Shirley Dai

Dai Jiaoqian (; born 4 June 1982), also known as Shirley Dai, is a Chinese actress, singer and hostess.

Dai is noted for her roles as Liu Xia and Princess Xingdai in the television series Flowering Season, Rainy Season (1998) and The Palace: the Lost Daughter (2014) respectively.

Life

Early life Dai was born in Shanghai on June 4, 1982, where she attended the Shanghai No.3 Middle School for Girls and Shanghai Caoyang NO.2 High School, with her ancestral home in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Dai graduated as a recommended student, majoring in Chinese language.

Acting career Dai first rose to prominence in 1998 for playing Liu Xia in the television series Flowering Season, Rainy Season, for which she received nominations at the 17th Golden Eagle Awards.

Dai's first film role was a clerk uncredited appearance in the film Crash Landing (2000).

In 2002, Dai had a supporting role in Contact, which won Best Supporting Actress at the 12th Chunyan Awards.

In 2004, Dai played her role as Ru Yu in the Xiaozhuang Epic sequel, Secret History of the Crown Prince.

In 2005, Dai participated in Jeffrey Lau's A Chinese Tall Story, a fantasy adventure film starring Nicholas Tse, Charlene Choi, Fan Bingbing, Bolin Chen and Steven Cheung.

She starred in many television series, such as Phoenix Swing (2001), Shouting for You to Come Back (2007), Spring Goes, Spring Comes (2008) and The Diamond Family (2009).

In 2007, Dai appeared as Jian Xiong in The Sword and the Chess of Death, a wuxia television series starring Tony Sun, Jenson Tien, Liu Tao and Ray Lui.

In 2010, Dai starred as Tong Jinyu, reuniting her with co-star Kingdom Yuen, who played Ma Linglong, in the television series Happy Mother-in-Law, Pretty Daughter-in-Law.

In 2011, Dai played the character Li Qinghe in The Legend of Crazy Monk 2, an ancient costume comedy starring Benny Chan, Lam Chi-chung, Zhang Liang and Ye Zuxin.

Dai played a supporting role Huo Caidie in the 2012 wuxia television series The Bride with White Hair, adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel of the same title. The same year, Dai starred in the romantic comedy television series Mermaid Legend, alongside Kenny Kwan, Zanilia Zhao and Ding Zijun, the series was one of the most watched ones in mainland China in that year. In 2013, China Whisper described her as "Top 10 Most Beautiful Girls in Shanghai".

In 2014, Dai starred with Lu Yi, Mabel Yuan, Gao Yunxiang and Yang Rong in The Palace: the Lost Daughter, the sequel to 2012's Palace II.

Filmography

Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2000 Crash Landing guest 2005 A Chinese Tall Story a devil 2008 Hutong Days Xiao Hui 2014 Na Na 2015 A Promise to the Kurichenko's

Television series Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1998 Flowering Season, Rainy Season Liu Xia Xiao Ya 1999 Xu Bing 2000 Qiu Feng Hong Ling Chinese Hero A Le 2001 Phoenix Swing Feng Huang Contact Ding Ning Plan of Horse Whistle and West Wind Lin Huan'er 2002 Tang Zhao Huo Xiang 2003 Li Shougu Eighteen Monks Li Qingqing 2004 Secret History of the Crown Prince Ru Yu 2005 Yang Huayi The World is at Peace Shang Tianbei Qiao Yiyi Jin Yuxuan 2007 Man's True Color Tan Xiaoqin Jin Liu The Romantic King of Dramas Princess Long Tianzao Shouting for You to Come Back Luo Qian Meng Shan The Sword and the Chess of Death Jian Xiong Small Town Past Events Xiu Wen 2008 Coming Face to Face Gao Xiaoyan Hostile Camp 18 Years Teng Yulian Spring Goes, Spring Comes Shen Zijun 2009 Chengcheng Say Love in Music Dai Lin The Diamond Family Yu Aixue/ Yao Keren Battlefield Romance Tune Yingzi 2010 Happy Mother-in-Law, Pretty Daughter-in-Law Tong Jinyu 2011 3S Lady Gu Feifei Best Quality Mother An Ke The Legend of Crazy Monk 2 Li Qinghe Perfect Husband Zhou Meimei Love in the War Time Su Yuhan/ Xu Yaqin 2012 The Last Shot Shen Xueqing Mermaid Legend Jin Mudan Name Bride Qin Yue The Bride with White Hair Huo Caidie My War Lin Ruoping 2013 Ye Zichun Tang Ruyin Happy Wife Growing Up Xu Qianqian 2014 Changsha Battle Fang Shaoyun Strait Liu Xiaofeng Sky Net 2012 Su Ling Family Banquet Feng Guoguo The Palace: The Lost Daughter Xing Dai Si Xiaoya Xia Lan/ An Lei Country Founder: Zhu De Kang Keqing Tian Xin

Single Over the Heart I Know Call My Motherland, I Love You The Sound a Flower Blooms Shouting for You to Come Back A Little Happy Woman Love of The Starry Sky Figure Suddenly Remind of You

Television Programme Travel Channel Inc. - Top Model CCTV-4 - Cyber Sunday Hebei Television - Wonderful Television Tianjin Television - The Legendary Swordsman China Education Television Dragon Television

Awards Year Work Award Result Notes 1999 Flowering Season, Rainy Season 17th Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress 2002 Contact 12th Chunyan Award for Best Supporting Actress 2012 Shanghai Media Group Limited - The Most Popular Actress