Liu Yuxin

Liu Yuxin (born March 13, 1988) also known as Yoyo Liu, is a Chinese actress, model, and producer. She is best known for her role as Gororo Mingyu in the 2011 television series Scarlet Heart. She graduated from the Central Academy of Drama.

Career In 2009, Liu played the Princess of Rouran in the Chinese live action film, Mulan. In 2011, she played Gororo Mingyu in the series, Scarlet Heart. In 2016, Liu played Ding Fei in the television show, Far Away Love. She later played Qiang Wei in Switch of Fate. In 2020, Liu played Ji Heng in Eternal Love of Dream, which was the sequel to the 2017 series, Eternal Love.

Liu is also a producer at Stars Collective in the United States, which was founded in 2020. Stars Collective Films Entertainment Group was founded by CEO Peter Luo of Starlight Media (Starlight Culture Entertainment) who financed films such as Crazy Rich Asians and Marshall. Liu worked on films including Wuhan Wuhan, and The Garfield Movie.

The short-lived American sitcom Selfie (2014), better known as 再造淑女 in Chinese, gained popularity in China through social media in 2021. Liu posted an image of the main actors, Karen Gillan and John Cho on March 17, 2023. She later mentioned she is in talks of a Selfie movie sequel. In January 2024, Liu was asked if there's a chance for Selfie to return, she replied that Warner Brothers will not release the copyright, but she will try her best to communicate with the original cast and crew to create another story.

In January 2025, it was reported that Liu will be a producer for the film, Stop Stop Dark Cold.

Personal life Liu bought and owned the rights of the novel, Three Lives Three Worlds, The Pillow Book, and had wanted to play the role of Feng Jiu. However, after the television drama series based on the novel, Eternal Love (2017) became popular following its broadcast, audiences condemned her decision and rallied for Dilraba Dilmurat to play Feng Jiu instead. Following this, netizens had speculations that Liu attempted suicide in August 2018 that was related to her divorce from her husband, who had cheated on her with actress Zhang Meng while Liu was pregnant. Liu denied rumors of suicide and stated that she had trouble sleeping and relied on sleeping pills. She later sold the rights of the book to Tencent Video, who cast her as Ji Heng in the series sequel, Eternal Love of Dream (2020) instead and made her one of the co-producers. Criticism of her performance led to speculations of attempted suicide again.

Liu temporarily changed her name from Liu Yuxin to Liu Yuefei. She currently uses the name Liu Yuxin in China along with her English name, Yoyo Liu in the U.S.

Filmography Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2009 Hua Mulan 花木兰 Rouran princess 2011 Energy Behind the Heart 用心跳 Xiao Hong 2011 Legend of Daming Palace 大明宫传奇 Princess Mingyue 2013 Baby Run 宝贝快跑 Xiao Bao 2014 Turn Around 美人邦 Yu Zhongqiu 2016 So Lucky 杠上开花 Chun Ling

Television series Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2006 色拉青春 Leng Xue 2009 Ugly Betty II 丑女无敌II Ziwei 2010 Special War Pioneer 特战先锋 Hudie 2011 大学生士兵 Jiang Nan 2011 毕业时刻 Bai Xue 2011 Scarlet Heart 步步惊心 Gororo Mingyu 2012 Secret History of Princess Taiping 太平公主秘史 Wu Zetian (young adult) 2012 King's War 楚汉传奇 Concubine Qi 2015 情诫 Xiao Qi 2015 The Cage of Love 抓住彩虹的男人 Lu Man 2016 Far Away Love 远得要命的爱情 Ding Fei 2016 Switch of Fate 忍冬艳蔷薇 Gu Qiangwei 2016 How Much Love Can be Repeated 多少爱，可以重来 Wang Qiaoqiao 2016 硝烟散尽 Dong Li'na 2020 Eternal Love of Dream 三生三世枕上书 Ji Heng 2025Memories beyond Horizon无限超越班As herselfSeason 3

Producer

Awards and nominations Liu's film, Wuhan Wuhan was nominated for Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary featured in the POV series at the 44th News & Documentary Emmy Awards.