Mabel_Yuan

Yuan Shanshan

Yuan Shanshan

Chinese actress and singer


Yuan Shanshan (Chinese: 袁姗姗, born 22 February 1987) also known as Mabel Yuan is a Chinese actress and singer. She is noted for her roles as in the Gong series: Palace II (2012) and Palace III (2013); as well as Swordsman (2013) and Jian Bing Man (2015).

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Early life and education

Yuan Shanshan was born in a wealthy and highly educated family, to civil servants parents, in Xiangcheng District of Xiangyang city, Hubei province on February 22, 1987. At the age of 6, she started to play the violin.[1]

In 2005, she attended Beijing Film Academy from which she graduated in 2009.[1]

Career

Yuan made her acting debut in A House's Maid in 2010, and was praised by co-star Zhao Wenxuan for her performance.[2]

Yuan Shanshan first came to the attention of the audience when she played a supporting role in the historical television series Qin Xianglian.[3] Under her co-star Leanne Liu's recommendation, she then signed with Yu Zheng's Studio.[1] After guest-starring in Palace, Yuan then got the role of Empress Xiaoshengxian in second installment of Yu Zheng's 'Gong' series; which propelled Yuan to fame and earned her a Breakthrough Improvement award.[4]

Thereafter Yuan starred in several productions by Yu Zheng such as Beauty Without Tears (2012),[5] the third installment of Yu Zheng's 'Beauty' series; Beauty of the Emperor (2012);[6] Swordsman (2013),[7] adapted from Jin Yong's wuxia novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer; and Palace 3: The Lost Daughter (2014),[8] the sequel of Palace II — all of the series were popular during their run and led to increased recognition for Yuan.[9][10] She is also known for her role in the period romantic drama Love in Spring (2013).[11] However despite her rising popularity, Yuan faced several backlash by haters on Weibo in regards to her miscast, as the role of Ren Yingying in Swordsman.[12]

In 2015, Yuan starred in the superhero parody film Jian Bing Man,[13] which was a box office success and broke ten million admissions.[14] Yuan won the Most Powerful New Actress award at the Weibo Movie Awards Night.[15] She next starred in the South Korean-Chinese romantic comedy film So I Married an Anti-fan and recorded a duet with her co-star Park Chan-yeol from boy band Exo.[16][17] For the film, Yuan won the Most Popular Actress award at the Chinese American Film Festival.[18]

Filmography

Film

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Discography

Singles

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References

  1. 袁姗姗6岁开始学小提琴 父母都是公务员. Sina (in Chinese). March 27, 2013.
  2. 《美人无泪》收视稳居第一 于正回应质疑. Tencent (in Chinese). December 25, 2012.
  3. 袁姗姗角色盘点:从乖乖女到蛇蝎美人. Sina (in Chinese). October 22, 2013.
  4. 新《笑傲江湖》遭疯狂吐槽 十万人骂袁姗姗. China Radio International (in Chinese). March 7, 2013.
  5. 岳云鹏袁姗姗出演"反差萌"CP. Mtime (in Chinese). February 7, 2017.
  6. 《龙虾刑警》袁姗姗化身"辣手警花". Mtime (in Chinese). November 3, 2017.
  7. 任达华深情讲述与导盲犬小Q的羁绊. Mtime (in Chinese). July 8, 2019.
  8. 《头条里的青春中国》微电影上线. Youth.cn (in Chinese). September 27, 2019.
  9. 《王的女人》袁姗姗首演反派心计女(图). Sina (in Chinese). October 15, 2013.
  10. 《幸福绽放》袁姗姗大玩穿越秀婚纱. Sina (in Chinese). November 8, 2012.
  11. 《家有喜妇》袁姗姗贾乃亮身陷三角恋. Sina (in Chinese). January 23, 2014.
  12. 袁姗姗《芙蓉锦》搭档何润东获赞没心机. Sina (in Chinese). December 12, 2013.
  13. 袁姗姗《男保姆》与雷佳音二次邂逅. Sina (in Chinese). November 18, 2014.
  14. 《恋爱真美》袁姗姗饰演上天入地小娱记. Sina (in Chinese). November 24, 2016.

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