Angelababy

Actress

Birthday February 28, 1989

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Shanghai, China

Age 35 years old

Nationality China

Height 1.68 m

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1921

She won the Most Popular Actress award at the 21st Beijing College Student Film Festival for the film.

1933

Angelababy won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 33rd Hundred Flowers Awards for her role, but was criticised for her mediocre acting and Lackluster performance.

The same year, she starred in her first television series, historical drama Love Yunge from the Desert based on Tong Hua's novel Song in the Clouds.

1989

Angela Yeung Wing (born 28 February 1989), better known by her stage name Angelababy, is a Hong Kong actress, businesswoman, investor, model, and singer.

2007

Angelababy debuted as an actress in the movie Trivial Matters in 2007, where she had a 5-minute cameo appearance in the film.

She then starred in numerous films as supporting roles, as well as appearing in music videos.

2011

Angelababy had her first leading role in the 2011 film Love You You alongside Eddie Peng.

She sang a duet with JJ Lin entitled "Bottom of the Heart" as part of the movie's soundtrack.

2012

In 2012, Angelababy starred alongside Mark Chao in romance film First Time, a remake of the 2003 Korean film ...ing.

2013

In 2013, she was chosen by Southern Metropolis Daily as one of the New Four Dan Actresses.

Her performance in First Time won her the Most Anticipated Actress award at the 13th Chinese Film Media Awards.

She then starred in both instalments of wuxia film Tai Chi, portraying a martial artist.

In 2013, Angelababy starred in Tsui Hark's crime action film Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon, playing a beautiful courtesan.

2014

In 2014, Angelababy joined the cast of Keep Running, a spin-off from the South Korean variety program Running Man.

The series was a major hit in China, and propelled Angelababy into a household name.

The same year, she starred alongside fellow Keep Running member Michael Chen in romance film Love on the Cloud, which was a moderate success at the box office.

Angelababy was crowned "Weibo Goddess" and "Weibo Queen" for the year 2014.

Angelababy made her Hollywood film debut in Hitman: Agent 47 with a minor role.

She then starred in Mojin: The Lost Legend, based on the popular tomb raiding novel series Ghost Blows Out the Light.

The film became the highest-grossing Chinese-language IMAX film in China, with US$27.1 million (before being surpassed by The Mermaid).

Angelababy had been dating Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming, who is 12 years her senior, for six years, but their relationship was not revealed to the public until February 2014.

2015

On 27 May 2015, they obtained their marriage certificate in Qingdao, China and their wedding banquet took place in Shanghai on 8 October 2015.

2016

In 2016, she won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the blockbuster film Mojin: The Lost Legend.

She is a cast member of variety show Keep Running.

Angelababy was born in Shanghai, China to a Shanghainese mother and a father from Hong Kong, who is of half German and half Chinese descent.

Her birth name is Yang Ying (Cantonese: Yeung Wing).

Her father runs a fashion business in Shanghai.

She gained an interest in fashion as a child under her father's influence.

She said in an interview, "Even though he [her father] sells more mature clothes, I loved going to his store and trying on new outfits and mixing and matching them. It was fun. I think that's how I developed a passion for fashion".

Yang moved to Hong Kong when she was thirteen, and signed a modelling contract with Style International Management at the age of 14.

Although her English name is Angela, she was sometimes called "Baby" during her primary and secondary school years.

She combined these two names to form her stage name, Angelababy.

She speaks English, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Cantonese and Japanese.

In 2016, Angelababy played a major supporting role in the Hollywood science fiction film Independence Day: Resurgence.

The same year, she was listed as one of Forbes' inaugural 30 under 30 Asian Celebrities under the film, music, television and sport category.

2017

In 2017, Angelababy starred alongside Wallace Chung in the historical drama General and I.

Although the drama was a commercial success, she received criticism for her acting and for using stunt doubles.

2018

In 2018, she starred in the modern workplace drama Entrepreneurial Age alongside Huang Xuan.

2019

In 2019, Angelababy starred in the modern drama My True Friend as a property agent alongside Deng Lun.

In 2021, Angelababy was cast in the drama Twilight alongside Ren Jialun.