刘亦菲

简介

Liu Yifei is a Chinese-American actress and singer, born on August 25, 1987, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, with ancestral roots in Hebei Province. She grew up in an academic and artistic family; her father was a French language professor at Wuhan University and served as a diplomat at the Chinese Embassy in Paris, while her mother was a dancer at the Wuhan Song and Dance Theatre. Her parents divorced when she was four years old, and she took her mother's surname, Liu. In 1997, she emigrated to New York with her mother after her mother married a Chinese-American lawyer, acquiring U.S. citizenship. She returned to China in 2002 and was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy. She entered the entertainment industry through her role in the TV drama "The Story of a Noble Family" (金粉世家) in 2002, then gained fame playing Wang Yuyan in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" (天龙八部) at the age of fifteen. She went on to star in prominent roles in series such as "The Return of the Condor Heroes" (神雕侠侣) and "Chinese Paladin" (仙剑奇侠传). She entered the music industry in 2005 by signing with a record company. She expanded her career to international cinema through the Hollywood film "The Forbidden Kingdom" (功夫之王) in 2008. She won the Best Actress award at the Macau International Film Festival for her role in "The Assassins" (铜雀台) in 2012. In 2017, she was selected from thousands of candidates to play the title role in Disney's live-action "Mulan" (花木兰).