Yuan Li

Name: Yuan Li
Native name: 袁立
Nationality: Chinese
Gender: Female
Born: July 12, 1972
Age: 54

Yuan Li is a Chinese actress, born in Hangzhou of Zhejiang Province and graduated from Beijing Film Academy.
She was talent scouted when she was in high school, and took part in many commercials. During the process of shooting commercials, she gradually developed an interest in acting.

In 1994, she officially entered showbiz when she participated in her first anti-Japanese film "Flying Tigers". In 2000, she won the 18th China TV Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress in "Yong Bu Ming Mu". In 2002, she won the 25th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress in "Pure Sentiment". In 2004, she won the 14th Zhejiang TV Peony Award for Outstanding Actor in "Exquisite Girl". In 2010, she won the Shanxi Taiyuan Huading Award for Best Actress in TV Costume Drama. In 2012, she won the Anhui Satellite TV National Drama Festival Best Character of the Year Award.

Yuan and Chinese film and voice actor Zhao Ling met and fell in love during the filming of TV series "The Colonel's Daughter". They got married in 2007 but divorced at the end of the year.
In July 2011, she met Canadian Blaine Grunewald, Lehman Bush CEO. They dated and got married on 30 November that year. During a variety show in 2015, Yuan admitted she had divorced from Grunewald.
In March 2019, Yuan officially announced her marriage with Chinese poet Liang Tai Ping, 11 years younger than her.

(Source Baidu Baike) Edit Biography

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
2011	Ji Pin Nan Nu Ri Ji Chinese Drama, 2011, 28 eps Zhou Tong (Main Role)	28	Zhou Tong Main Role	7.5
2010	The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan Season 4 Chinese Drama, 2010, 42 eps Du Xiao Yue (Main Role)	42	Du Xiao Yue Main Role	7.1
2008	The Queens Chinese Drama, 2008, 33 eps Empress Wang Zheng Jun [Young] (Main Role)	33	Empress Wang Zheng Jun [Young] Main Role	6.6
2008	The King of Shanghai Chinese Drama, 2008, 32 eps Xiao Yue Gui (Main Role)	32	Xiao Yue Gui Main Role	7.1
2003	The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan Season 2 Chinese Drama, 2003, 43 eps Du Xiao Yue (Main Role)	43	Du Xiao Yue Main Role	6.6
2002	Behind the Vanity Chinese Drama, 2002, 25 eps (Main Role)	25	Main Role	0.0
2002	The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan Chinese Drama, 2002, 40 eps Du Xiao Yue (Main Role)	40	Du Xiao Yue Main Role	7.4
2002	Black Hole Chinese Drama, 2002, 31 eps Feng Lei Lei [Ming Yu's younger sister] (Support Role)	31	Feng Lei Lei [Ming Yu's younger sister] Support Role	0.0
1999	Yong Bu Ming Mu Chinese Drama, 1999, 27 eps Ouyang Lan Lan (Main Role)	27	Ouyang Lan Lan Main Role	10.0
1999	My Dear Motherland Chinese Drama, 1999, 21 eps Gao Bao Bi (Main Role)	21	Gao Bao Bi Main Role	0.0
1996	Ying Xiong Wu Hui Chinese Drama, 1996, 39 eps Wu Yin Yin (Support Role)	39	Wu Yin Yin Support Role	0.0
1996	Han Gong Fei Yan Chinese Drama, 1996, 31 eps Zhao He De (Main Role)	31	Zhao He De Main Role	0.0

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2013	The Last Tycoon Hong Kong Movie, 2013, Ling Hu Sheng (Support Role)	Ling Hu Sheng Support Role	7.7
2011	What Women Want Chinese Movie, 2011, Yan Ni (Main Role)	Yan Ni Main Role	6.9
2001	Pure Sentiment Chinese Movie, 2001, An Ran (Main Role)	An Ran Main Role	0.0
1998	An Unusual Love Chinese Movie, 1998, Shu Xin (Main Role)	Shu Xin Main Role	0.0

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
2021	The Winter Dream Promise Chinese TV Show, 2021, 8 eps (Guest)	8	Guest	8.1
1998	Behind the Headlines with Wen Tao Chinese TV Show, 1998, 5000 eps (Guest)	5000	Guest	0.0

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