Yuan Shanshan known as Mabel Yuan is a Chinese actress and singer.
10 Facts About Yuan Shanshan
Yuan Shanshan is noted for her roles as in the Gong series: Palace II and Palace III ; as well as Swordsman and Jian Bing Man.
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.
Yuan Shanshan first came to the attention of the audience when she played a supporting role in the historical television series Qin Xianglian.
Thereafter Yuan Shanshan starred in several productions by Yu Zheng such as Beauty Without Tears, the third installment of Yu Zheng's 'Beauty' series; Beauty of the Emperor ; Swordsman, adapted from Jin Yong's wuxia novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer; and Palace 3: The Lost Daughter, the sequel of Palace II - all of the series were popular during their run and led to increased recognition for Yuan Shanshan.
Yuan Shanshan is known for her role in the period romantic drama Love in Spring.
However despite her rising popularity, Yuan Shanshan faced several backlash by haters on Weibo in regards to her miscast as the role of Ren Yingying in Swordsman.
In 2015, Yuan Shanshan starred in the superhero parody film Jian Bing Man, which was a box office success and broke ten million admissions.
Yuan Shanshan won the Most Powerful New Actress award at the Weibo Movie Awards Night.
Yuan Shanshan 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.