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简介

Ni Ni is a Chinese actress born on August 8, 1988, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. She attended Nanjing Changjiang Road Primary School, then Nanjing No. 9 Middle School, followed by Nanjing Meiyuan High School, before transferring to Xuyi High School in Jiangsu for her final year. In 2007, she enrolled at the Nanjing College of Communication, China Communication University, majoring in Broadcasting and Hosting, and graduated in June 2011. Before her acting career, she was a national second-level swimming champion and won the Jiangsu provincial international dance championship. She was discovered by renowned director Zhang Yimou during his casting search for "The Flowers of War" in 2007, and after passing auditions in November 2009, she landed the lead role and rose to fame as one of the new generation of "Mou Girls." The film was a major box office success, earning 600 million yuan and winning Best Chinese Film of 2011, while Ni Ni received the Best Newcomer award at the 6th Asian Film Awards. After Zhang Yimou's split with Zhang Weiping in 2012, Ni Ni faced contractual issues and established her own studio. In 2013, she was named one of the "Four Little Dan New Generation" actresses and starred in several successful films. In 2017, she began her television career with the drama "The Rise of Phoenixes" and signed with Tongming Film. She received a Golden Rooster Award nomination for Best Actress in 2022 for "A Long Confession," and in 2023 won Best Actress at the Changchun Film Festival for "Lost in the Stars."