Yan Ni (actress)


Yan Ni, born Yan Kaiyan, is a Chinese film and television actress. She works for the Television Art center of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.
Li ranked 54th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2015.

Biography

Yan Ni was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi. Yan's parents are ordinary workers, and all her family still live in Xi'an. After high school, she enrolled at a financial college to study accounting. Two years later she succeeded in gaining admission to an art organization of the People's Liberation Army in Lanzhou, and then went on to enroll at the PLA's Art School in Beijing.
Yan started acting in 1992. In 1999 she had her first cinematic role, playing Qiqoqiqo Ma in the film Cog and Hen. She then she has played several other roles in a series of films.
Yan rose to fame for her role as Tong Xiangyu in My Own Swordsman, an 80 episode TV comedy-drama that tells the story of the happenings in a tavern during the Ming Dynasty. After My Own Swordsman, she played secretary Xiang Yunxiu in National Action and played Niu Xianhua in The North Wind. Yan was awarded a Golden Eagle Award in 2010 for her role in The Wind From North.

Personal life

Yan has a husband and daughter.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Accolades