Rayzha Alimjan

Rayzha Alimjan (Kazakh: Риза Әлімжанқызы; ; born 15 July 1986) is a Chinese actress and model of Kazakh ethnicity.

Early life and education Rayzha Alimjan was born in Haidian District of Beijing, on 15 July 1986, while her ancestral home is in Jinghe County, Xinjiang. Her maternal grandmother was a school teacher.

Career Rayzha Alimjan began her career as a fashion model when she was a high school student.

Rayzha Alimjan's first notice came with her role as Concubine Ning on the 2011 historical television series Empresses in the Palace.

In 2012, she received her first leading role in a series called Ia Ia, I Do.

In 2013, she starred opposite Qi Wei, Melvin Sia, Chen He, Lou Yixiao, and Zhang Danfeng in the romantic comedy television series Love Destiny.

In 2014, she landed a guest role on Young Sherlock.

Rayzha Alimjan was cast in Xu Jinglei's romance film Somewhere Only We Know (2015), playing the girlfriend of Juck Zhang's character.

In 2016, she headlined three films: Inside or Outside, Kill Time (film) and Never Said Goodbye. She had a supporting role in Singing All Along, a television adaptation based on the romance novel Splendid and Beautiful Rivers and Mountains by Li Xin.

Rayzha Alimjan played the female lead role in the romantic comedy film La Historia Du Un Amor (2017), alongside Zheng Kai, who played her boyfriend. That same year, she played a supporting role in Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy, starring Huang Xuan, Shawn Dou, Xu Lu, Zhang Jianing and Janice Man and directed by Cao Dun.

In 2018, she played Gu Xueying, the lead role in Yang Yang's war drama The Snow Queen, costarring Dylan Kuo.

She had a major role in the historical suspense drama The Longest Day in Chang'an (2019), which starred Lei Jiayin and Jackson Yee.

In 2021, she had key supporting role in Minning Town, a 23-episode television series based on the decades-long battle against poverty northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

Personal life On 5 December 2020, she announced that she had given birth to a daughter on her personal Sina Weibo account.

Filmography Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2010 Flirting Scholar 2 A maidservant My Spectacular Theatre Xiao Ou 2015 Somewhere Only We Know Shan Shan 2016 Inside or Outside Nan Fang The New Year's Eve of Old Lee Zhu Li Kill Time Qian Ling Never Said Goodbye Ruby 2017 La Historia Du Un Amor Liang Danni Strangers 2018 The Morning After Conductor

Television Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2011 Empresses in the Palace Concubine Ning 2012 Ia Ia, I Do Tong Hua 2013 Love Destiny Tian Xin 2014 Young Sherlock Shen Ji 2016 Singing All Along Ding Rou 2017 Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy Jin Zhuhai 2018 The Snow Queen Gu Xueying 2019 The Longest Day in Chang'an Tan Qi 2021 Minning Town Li Shuihua Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding Actress Huading Awards for National Audience's Favorite Top 10 Actors Nominated - Magnolia Award for Best Actress Nominated - Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress (China) 2023 Love Is Full of Jiudaowan Ye Fei

Variety show Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2014 X-space Guest 2015 Youth Trainee Guest