Yang Zi

Yang Zi is a Chinese actress and singer born on 6 November 1992. She attended the Performing Arts School of Beijing Film Academy and became a household name after playing Xia Xue in the sitcom Home with Kids as a child. Her early dramatic work in Love Comes Knocking on the Door, Flowers in Fog, Battle of Changsha, and Yangko Dance earned her the Best Newcomer Award at the 14th Golden Phoenix Awards for Insistence.

Her breakthrough arrived with back-to-back hits in 2016: the xianxia drama Noble Aspirations and the urban drama Ode to Joy, where her role as Qiu Yingying earned nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress at the 29th China TV Golden Eagle Award and 23rd Shanghai Television Festival. She followed with major television series including The Destiny of White Snake, Ashes of Love, Go Go Squid!, The Oath of Love, Immortal Samsara, and Lost You Forever, the latter earning her a Best Actress nomination at the 29th Shanghai Television Festival. On film, she appeared in Bodies at Rest and The Bravest, receiving a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 35th Hundred Flowers Awards.

Recent projects include Best Choice Ever, YOLO, Flourished Peony, and In the Name of Blossom; her performance in Flourished Peony won her the Ambassador for Overseas Promotion of Chinese TV Programs award at the 30th Shanghai Television Festival. Yang has been ranked among China's highest-paid actresses and was named one of the Four Dan Actresses of the post-90s generation by Southern Metropolis Daily. Forbes listed her on its China 30 under 30 in 2017 and its Celebrity 100 list in 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021; she also appeared on Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars list in 2020. Chinese magazine People named her Actress of the Year, and she served as a torchbearer at the Paris 2024 Olympics. As a Scorpio with life-path number 11, she embodies the sign's depth and the master number's visionary intensity.