74 Facts About Ruby Lin

Ruby Lin Xin-ru is a Taiwanese actress, television and film producer, and singer.

Since Ruby Lin started her own studio in 2009, she has been producing TV dramas and TV films starring herself, both in mainland China and Taiwan.

Ruby Lin ranked 30th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013,36th in 2014,82nd in 2015, and 68th in 2017.

Ruby Lin was born and raised in Wugu, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Ruby Lin's father was a businessman, and her mother a housewife.

Ruby Lin graduated from Ri Xin Primary School and Zhong Dian High School.

Ruby Lin originally planned on going to the United Kingdom to study after high school graduation.

Ruby Lin's parents were initially opposed to her involvement in the entertainment industry.

Ruby Lin officially joined Jessie and Jones Entertainment Ltd on her 20th birthday, shortly after graduating from high school.

When Ruby Lin received her first experience in front of the camera in 1995, for a minor role, she started to develop a passion for acting.

Ruby Lin received her first role in the film School Days, with Jimmy Lin and Takeshi Kaneshiro.

From 1995 to 1997 after MD completed, Ruby Lin had roles in several Taiwanese TV series and began to attract attention and buzz from the media.

In 1996, Ruby Lin went to China for the first time to film; she considered this a period of valuable experience and a time that she began to learn about acting.

Originally picked for the role of Princess Saiya, Ruby Lin was ultimately chosen by the company to play Xia Ziwei instead, as the actress scheduled to play the main role was unavailable.

Ruby Lin rose to prominence and became a household name overnight.

For two consecutive years, Ruby Lin was included in the Top Ten Most Famous Asian Superstars.

Since 2002, Ruby Lin focused on her career in mainland China.

Ruby Lin was chosen for the female lead in the TV version of Half Life Fate; the film version was directed by Ann Hui, a well-known Asian director.

For Ruby Lin, it was a challenging role and she was under pressure.

Ruby Lin's work yielded good results; her performance enhanced her fame, earning accolades for capturing her screen character Man Zhen's 14 years of arduous life.

Ruby Lin then appeared in the ancient martial arts TV series Flying Daggers, based on Gu Long's novel.

Ruby Lin sparked a trend towards China-Korea collaborations when she starred in the 2004 production Amor de Tarapaca.

Ruby Lin was involved in another original Korean screenplay Magic Touch of Fate, co-starring Taiwanese actor Alec Su and Korean idol Kangta.

Ruby Lin wanted to go back to school; since high school, studying abroad had been her dream.

In 2006, Ruby Lin's starred in the television series Ancestral Temple where she further expanded her acting range.

On June 6,2006, Ruby Lin won the Most Popular Actress in Taiwan award at the 2nd Chinese TV Drama Award ceremony in Beijing.

Ruby Lin has been regularly featured in polls as one of the Top 10 contemporary Chinese actors.

When Ruby Lin committed to play Daji, she could not escape comparison with Fan Bingbing, who played the same role in the first part of the series.

In 2008, Ruby Lin returned to Taiwan for the series Love in Sun Moon Lake, playing an aboriginal woman; this was the first TV series to obtain permission for mainland Chinese actors to film in Taiwan.

In July 2009, Ruby Lin starred as Empress Dou in the Chinese big-budget historical fiction television drama Beauty's Rival in Palace.

Ruby Lin won the 2010 Vietnam DAN Movie Award for Favorite Taiwanese Actress.

Director Zhang Yang commented, "Ruby Lin has a rare ability, all her emotions seem genuine".

Ruby Lin delicately unveils the depths of a struggle during hard time of her life, both strong and brave yet desire to be protected.

Ruby Lin won the Most Popular Actress award at the 5th Seoul International Drama Awards.

Also in late 2010, Ruby Lin won the Favorite Actress of the Year award for her performance in Beauty's Rival in Palace at the annual TV Drama Awards Made in China and the QQ Annual Entertainment Star award.

In January 2011, Ruby Lin started her first project The Glamorous Imperial Concubine as a producer.

Ruby Lin was nominated as Best TV actress at the 2012 Huading Awards.

Ruby Lin returned to the film industry again, playing a mom with two kids in the film Blood Stained Shoes, directed by Raymond Yip.

The media said that Ruby Lin's image was far removed from that which she has previously portrayed in other works.

In March 2012, Ruby Lin was crowned Most Influential TV Actress at the 2012 annual Jeanwest Entertainment Awards.

Ruby Lin received a nomination at the Huading Awards as Best TV Actress for her performance in The Glamorous Imperial Concubine.

Ruby Lin then started filming for The Patriot Yue Fei, a 60-episode historical drama about the downfall of General Yue Fei in the Song dynasty.

Ruby Lin portrayed the wife of General Yue Fei, played by Huang Xiaoming.

Ruby Lin played a married couple in the show with Christopher Lee, where their marriage started to fall apart due to a lack of communication and personality differences, and an unexpected accident changes their life entirely.

Ruby Lin officially announced the news during the 18th Shanghai Television Festival.

In December 2012, Ruby Lin was announced as one of the highest paid Chinese celebrities of the year, ranking 5th.

Ruby Lin managed to earn over 90 million RMB this year through her studio alone.

Ruby Lin came in 2nd on the Taiwan's top-earning drama actors list, with a yearly income of 278 million NTD.

Except for some public appearances, Ruby Lin spent much time doing pre-production work for the drama Singing All Along, based on Li Xin's romantic novel series Xiuli Jiangshan.

In May 2014, as producer and main actress, Ruby Lin came back to Taiwan with the television film Mother Mother, playing a role of an aggressive mother.

Ruby Lin stated that she will continue to film one Taiwanese series per year.

On March 1,2015, Estee Lauder Companies announced that Ruby Lin was their new brand ambassador for Taiwan region, and Ruby Lin was selected as spokesperson for HTC.

In early 2016, Ruby Lin won Huading Awards for Best Actress in a TV Series and the Woman's Media Award for Most Influential Woman of the Year.

Ruby Lin cast in adventure film The Precipice Game, playing the role of the woman who turns into a battle for survival.

In March 2017, Ruby Lin returned to work after halting work since December to prepare for labour.

Ruby Lin played an affectionate mother who is willing to put her life on the line to protect her daughter in mystery-thriller The Devotion of Suspect X, adapted from Japanese author Keigo Higashino's award-winning novel with the same title.

The film is a reunion between Alec Su and Ruby Lin who starred in 2004 in Magic Touch of Fate, a TV series in China.

In 2020, after stay in Malaysia almost 2 months for new film Miss Andy, Ruby Lin starred Taiwanese Netflix original series The Victims' Game as special guest.

And, Ruby Lin's performance received well acclaim, for such a complex and disturbing character.

In 2020, Ruby Lin starred in the modern drama The Arc of Life as the female lead and producer.

Ruby Lin was one of the producers and female leads in this series.

Ruby Lin dated Taiwanese actor Jimmy Ruby Lin, whom she met when filming School Days, from 1995 to 1997.

On May 20,2016, Ruby Lin confirmed her relationship with Taiwanese actor Wallace Huo.

Ruby Lin married Huo on 31 July 2016 at the Bulgari Hotel in Bali.

In 2019, Ruby Lin enrolled in the Shanghai MBA program of the Department of Communication Management at Shih Hsin University.

Ruby Lin was the recipient of her cohort's Outstanding Achievement Award and was unanimously voted as the winner by her professors at Shih Hsin University.

Ruby Lin has been praised by the media for her sense of style; in 2006, MTV China selected her as most stylish actress of the year.

That same year, Ruby Lin received the Most Stylish Actress in China award at the QQ 2006 China Entertainment Star Awards.

In 2015, Estee Lauder announced again that Ruby Lin was their new brand spokesperson for Taiwan region.

In 2010, based on the popularity of her new series and film, Ruby Lin was spokesperson for more than 20 brands.

Ruby Lin won the Most Charming Actress of the Year award at the 2010 China Fashion Weekly Awards.

Ruby Lin's endorsements provided the majority of her income in 2007.

In December 2009, Ruby Lin was chosen Best Artist for Advertisements at the annual China International Commercial and Art Awards.

In December 2020, Ruby Lin became the new spokesperson of Estee Lauder's Re-Nutriv Ultimate Diamond Collection for Taiwan region.