Yuan Hua

Biography

Yuan Hua is a Chinese actress born on March 4, 1972, in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. She graduated from the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama and became a member of the National Theatre Company of China. She began her acting career in 1993 with the film "Tan Mi Xin Qiao" directed by Zhang Gang. She received a Golden Eagle Award nomination for Best Actress for the TV series "Ming Xing Wu Ke Liu" in 1996, and was nominated for both the Golden Eagle Award and the Flying Apsaras Award for "Yi Nian You Yi Nian" in 1999, followed by another Golden Eagle nomination in 2002 for "Lao Ba Xiang Qian Chong." She has been married twice; her first husband was CCTV presenter Sha Tong, and her current husband works outside the entertainment industry. She gave birth to a son in October 2009. She returned to acting in 2011 with the TV series "Xi Fu Shi Zen Yang Lian Cheng De," and made her stage debut in 2012 in the play "Mei Li De Lan Se Duo Nao He." In 2013, she participated in the historical TV series "Mao Zedong," portraying Kang Keqing, and also starred in "Liu Shou Nan Ren," adapted from Mi Rongrong's novel. After that, she gradually withdrew from television and film but did not abandon theatre, transitioning to work with the National Theatre Company of China in stage performances.