Chinese actress
Sun Li
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Born
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1982-09-26
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26 September 1982
(age 41)
Shanghai, China
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Alma mater
| Shanghai Oriental Culture College
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Occupation(s)
| Actress, singer
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Years active
| 2001–present
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Agent
| Hairun Media
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Spouse
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Children
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Traditional Chinese
| 孫儷
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Simplified Chinese
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Sun Li
(
Chinese
:
??
, born 26 September 1982),
[1]
also known as
Susan Sun
,
[note 1]
is a Chinese actress. In 2018, she became the youngest Chinese actress to win the "Grand Slam", after winning the three biggest television awards, the Flying Apsaras Awards, Golden Eagle Awards and the Magnolia Awards.
[2]
[3]
Career
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Sun first entered show business by participating in 2001's
Star Search
, held by Singapore's
MediaCorp
.
[4]
She reached the finals and earned the praise of judge
Andy Lau
. Following the competition, Sun joined Hairun Media as their first flagship artist.
In 2003, author and TV producer
Hai Yan
selected her for the female lead in the television series
Goddess of Mercy
.
[5]
Sun received overwhelmingly positive feedback from audiences for her portrayal of An Xin, and rose to fame in China as one of the most promising young actresses.
[
citation needed
]
In 2006, Sun won the Best Newcomer award at the 28th
Hundred Flowers Awards
for her performance in
Huo Yuanjia
co-starring
Jet Li
.
[6]
[7]
She then starred alongside
Huang Xiaoming
in
Shanghai Bund
(2007), a mainland remake of the 1980 television series
The Bund
.
[8]
Sun starred in
Gordon Chan
's horror-adventure film
Painted Skin
(2008), and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as a young and inexperienced demon hunter at numerous award ceremonies.
[9]
The same year, she starred in
Gao Xixi
's military-romance drama
Tian Mi Mi
. The series was chosen by the Chinese Radio & Television Association as one of the Top Ten television series of the year.
Sun then starred in
Iron Road
(2009), the second joint venture created under Canada/China co-production treaty established in the 1960s.
[10]
She plays a poor Chinese girl in search of her father who works at a railroad in North America, and challenged speaking in English for the film. For her performance, Sun was
crowned Best Actress at the 2nd Roma FictionFest and the 25th
Gemini Awards
.
[11]
[12]
The same year, Sun played the title character in the television series,
Auntie Duohe
, based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed writer
Geling Yan
.
[13]
Sun gained widespread recognition by playing
Zhen Huan
in the critically acclaimed historical drama,
Empresses in the Palace
. She was nominated for an
International Emmy Award
in the Best Actress category for her role.
[14]
Praised for being one of the best historical dramas in China, the series garnered high ratings throughout its run and also sparked trends in dialogue quotes and plastic surgery.
[15]
The same year, she reunited with
Painted Skin
director Gordan Chan in
Mural
(also known as
Painted Skin 2
).
[16]
She also starred in martial arts film
The Lost Bladesman
alongside
Donnie Yen
and
Jiang Wen
.
[17]
For her role as an independent mother in
Hot Mom!
(2013),
[18]
Sun won the
Best Actress
award at the 20th
Shanghai Television Festival
.
[19]
She also won the Most Popular Actress award at the 10th
China Golden Eagle TV Arts Festival
.
[20]
In 2015, Sun played
Queen Dowager Xuan
, the first stateswoman in China, in historical drama
The Legend of Mi Yue
.
[4]
[21]
The series was a commercial success, and recorded the highest ratings of the year.
[22]
Sun won her second
Best Actress
trophy at the 22nd
Shanghai Television Festival
.
[23]
The same year, Sun challenged her first comedy role in
Devil and Angel
, directed by her husband
Deng Chao
.
[24]
In 2017, Sun played the lead character in the period drama
Nothing Gold Can Stay
, based on a real-life story of Zhou Ying, a budding businesswoman who takes on the responsibilities from her dead husband and starts rebuilding their business empire from scratch.
[25]
[26]
For her performance in the role, Sun was awarded the
Outstanding Actress
award at the
Flying Apsaras Awards
.
[27]
In 2018, Sun starred in
Zhang Yimou
's historical film,
Shadow
as the female lead. She was nominated in the Best Actress category at the
Golden Horse Awards
for her performance.
[28]
In 2019, Sun was cast in the drama
I Will Find You a Better Home
as a star property agent, and was nominated for the Best Actress award at the
Shanghai Television Festival
.
[29]
Personal life
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Sun and actor
Deng Chao
registered their marriage in 2010 and held an official wedding ceremony in 2011 when she was five months pregnant. They have two children, a son named Deng Han Zhi (born in November 2011) and a daughter named Deng Han Yi (born in May 2014).
[30]
She has a half sister, Sun Yan, who is also an actress. Her sister is 19 years younger than Sun Li.
[31]
Filmography
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Film
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Television series
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Discography
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Albums
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Year
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English title
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Chinese title
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Language
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Notes
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2006
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Love is like the Air
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?如空?
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Mandarin
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[56]
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2008
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A Little Dream
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小小的?想
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2010
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Beautiful Signal
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美?暗?
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Singles
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Awards and nominations
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Forbes China Celebrity 100
[
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Notes
[
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]
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There was earlier misreporting in US of her name as Betty, corrected by several news agencies in China, such as News.cn, HaiBao & Baidu
References
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]
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"??生日?有后?!?"送?"之后,活??超再送老婆8小?睡眠_微博"
.
www.sohu.com
. Retrieved
23 August
2021
.
- ^
"Sun Li wins Best Actress at Feitian Awards"
.
Yahoo
. 10 April 2018.
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Geng Lingbo (
耿凌波
); Wu Jingjing (
???
) (2022).
??:?是我最大的?座
[Sun Li: love is my greatest throne].
Modern Youth
(in Chinese).
469
. Haikou, Hainan: Modern Youth Press: 12?15.
ISSN
1004-2555
.
- ^
a
b
"Chinese actress Sun Li: Feisty on screen, nervous off screen"
.
The Straits Times
. 21 March 2016.
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"《玉?音》女主角出? 新人??揭?神秘面?"
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Sina
(in Chinese). 21 November 2001.
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"???? ???影?女作《?元甲》"
.
China.com
(in Chinese). 23 February 2005.
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a
b
"最佳新人???表??感言 感???人?李?杰"
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Sina
(in Chinese). 28 October 2006.
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"《上海?》主演敲定 ??明??演?文强?程程"
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Sina
(in Chinese). 13 January 2006.
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"Sun Li-'Painted Skin'
"
.
China Radio International
. 13 October 2009.
[
dead link
]
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"Sun Li Leads Iron Road Production"
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China.org.cn
. 4 June 2007.
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a
b
"Sun Li crowned best actress in Roma Fiction Fest"
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China.org.cn
. 25 July 2008.
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a
b
"Sun Li named best actress at Canadian TV Awards"
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China.org.cn
. 18 November 2010.
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"《小姨多?》?述?情命?故事 ??姜武演?"
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Sina
(in Chinese). 8 January 2010.
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a
b
"Sun Li receives first Emmy nomination"
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China Daily
. 9 October 2013.
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"Top 10 Chinese entertainment events in 2012 (7)"
.
People's Daily
. 21 December 2012.
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"First Peek of Love Birds Deng and Sun in "Painted Skin 2"
"
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China Radio International
. 5 May 2011. Archived from
the original
on 7 May 2011.
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"Sun Li in 'The Lost Bladesman'
"
.
China Daily
. 20 January 2011.
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"《辣?正?》??接地?:我?了?多"
.
Sina
(in Chinese). 17 September 2013.
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a
b
"Magnolia Awards announced at 20th Shanghai TV Fest"
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CCTV
. 15 June 2014.
- ^
a
b
"10th China Golden Eagle TV Art Festival concludes"
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China Daily
. 13 October 2014.
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"《?月?》??造型海?首曝光 定于9月6日?机"
.
ifeng
(in Chinese). 21 August 2014.
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He, Huifeng (3 December 2015).
"Legend of Miyue smashes online video viewing record in China with 700 million hits in 24 hours as country sees industry take off"
.
South China Morning Post
.
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a
b
"Hu Ge, Sun Li win Magnolia Award for Best TV Series"
.
Sina
. 11 June 2016.
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"??《?棍天使》??:?超?放了我的天性(全文)"
.
Netease
(in Chinese). 25 December 2015.
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"Betty Sun Li nearly rejected "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
"
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Yahoo
. 6 September 2017.
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"???身女首富 情?《那年花?月正?》"
.
Sina
(in Chinese). 3 July 2016.
- ^
a
b
"31st Flying Apsaras Awards concludes in Ningbo"
.
China Daily
. 4 April 2018.
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"Zhang Yimou Explores New Ideas in 'Shadow'
"
.
Variety
. 25 September 2018.
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"《?房子的人》上海?机 ???晋?身房?中介"
.
ifeng
(in Chinese). 27 April 2019.
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"Sun Li and Deng Chao hold party for their daughter"
.
Sina
. 21 August 2014.
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"Sun Li Introduces The World To Her Teenage Half-Sister, Who Looks Just Like Her"
.
TODAYonline
. Retrieved
2 July
2020
.
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"???《机器?》泣不成? ???感??叫好"
.
Mtime
(in Chinese). 2 July 2009.
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"《越光?盒》?? ??有点??中基??"
.
Mtime
(in Chinese). 20 August 2009.
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"
"大?天仙"曝?照 ?伊健??演?新版武松潘金?"
.
Mtime
(in Chinese). 17 January 2014.
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"??加盟?超?演"分手大?" 10月?拍??客串"
.
Mtime
(in Chinese). 11 September 2013.
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"?超??《影》??引期待-新??"
[Deng Chaosun Li's "Shadow" is expected - Xinhuanet.com].
m.xinhuanet.com
(in Chinese). 5 June 2018
. Retrieved
29 April
2024
.
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"《我和我的家?》之《回?之路》?容官宣"
[The "Road Back Home" lineup of "Me and My Hometown" was announced].
m.yunnan.cn
(in Chinese)
. Retrieved
29 April
2024
.
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"《中???》在京首映 ?超、??分享再次合作感受"
["Chinese Ping-pong" premiered in Beijing, Deng Chao and Sun Li shared the feeling of cooperation again].
m.chinanews.com
(in Chinese). 19 January 2023
. Retrieved
29 April
2024
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"??:穿《一??花鞋》??"
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Sina
(in Chinese). 14 September 2003.
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"??:《一米?光》中的?面夏娃"
.
Netease
(in Chinese). 5 November 2003.
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"?大???走?《?粉世家》"
.
Sina
(in Chinese). 16 September 2004.
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"<血色浪漫>收?火爆 ??:??男人?苦日子"
.
Netease
(in Chinese). 1 July 2005.
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"??《?雨西?》扮野? ?博高云翔??"
.
Sina
(in Chinese). 9 December 2004.
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"????再度?手《天和局》"
.
Sina
(in Chinese). 3 December 2004.
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"?《幸福像花?一?》 ??:??大姐幸福像花"
.
Sina
(in Chinese). 9 October 2005.
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"???建?《屋?上的??石》7月?凉登?"
.
Sina
(in Chinese). 1 July 2007.
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"??《一世情?》中"嫌??富"?心机(?)"
.
Sina
(in Chinese). 4 September 2008.
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"????《?蜜蜜》 ???本?上是幸福的"
.
Sina
(in Chinese). 20 December 2008.
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"??主演《后?·甄??》"
[Sun Li stars in Legend of Zhen Huan].
m.bjnews.com.cn
(in Chinese). 7 July 2010
. Retrieved
29 April
2024
.
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"《辣?正?》?播 ??火辣登?展??狂_浙江??官?"
["Hot Mom is True Story" premiere Sun Li hot debut show crazy _ Zhejiang TV official website].
m.zjstv.com
(in Chinese). 14 September 2013
. Retrieved
29 April
2024
.
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"《那年花?月正?》??脾?火爆"?"遍全?-新??"
["That year blooming moon is round" Sun Li temper hot "against" all over the group - Xinhua Net].
m.news.cn
(in Chinese). 25 August 2017
. Retrieved
29 April
2024
.
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"聊《安家》 ??"??"了自己的拍??"
[Talk about "Home" Sun Li "shake" their own shooting classics].
m.chinanews.com
(in Chinese)
. Retrieved
29 April
2024
.
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"抗疫?《在一起》?展到10??元,??、??、?嘉?新?加盟"
[The anti-epidemic drama "Together" has been expanded to 10 units, with Sun Li, Deng Lun and Zhang Jiayi joining fresh].
www.163.com
(in Chinese). 15 June 2020
. Retrieved
29 April
2024
.
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Xu, Wei (8 October 2021).
"Drama series pays tribute to China's heroes"
.
Shanghai Daily
. Retrieved
19 October
2021
.
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"《理想之城》上海?机 ???又廷上演??生存?"
.
Netease
(in Chinese). 20 August 2020.
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"??推出首??曲《?如空?》"
.
Netease
(in Chinese). 15 January 2006.
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"第二十二?中???金??"
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CTAATV
(in Chinese). 14 September 2012.
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"??喜?香港?影?演??新人?"
.
Sina
(in Chinese). 17 March 2007.
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"2012電影節、電視節獲?名單"
.
MITF
(in Chinese)
. Retrieved
17 May
2017
.
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"安徽??盛典落幕 ?嘉???分??帝后"
.
Sina
(in Chinese). 1 January 2013.
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"第四??洲??彩虹?落???西? ??曾??"
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(in Chinese). 17 May 2017.
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"第24?上海???白玉??中?????元入?名?公布"
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People's Daily
(in Chinese). 24 May 2018.
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"第29?中???金??提名演?名?出?"
.
Xinhua News Agency
(in Chinese). 9 October 2018. Archived from
the original
on 11 October 2018.
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"金??提名公布???《影》??"
.
Mtime
(in Chinese). 1 October 2018.
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"第26?上海???白玉??入?名?公布"
.
China News
(in Chinese). 17 July 2020.
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"第30?金??提名名?:易?千?入?最佳男演?,?雯??????后"
.
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(in Chinese). 15 September 2020.
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"第七?"中???好演??"候?名?,易?千??思?等超百名演?入?"
.
Chongqing Chongbao
(in Chinese). 15 September 2020.
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"?依??第33??天??秀女演??"
[Reyizha won the Outstanding Actress Award at the 33rd Feitian Awards].
China News
. 1 November 2022.
Archived
from the original on 1 November 2022.
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[Nominations for the 28th Magnolia Awards announced, Zhang Yi, Zhu Yilong, Zhao Liying and others are shortlisted].
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. 27 May 2023.
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. Retrieved
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- Xiang Hong, Fang Yanhua (1984)
- N/A (1985)
- N/A (1986)
- Fang Qingzhuo (1987)
- Ma Lan
(1988)
- N/A (1989)
- Wu Mian (1990)
- Li Ling (1991)
- Lu Liping
(1992)
- Song Chunli
(1993)
- Zuo Ling (1994)
- N/A (1995)
- Lu Zhong
(1996)
- Chen Jin
(1997)
- Sa Rina,
Wang Yumei
(1998)
- Jiang Wenli
,
Ding Jiali
(1999)
- Song Jia
, Zhang Xiaolei (2000)
- Chen Jin
,
Xi Meijuan
(2001)
- Tao Hong
, Jiang Shan (2002)
- Xu Fan
, Wang Haiyan (2003)
- Wang Qianhua, Ju Xue (2004)
- Lu Yuan (2005)
- Liu Jia,
Jiang Qinqin
(2007)
- Sa Rina,
Yan Ni
(2009)
- Jiang Wenli
,
Hai Qing
(2011)
- Yin Tao
,
Ma Su
(2013)
- Mei Ting
(2015)
- Sun Li
(2018)
- Qin Hailu
(2020)
- Rayzha Alimjan
(2022)
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