Chen Yao

Chen Yao

actress, producer, music department

Chen Yao was born on Oct 05, 1979 in China. Chen Yao's big-screen debut came with All's Well, Ends Well 2009 directed by Vincent Kok in 2009.

Yao studied at Beijing Dancing Academy From 1993 to 1997, graduated from Beijing film academy in 2003. She played the lead in the play "An Lian Tao Hua Yuan" as Miss Yun during the period of school and was hired by Xi'an Film Studios. She started her performing career on TV through some sitcoms, one of which, titled Wu lin wai zhuan (2006), made her well-known around China. Then she credited herself in many films such as Da dian ying 2.0: Zhi liang ge sha gua de huang tang shi (2007), Ga yau hei si 2009 (2009) and Fei chang wan mei (2009) etc. Her exaggerated style in acting comedy got reviews called "female version of Stephen Chow".

  • Birthday

    Oct 05, 1979
  • Place of Birth

    Nanping, Fujian, China

Awards

23 wins & 25 nominations

Academy Award of Beijing Film Academy
2020
Best Actor/Actress
Winner - Academy TV Award
Dou ting hao (2019)
2020
Best Actor/Actress
Winner - Academy TV Award
Beijing Student Film Festival
2019
Best Actress
Winner - Jury Award
2011
Favorite Actress
Winner - Students' Choice Award
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Movies & TV Shows

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