Zhu Yuanyuan

Zhu Yuanyuan
Zhu Yuanyuan
朱媛媛
Born	18 March 1974 (age 50); Shibei District, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Alma mater	Qingdao Art School; Central Academy of Drama
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Agent	National Theatre Company of China
Spouse	Xin Baiqing (m. 2004)
Children	1

Zhu Yuanyuan (Chinese: 朱媛媛; pinyin: Zhū Yuányuán; born 18 March 1974) is a Chinese actress.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Zhu is noted for her roles as Tao Hua and Song Yu in the film and television series The Forest Ranger and The Forest Ranger respectively.

Early life

Zhu was born and raised in Shibei District of Qingdao, Shandong, where she finished from Qingdao Art School in 1992, her ancestral home in Yixing, Wuxi, Jiangsu.^[1] Zhu graduated from Central Academy of Drama in 1997, where she majored in acting.^[1]

Acting career

Zhu began her career by appearing in small roles in 1995, such as Spring Breeze in the Evening, Modern Urban Heroine, and Waiting Hall.

In 1998, Zhu won the Best TV Actress Award at the Beijing Chunyan Awards and Favorite Actress Award at the Golden Eagle Awards for her performance in Loquacious Zhang Damin's Happy Life.

Zhu's first film role was uncredited appearance in the film Bey, Our 1948 (1999).

In 2000, Zhu played the role of Soong Ching-ling in Sun Yat-Sen, for which she won the Favorite Actress Award at the CCTV Television Awards. That same year, she earned her Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress nomination for her performance as Li Yun in Beautiful Family.

In 2001, Zhu had a supporting role in Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito 2, a historical television series starring Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie.

For her role as Song Yu in Romantic Matter, Zhu was nominated for the Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress and Chinese Television Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding Actress.

In 2005, Zhu starred in The Forest Ranger, a film adaptation based on the novel of Zhang Ping's The Attacker , she received nominations at the Shanghai Film Critics Awards, Golden Rooster Awards and Huabiao Film Awards, and won the Female Actor Award at the Golden Phoenix Awards.^[5]^[6]

In 2010, Zhu co-starred with Jet Li, Gwei Lun-mei and Wen Zhang in Ocean Heaven as the Aunt Chai.^[7] She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award at the Hundred Flowers Awards.

In 2012, Zhu played the lead role in Love in the Family, for which she earned her second Golden Eagle Awards for Favorite Actress.^[8]

Personal life

Zhu married her university friend Xin Baiqing in 2004, their daughter was born in August 2008.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role
1999	Bey, Our 1948	再见，我们的1948	Tang Gong
2000	Beautiful Family	美丽的家	Li Yun
2005	The Forest Ranger	天狗	Tao Hua
2009	Tiny Dust, True Love	寻找微尘	The Vice-president
2010	Ocean Heaven	海洋天堂	Aunt Chai
2015	Lost in Hong Kong	港囧
2021	Sister	我的姐姐

Television

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role
1995		一地鸡毛	The nanny
1996	Spring Breeze in the Evening	春风沉醉的晚上	Zheng Xiuyue
1996	Modern Urban Heroine	都市英雄	Hua Niuzi
1997	Waiting Hall	候车大厅	Hu Lili
		百年沉浮	Pei Yelian
		红杏出墙记	Liu Ruyan
1998	Loquacious Zhang Damin's Happy Life	贫嘴张大民的幸福生活	Li Yunfang
1999		九九归一	Cai Xiaowan
1999	My Beloved Motherland	我亲爱的祖国	Zhang Zhiruo
2000	Sun Yat-Sen	孙中山	Soong Ching-ling
2000	Love Literature	京城大状师	Xiaorou
2001	The Best Clown Under Heaven	天下第一丑	Chai Xiugu
2001	Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito 2	康熙微服私访记2	Lu Zhu'er
2002	Last Hour of the Century's End	世纪末的晚钟	Shen Zhiping
		爱情宝典之小棋士	Miao Guan
		爱情宝典之绿牡丹	Che Jingying
2003		天高地厚	Bao Zhen
	Romantic Matter	浪漫的事	Song Yu
		良心作证	Xiao Mei
2004	Tracing	追踪	Shang Qiuyun
	Family Has 9 Phoenixes	家有九凤	Qi Feng
		酒巷深深	Liu Xuying
2005	Secret Order 1949	密令1949	Lin Qianru
		中国式结婚	guest
		红色追击令	Mei Ruojin
		萍水相逢过大年	Feng Qing
2006	Eight Brothers	八兄弟	Fang Fang
2006	Be a Man	好男当家	Yang Juan
2007	Honorable Years	光荣岁月	Bai Xiangming
2009	Happy Secret Code	幸福密码	Han Xifeng
2009	Looks at This Family	瞧这一家子	Sun Xiaodan
2010	13th Princess	十三格格新传	Empress Dowager Cixi
2011	Love in the Family	咱家那些事	Xiu Yan
2013		离婚后再战江湖

Drama

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
1998	Richard III	理查三世
2010	Four Generations under One Roof	四世同堂	Yun Mei
2013	Big Family	大宅门	Huang Chun/ Yang Jiuhong/ Xiang Xiu	^[10]

Awards

Year	Work	Award	Result
2000	Loquacious Zhang Damin's Happy Life	Chunyan Awards for Best TV Actress	Won
2000	Loquacious Zhang Damin's Happy Life	Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress	Won
2001	Sun Yat-Sen	CCTV Television Award for Favorite Actress	Won
2001	Beautiful Family	Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress	Nominated
2004	Romantic Matter	Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress	Nominated
2004	Romantic Matter	Chinese Television Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding Actress	Nominated
2006	The Forest Ranger	Shanghai Film Critics Award for Best Actress	Won
2006	Family Has 9 Phoenixes	Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress	Won
2007	The Forest Ranger	Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress	Nominated
		Huabiao Film Award for Outstanding Actress	Nominated
		Golden Phoenix Award for Female Actor	Won
2011		Sohu Internet TV Festival – Best Actress	Nominated
2012	Ocean Heaven	Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
2012	Love in the Family	Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress	Nominated

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 百花奖最佳女配角提名：朱媛媛. Sohu (in Chinese). 2012-09-19.
^ "Zhu Yuanyuan". chinesemov.com.
^ ""Big Family" to hit stage". CNTV. 2013-10-11.
^ "NCPA Is Going to Premiere the Big Family, National Theatre of China's New Classic". chncpa.org. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
^ 《天狗》上海影评人奖十佳影片朱媛媛当选影后. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 2006-06-25.
^ 第12届华表奖提名揭晓朱媛媛李冰冰角逐影后. Tencent (in Chinese). 2007-08-17.
^ 图文：《海洋天堂》首映-朱媛媛. sina (in Chinese). 2010-06-13.
^ 周小斌朱媛媛《咱家那些事》携手演夫妻. sina (in Chinese). 2011-12-14.
^ 朱媛媛聊家庭我在辛柏青眼里不会乏味. iFeng (in Chinese). 2012-02-17.
^ "Drama "The Grand Mansion Gate" by China Grand National Theatre for Shanghai Drama Week". culture.sh.cn. 2013-10-15. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014.

External links

Zhu Yuanyuan on Weibo (in Chinese)

[bee-1] 百花奖最佳女配角提名：朱媛媛. Sohu (in Chinese). 2012-09-19.

[2] "Zhu Yuanyuan". chinesemov.com.

[3] ""Big Family" to hit stage". CNTV. 2013-10-11.

[4] "NCPA Is Going to Premiere the Big Family, National Theatre of China's New Classic". chncpa.org. Retrieved 2013-01-14.

[5] 《天狗》上海影评人奖十佳影片朱媛媛当选影后. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 2006-06-25.

[6] 第12届华表奖提名揭晓朱媛媛李冰冰角逐影后. Tencent (in Chinese). 2007-08-17.

[7] 图文：《海洋天堂》首映-朱媛媛. sina (in Chinese). 2010-06-13.

[8] 周小斌朱媛媛《咱家那些事》携手演夫妻. sina (in Chinese). 2011-12-14.

[9] 朱媛媛聊家庭我在辛柏青眼里不会乏味. iFeng (in Chinese). 2012-02-17.

[10] "Drama "The Grand Mansion Gate" by China Grand National Theatre for Shanghai Drama Week". culture.sh.cn. 2013-10-15. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014.

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v t e Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress
1980s	Lin Bin / Mao Wenhui / Ouyang Ruqiu (1981) He Xiaoshu (1982) Zheng Zhenyao (1983) Song Xiaoying (1984) Wang Yumei (1985) Wang Fuli (1986) Xu Ning/Ding Jiali (1987) Lü Liping (1988) N/A (1989)
1990s	Lin Moyu (1990) N/A (1991) Ding Jiali (1992) Zhang Liwei (1993) N/A (1994) Ju Xue (1995) Zheng Weili (1996) Ma Xiaoqing (1997) Bai Xueyun (1998) Yuan Quan (1999)
2000s	Chen Jin (2000) Peng Yu (2001) Yuan Quan (2002) Xu Jinglei (2003) N/A (2004) Huang Meiying (2005) Xiao Xiangyu (2007) Yue Hong (2009)
2010s	Guo Ge (2011) Wang Luodan (2013) Deng Jiajia (2015) Wu Yanshu (2017) Wu Yufang (2019)
2020s	Yuan Quan (2020) Zhu Yuanyuan (2021) Qi Xi (2022)

v t e Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress
1980	Liu Xiaoqing (1980)
1983–2004	Jiang Lili (1983) Wang Fuli (1984) Wang Yumei (1985) Wang Fuli (1986) Zhang Xiaomin (1987) Lü Liping (1988) Gong Li (1989) Lin Moyu (1990) Wu Yujuan (1991) Lü Liping (1992) Chen Xiaoyi (1993) Ding Jiali (1994) Li Yuanyuan (1995) He Saifei (1996) Song Chunli (1997) Zhang Lu (1998) Li Xiaohong (1999) Tao Hong (2000) Yan Qingyu (2001) Yuan Li (2002) Yuan Quan (2003) Zhang Yan (2004)
2006–present	Yuen Qiu (2006) Gua Ah-leh (2008) Wang Jia / Xu Qing (2010) Ning Jing (2012) Deng Jiajia (2014) Angelababy (2016) Jiang Luxia (2018) Yuan Quan (2020) Zhu Yuanyuan (2022)