Ethnicity Xibe Role Actress Upcoming movie Run for Love Name Tong Liya | Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 ⁄2 in) Years active 2000–present | |
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Born August 8, 1984 (age 40) ( 1984-08-08 ) Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County, Yili State, Xinjiang, China Other names 丫丫 (Ya Ya), 丫爷 (Ya Ye), 美丫 (Mei Ya) Occupation Actress, model, dance instructor Movies and TV shows Similar People Chen Sicheng, Ringo Lam, Zhao Wei, Tsui Hark | ||
Parents Mao Haiying, Tong Jisheng | ||
Beauty of Han Dynasty[Ancient China] (Music: Gorgeous from Heaven)
Tong Liya (Chinese: 佟丽娅; born 8 August 1984) is a Chinese actress of Xibe descent.
Contents
- Beauty of Han DynastyAncient China Music Gorgeous from Heaven
- Biography
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
Biography
Tong was born in Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Xinjiang. Her father was of Xibe ethnicity from Xinjiang while her mother was of Han ethnicity from Gansu.
Tong majored in dance at the Xinjiang Arts Institute, and due to her excellent results, was able to gain a placement at the Xinjiang Singing & Dancing Troupe. She subsequently obtained a qualification to teach dance at Xinjiang Arts Institute in 2000. In 2004, she enrolled in Central Academy of Drama, majoring in performance.
Tong was named Ambassador of Xibe in 2011.
Career
Tong made her debut in the Hong Kong television series C'est La Vie, Mon Chéri in 2008, and gained attention for her beautiful looks. Following her role as Zhao Feiyan in the 2009 historical drama The Queens, Tong experienced a rise in popularity.
Tong successfully broke into the mainstream with her subsequent roles in the television series Palace (2011) and Beijing Love Story (2012), which were both major hits. Throughout her career, Tong has successfully portrayed many roles such as a thick-headed but adorable office lady in My Economical Man (2012), the sassy and spoilt An Qi in Weaning (2013) and a brave and self-sacrificing doctor in Obstetrician (2014); and was named the "Ratings Queen" by the Chinese media. She also starred in films, most notably The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014) and Detective Chinatown (2015).
Tong then starred in the period drama Ordinary World (2015), based on the Mao Dun Literature Prize novel of the same name by Lu Yao. She won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress for her performance.
In 2016, Tong was cast as the female lead in Nirvana in Fire 2, the sequel to the critically acclaimed historical drama Nirvana in Fire.
Personal life
Tong and actor Chen Sicheng got married on January 16, 2014. The couple met and fell in love while filming the television series Beijing Love Story, which Chen directed and co-scripted. They announced their relationship on the set of Happy Camp in 2012. The couple got married in 2014 at Tahiti.
On January 30, 2016, Tong announced that she had given birth to her first child, a son named Chen Duoduo.