscreenwriteractor
- Biography
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Jiang Wen is a Chinese actor, screenwriter, and director. As a director, he is sometimes grouped with the "Sixth Generation" that emerged in the 1990s. Jiang is also well known internationally as an actor, having starred with Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's debut film Red Sorghum (1986), and more recently as Baze Malbus in the Star Wars film Rogue One (2016). He is the older brother of fellow actor Jiang Wu.
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Mao Xiaotong
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- actor
- Biography
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Mao Xiaotong, also known as Rachel Momo, is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her supporting roles in Empresses in the Palace (2012), Love O2O (2016) and The Princess Weiyoung (2016).
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Cheng Yi
- Enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama
- Studied in 2008
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Fu Shiqi known professionally by his stage name Cheng Yi (Chinese: 成毅), is a Chinese actor and singer. He made his television debut in Chinese television drama Beauty World (2011) and graduated from Central Academy of Drama in 2012. In 2016, he featured in the hit Chinese television drama, Noble Aspirations, which helped him garnered increased popularity in China. He is also well known for his role Yu Sifeng in Love and Redemption and Ying Yuan in Immortal Samsara. In the summer of 2023, Cheng Yi's recent drama, Mysterious Lotus Casebook, has become another great watch as it has earned a high rating of 9.8 on its released platform.
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Xue Bai
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Bai Baihe is a Chinese actress. She was among the highest paid film actresses in China. She is best known for her roles in such films as Love is Not Blind, Personal Tailor, Monster Hunt and Go Away Mr. Tumor.
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Zhang Jingchu
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- actorfilm actorstage actor
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Zhang Jingchu is a Chinese film actress. Zhang is best known for winning the China Film Media Award Best Actress award for the 2005 film Peacock, which was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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Jin Dong
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Jin Dong is a Chinese actor. He is known for his television roles in Legend of Entrepreneurship (2012), The Disguiser (2015), Candle in the Tomb (2016), Surgeons (2017) and The First Half of My Life (2017).
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Liu Ye
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Liu Ye is a Chinese actor. He debuted in Postmen in the Mountains, and later on won recognition through critically acclaimed films such as Sky Lovers, which won him the Artistic Contribution Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival, Lan Yu, which earned him the Best Actor award at the Golden Horse Awards, and Purple Butterfly,
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Wang Kai
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Wang Kai is a Chinese actor. He is known for his television roles in All Quiet in Peking (2014), The Disguiser (2015), Nirvana in Fire (2015), Ode to Joy (2016), When a Snail Falls in Love (2016), Stay With Me (2016), and Like a Flowing River (2018), as well as his film role in The Devotion of Suspect X.
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Rosina Lam
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- actor
- Biography
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Rosina Lam is a Hong Kong actress currently signed with Shaw Brothers Pictures.
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Song Yi
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- actor
- Biography
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Song Yi is a Chinese actress. She is a Class of 2006 graduate of the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama and made her debut in the movie industry in 2009.
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Wei Daxun
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Wei Daxun is a Chinese actor, singer, and host. Wei ranked 85th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2019, and 56th in 2020. He graduated from the 07-level undergraduate class of acting at the Central Academy of Drama.
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Liang Jie
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- actor
- Biography
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Liang Jie is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her roles in the dramas The Eternal Love (2017), Handsome Siblings (2020), and You Are My Destiny (2020).
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Chen Xingxu
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Chen Xingxu also known as Oliver Chen is a Chinese actor and model. He is known for his roles as Yang Kang in The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2017) and Gu Xiaowu / Li Chengyin in Goodbye My Princess (2019) and was later recognize more in his role as Tan Xuan Lin in Fall In Love (2021) and is currently rising after his drama The Starry Love (2023) aired where he portrayed the role of Shaodian Youqin
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Zhao Jinmai
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Zhao Jinmai is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her roles in the children's films Balala the Fairies: The Magic Trial (2014) and Balala the Fairies: Princess Camellia (2015), and the drama series A Little Thing Called First Love (2019) and Reset (2022). She is currently attending the Central Academy of Drama.
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Xin Zhilei
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Xin Zhilei is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her roles in films Bunshinsaba 2, Crosscurrent and Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield.
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Hu Jun
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Hu Jun is a Chinese actor best known for playing dramatic roles in various films and television series. He has acted in a number of Hong Kong films.
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Chen Daoming
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Chen Daoming is a Chinese actor who has starred in various genres of film and television series.
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Zhang Hanyu
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Zhang Hanyu is a Chinese actor.
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Vicky Chen
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Vicky Chen Wen-chi, better known by her stage name Wen Qi (Chinese: 文淇; pinyin: Wénqí), is a Taiwanese actress. The daughter of a Taiwanese businessman, Chen and her parents moved to Suzhou in 2007, where she spent most of her childhood. In 2017, she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful and became the youngest actress who was nominated Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for the film Angels Wear White when she was 14 years old.
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Yuan Quan
- Occupations
- actorsinger
- Biography
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Yuan Quan, also known as Yolanda Yuan, is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the Central Academy of Drama where she majored in drama.
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Qin Hailu
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- actorsingerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Qin Hailu is a Chinese actress, screenwriter and singer. She has won Best Actress at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and Golden Bauhinia Awards.
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Ma Ke
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Ma Ke is a Chinese actor.
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Xinyi Zhang
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- film directoractor
- Biography
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Zhang Xinyi is a Chinese actress and director. She ranked 95th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 99th in 2014, and 80th in 2015.
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Zhang Ming'en
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- television actoractor
- Biography
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Zhang Ming'en, is a Chinese actor. He made his official acting debut in 2016 with the tomb-raiding series The Mystic Nine. He has also acted in the series Tientsin Mystic and Nice to Meet You.
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Chen Shu
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- film actor
- Biography
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Chen Shu is a Chinese singer and actress.
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Xia Yu
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Xia Yu is a Chinese actor. At the age of 18 years, he rose to international prominence after winning the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival in 1994 for his leading role in the film In the Heat of the Sun and became the youngest actor to win that award in the history of the Venice Film Festival.
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Yu Xiaoguang
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- television actorcomposer
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Yu Xiaoguang, also known as Ethan Yu, is a Chinese composer and actor. Yu is a former swimmer and sprint canoer. In 2006 he made a crossover from sports to films. Yu made appearances on many television series, most notably My Kung Fu Girlfriend (2006), Fighting in Peking (2009), Mao Anying (2010), The Happy Time of the Spicy and Hot Girlfriend (2012), City and Country Life (2014), and Namchow Mechanic Heroes (2015).
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Chen Hao
- Occupations
- modelfilm actoractorsinger
- Biography
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Chen Hao is a Chinese actress, singer, and model.
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Zhou Yun
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Zhou Yun is a Chinese actress.
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Duan Yihong
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Duan Yihong is a Chinese actor best known for his role as Yuan Lang in Soldiers Sortie (2006), Long Wenzhang in My Chief and My Regiment (2009), and Hei Wa in White Deer Plain (2011).
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Edward Zhang
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Zhang Luyi, also known as Edward Zhang, is a Chinese actor and director.
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Wang Qianyuan
- Enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama
- Studied in 1993-1994
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Wang Qianyuan is a Chinese actor who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. He won Best Actor at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival for his role in the movie, The Piano in a Factory.
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Chen Baoguo
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Chen Baoguo is a Chinese actor. He is the President of CFPS (the China Film Performance Society), Chairman of CTAA Actor's Committee (China TV Artists Association). He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1977 and has since acted in many films and television series, including The Emperor in Han Dynasty, Da Zhai Men and Rob-B-Hood. He is married to actress Zhao Kui'e (赵奎娥). He is considered among the most successful TV Series stars in the history of Chinese Television Drama.
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Hu Xianxu
- Occupations
- television actorchild actor
- Biography
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Hu Xianxu is a Chinese actor.
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Guo Tao
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Guo Tao is a Chinese actor.
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Liu Yun
- Occupations
- performing artistactor
- Biography
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Liu Yun is a Chinese actress.
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E Jingwen
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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E Jingwen, also known as Vin E or E Bo (Chinese: 鄂博), is a Chinese actress. E is considered a "Sing girl"—an actress who first received media attention through starring in the movie directed by Stephen Chow, after she has known for her role as "Ru Meng" in The New King of Comedy (2019).
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Gong Beibi
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- actor
- Biography
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Beibi Gong is a Chinese film and television actress. Beginning her acting career as a teenager after she was discovered for the lead role in the film You Are Not Sixteen, Gong later studied and graduated from the nationally prestigious Central Academy of Drama. She first gained recognition among audiences in China after starring in several popular TV series and feature films in both mainland China and Hong Kong. Due to her success while still a student, Gong was dubbed in the media at the time as "little Gong Li", who also graduated from the same acting college.
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Lin Peng
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- singeractor
- Biography
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Lin Peng is a Chinese actress. Peng began her career by appearing in a Jackie Chan film Little Big Soldier.
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Zhao Jiamin
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- singer
- Biography
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Zhao Jiamin is a Chinese idol singer. She is a former member of the female idol group SNH48, and came in first during SNH48's second general election.
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Ren Suxi
- Enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama
- Studied in 2005
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Ren Suxi is a Chinese actress. She made her acting debut in the drama film The Eighth Clay Man (2006), and has since gone on to appear in numerous movie and film titles such as Mr. Donkey (2016) and Looking Up (2019).
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Ai Jing
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- singerpainteractor
- Biography
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Ai Jing is a Chinese singer, actress and painter. China's Northeast News called her "China's most talented female folk rock singer."
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Zhang Yibai
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- film director
- Biography
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Zhang Xiaoling, better known by his stage name Zhang Yibai is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Dai Yuqiang
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Dai Yuqiang is a Chinese operatic tenor. He was the first and only Chinese student of Luciano Pavarotti. With Wei Song and Warren Mok he has performed abroad as "China's Three Tenors."
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Zhang Meng
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- film director
- Biography
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Zhang Meng is a Chinese director and screenwriter. He graduated from the Chinese Central Academy of Drama. In 2007, he made his directorial debut with Lucky Dog (Erduo Da You Fu). His first documentary was called Mr. Zhang and His Dog (2008). The Piano in a Factory (Gang de qin) won the Grand Jury Prize at the Miami International Film Festival in 2011 and the award for best actor, for Wang Qian-Yuan, at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival.
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Zheng Zhenyao
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- film actoractor
- Biography
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Zheng Zhenyao was a Chinese film and television actress. Zheng started her career in the theater stage, but rose to fame through her role as a middle-aged lady in Sparkling Red Star (1974). For her performance in My Memories of Old Beijing (1982), Zheng won Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2004, she won Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress for Shanghai Story.
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Cai Shangjun
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- screenwriterfilm director
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Cai Shangjun is a Chinese film director and screenwriter. Cai graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1992. Since then, his major work has been that of a professional screenwriter. Cai was part of the team, along with Zhang Yang, Diao Yi'nan, and Liu Fendou, that co-wrote the screenplays for two of Zhang's films: Spicy Love Soup (1997) and Shower (1999). Cai also cowrote a script for Zhang's Sunflower (2005).
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Yilin Zhong
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- novelistwriter
- Biography
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Yilin Zhong is a British-Chinese journalist, screenwriter and author. She is the author of seventeen novels, two film screenplays, ten books and many other work including poems and literary reviews. She now lives in London.
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Chen Maiping
- Occupations
- writertranslator
- Biography
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Chen Maiping is a Chinese-Swedish writer and poet, known by the pen name Wan Zhi (万之). He has written mostly short stories, and has also translated literature from English and Swedish to Chinese.
