Yuan Li starred in the four seasons of television series The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan and won the Best Supporting Actress at the 20th Hundred Flowers Awards for her performance in the film Pure Sentiment.
11 Facts About Yuan Li
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Yuan Li graduated from Beijing Film Academy, majoring in acting.
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Yuan Li had her first experience in front of the camera in 1996, and she was chosen to act as a support actor in History of Han Dynasty, a film starring Zhang Tielin.
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In 2000, Yuan Li starred as Du Xiaoyue in The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan, a historical television series co-starring with Zhang Guoli, Zhang Tielin and Wang Gang, which were highly praised by audience.
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In 2002, Yuan Li played the role of An Ran in Cao Baoping's film Pure Sentiment, for which she received a "Best Supporting Actress" at the 20th Hundred Flowers Awards.
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In 2010, Yuan Li acted with Andy Lau and Gong Li in Chen Daming's film What Women Want.
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In 1993, Yuan Li met businessman Xu Wei, with whom she had a 12-year relationship until 2005.
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Yuan Li married her first husband Zhao Ling, a Chinese actor, on September 9,2005.
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On November 30,2011, Yuan Li married her second husband Blaine Willis Grunewald, a Canadian Mormon missionary.
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Yuan Li briefly worked for Lehman Bush, a firm co-founded by Neil Bush and Edward Lehman.
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On 26 March 2019, Yuan Li announced that she had married her third husband Liang Taiping, a poet.