Liu Yan (; born 8 November 1980), also known as Ada Liu, is a Chinese actress, hostess and singer. She won the "Best New Artist" at the 2nd

Top Chinese Music Awards The Top Chinese Music Awards () is an annual music awards to recognize Chinese popular music artists and works. The Top Chinese Music Awards was established in 2001 and is held in China. The awards have been described by the media as China's equi ...

and the "Best Promising Host" at the 3rd Zongyi Award, in 2010 the Most Influencing Host of China named she on their list of the 10 Greatest hosts in Television. Liu is noted for her roles as Dai Yiyi and Jiajia in '' Badges of Fury'' (2013) and ''The Incredible Truth'' (2013) respectively.

Life

Early life

Liu was born Yang Liu () in

Hengyang Hengyang (; ) is the second largest city of Hunan Province, China. It straddles the Xiang River about south of the provincial capital of Changsha. As of the 2020 Chinese census, Its total population was 6,645,243 inhabitants, of whom 1,290,71 ...

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

, on 8 November 1980, with her

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Wuhu Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province of China, province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei City to the n ...

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. She was raised in

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

and is the younger of two children, with an elder brother. Liu became the student in charge of entertainment in her class when she was a pupil. Liu enrolled at

Hunan Normal University Hunan Normal University (HunNU) is a provincial public university in Changsha, Hunan, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Hunan, and co-funded by the Hunan Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education. The university ...

, earning a bachelor's degree in

Chinese literature The history of Chinese literature extends thousands of years, and begins with the earliest recorded inscriptions, court archives, building to the major works of philosophy and history written during the Axial Age. The Han dynasty, Han (202 ...

Hosting career

Liu joined

Guangdong Television Guangdong Television (GDTV; ) is a television station in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in China. Guangdong TV is the oldest television station in the province, which covers Guangdong and surrounding provinces. At present, Guangdong TV has a sta ...

to host television in 1999, at the same year, she entered

Communication University of China The Communication University of China (CUC) is a public university in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction and Project 211. CUC developed from ...

. In March 2000, Liu hosted ''Financial Report'' and ''Green News'' in

Southern Television Guangdong TVS Television (called TVS), originally known as Southern Television Guangdong is a regional Chinese language sub-network under Guangdong Radio and Television in Southern China. TVS is based in Guangzhou and covers mainly in Guangdong and Hong ...

. From 2001 to 2002, she hosted ''Walking in Guangzhou''. In November 2002, Liu joined Hunan Public Channel and hosted ''Public News''. In 2004, Liu returned to Guangzhou, she hosted ''Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao'' in Guangdong Television. In December 2005, Liu joined

Enlight Media Beijing Enlight Media Co., Ltd. known as Enlight Media is a Chinese publicly-traded company. It is a TV program production enterprise, as well as film production via Beijing Enlight Pictures. The company was incorporated on 24 April 2000. Beijin ...

Acting career

Liu made her acting debut in 2008 when she was chosen to act as a supporting actor in fantasy film '' Painted Skin''. In 2009, Liu acted in the historical television series ''

The Legend of Yang Guifei ''The Legend of Yang Guifei'', also known as ''The Secret History of Concubine Yang'', is a Chinese television series loosely based on the romance between Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty and his consort Yang Yuhuan. The series was directed b ...

'' directed by You Xiaogang, playing the role of Empress Zhang. Liu had a minor role as Yun Mei in fantasy film ''

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'' (2011), and also starred in

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's romance film ''Marry Mr. Prefect''. In 2012, Liu was cast in the historical television series ''Against the Blade of Honour'', which adapted from Taiwanese novelist

Gu Long Xiong Yaohua (7 June 1938 – 21 September 1985), better known by his pen name Gu Long, was a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. A graduate of Cheng Kung Senior High School and Tamkang University, Xio ...

wuxia ( , literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese literature, Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fantasy literature, its popularity ha ...

novel of the same title. However the series has not been broadcast to date. After playing minor roles in various films and television series, Liu then acted bigger roles in '' Badges of Fury'', ''The Incredible Truth'', ''

Jian Bing Man ''Jian Bing Man'' () is a 2015 Chinese superhero parody film directed, written and also starring Da Peng, Mabel Yuan and Liu Yan. The film also features Jean-Claude Van Damme Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (, ; born 18 Octobe ...

'' and '' I Belonged to You'', which enjoyed commercial box office success in China and she quickly rose to prominence. In 2016, Liu reunited with fellow '' I Belonged to You'' co-star Yang Yang in

xianxia ''Xianxia'' ( zh, t=, s=仙侠, p=xiānxiá, l=immortal heroes, first=t) is a genre of Chinese fantasy heavily inspired by Chinese mythology and influenced by philosophies of Taoism, Chan Buddhism, Confucianism, Chinese martial arts, traditiona ...

drama ''

Martial Universe ''Martial Universe'' () is a 2018 Chinese television series based on the novel ''Wu Dong Qian Kun'' by Tiancai Dudou. It stars Yang Yang, Zhang Tianai, Wang Likun and Wu Chun. The series is divided into two seasons. The first season of the ser ...

''. She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award with her performance in military drama ''Young Marshal''.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards

References

External links

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