1. Zhao Liying, known as Zanilia Zhao, is a Chinese actress.
31 Facts About Zhao Liying
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Zhao Liying is known for the films Duckweed, The Monkey King 3, and Article 20.
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Zhao Liying graduated from Langfang School of Electronic Information Engineering, a secondary professional training school.
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In 2006, Zhao Liying participated in the Yahoo Search Star Game and became the final winner.
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In 2007, Zhao Liying made her acting debut in the family drama Golden Marriage directed by Zheng Xiaolong.
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In 2009, Zhao Liying took on her first historical drama role in The Firmament of The Pleiades.
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Zhao Liying received the Most Popular Actress award at the Chinese Creative Short Video Awards.
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In 2011, Zhao Liying's popularity rose following her role as Princess Qing'er in New My Fair Princess.
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In 2013, Zhao Liying starred in historical drama Legend of Lu Zhen, based on the novel Female Prime Minister by Zhang Wei, playing an ordinary girl who worked her way up to become the first female prime minister during the Northern Qi dynasty.
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Zhao Liying won several newcomer and popularity awards at local award ceremonies.
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Contrary to her usual sweet and nice image, Zhao Liying plays a scheming and evil princess in the film.
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Zhao Liying further solidified her popularity with several high rated dramas in 2014, including The Legend of Chasing Fish and Wife's Secret.
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Zhao Liying's soaring popularity thanks to her various successful acting projects led to her being crowned the "Golden Eagle Goddess" at the 10th China Golden Eagle TV Art Festival, where she performed as the opening act to the ceremony.
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In 2015, Zhao Liying starred in xianxia romance drama The Journey of Flower.
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Zhao Liying won numerous accolades for her role in The Journey of Flower, including the Best Actress at the 28th China TV Golden Eagle Award.
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Zhao Liying was nominated for the Magnolia Award for Best Actress in a Television Series.
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In 2016, Zhao Liying starred in action adventure drama The Mystic Nine, playing a sassy and haughty heiress.
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Zhao Liying won the Best Actress award at the 3rd Hengdian Film and TV Festival of China for her role.
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Zhao Liying was then cast as the female lead, Bi Yao, in Noble Aspirations, based on the popular novel Zhu Xian written by Xiao Ding.
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VLinkage reported that as of December 2016, Zhao Liying's combined dramas' views have reached over 110 billion views, which is the currently the most for a Chinese actor.
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In 2017, Zhao Liying starred in the Han Han-directed film, Duckweed, alongside Deng Chao and Eddie Peng.
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Zhao Liying won her first film award, the Favorite Actress at the Beijing College Student Film Festival.
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Zhao Liying then starred in the revolutionary drama film Eternal Wave along with Aaron Kwok, about Communist Party undercover agents operating against the Japanese in 1930s Shanghai.
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Zhao Liying returned to the small screen with historical action drama Princess Agents, playing a slave girl who rises up to become a powerful female general.
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In 2018, Zhao Liying starred in the fantasy adventure film The Monkey King 3, playing the role of the Women Country's Ruler.
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Zhao Liying then starred in the historical drama The Story of Minglan produced by Daylight Entertainment.
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Zhao Liying was nominated at the Magnolia Award for Best Actress in a Television Series for the second time.
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In 2016, Zhao Liying was named the tourism ambassador of Hebei.
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Zhao Liying unveiled her wax figure at Madame Tussauds Beijing in May 2017.
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In March 2019, Zhao Liying announced her partnership with Hesong Media.
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On October 16,2018, Zhao Liying announced her marriage to actor Feng Shaofeng on Sina Weibo.