Zhou Yang

Zhou Yang (; born 6 June 1985) is a Chinese actress.

Zhou is noted for her roles as Ouyang He and Sophia in the television series Special Mission (2006) and Love You You (2011) respectively.

Zhou has won the Golden Phoenix Award for New Performer, Huading Award for Best Actress and Outstanding Actress Award at the Chinese American Film Festival, and received Golden Eagle Award nomination for Favorite Actress.

Early life Zhou was born and raised in Dalian, Liaoning. In 1999, Zhou attended the National Dance Competition and finished in second place.

Zhou graduated from Beijing Film Academy, where she studied alongside Liu Yifei, Jiang Yiyan and Zhu Yawen.

Acting career Zhou made her acting debut in Dancing with the Sunlight, playing Wu Qian.

In 2005, Zhou co-starred with Chen Baoguo and Li Guangjie in the King Goujian of Yue as Xi Shi, who was one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

In 2006, Zhou won the New Performer Award at the Golden Phoenix Awards for her performance in Special Mission, and was nominated for Favorite Actress Award at the Golden Eagle Awards.

In 2007, Zhou starred in the historical romantic comedy television series Prelude of Lotus Lantern, alongside Liu Xiaoqing and Vincent Chiao.

Zhou played the role of Hong Ying in Sword in the Sky (2008), for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Huading Awards. That same year, she had a cameo appearance in Fit Lover, a romantic comedy film starring Karena Lam, Alec Su, and Huang Xiaoming.

In 2010, Zhou participated in Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen, a Hong Kong action film starring Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, and Anthony Wong.

In 2011, for her role as Sophia in Love You You, Zhou won the Outstanding Actress Award at the Chinese American Film Festival.

In 2013, Zhou starred in a historical television series called Zhou Kuangyin with Chen Jianbin, Yin Tao, and Shao Feng.

Personal life In 2017, Zhou was married to Singaporean financial businessman Chen Zhenghong.

Filmography Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2004 Lin Xing'er 2008 Fit Lover Xia Xueqing 2010 Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen Qi Zhishan 2011 Close to Me Yu Xiaoyu Love You You Sophia 2012 Truth or Dare

Television Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2003 Dancing with the Sunlight Wu Qian 2005 King Goujian of Yue Xi Shi Old City Princess 2006 Special Mission Ouyang He 2007 True Colors Wang Chen Tea House Xaio Dingbao Prelude of Lotus Lantern Yang Chan 2008 Sword in the Sky Hong Ying Competes Specially Xia Zhumin 2010 Brother Heroes Yue Hua Secret Killing List Lin Yi Latitude and Longitude World Sheng Yunwei Dark War Before Dawn Sima Nan 2011 Legend of Wing Chun Fang Qi'niang Love of Seven Fairy Maidens Princess Cheng'er 2012 Smoke Everywhere Liu Yan 2013 War God Gao Hong Zhao Kuangyin Jing Niang Lone Brave Hero Xiao Hong We Get Married Xu Guangmei 2014 The King of Guns Guo Dashuang 2015 The King of Guns 2 Ma Shanghua Mo Fei 2018 Su Xin Liu Donghua 2019 The Elder Brother and Sister's Good Age Wu Mingmei

Awards Year Work Award Result Notes 2008 Special Mission Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress 2009 Special Mission Golden Phoenix Award for New Performer 2010 Sword in the Sky Huading Award for Best Actress 2011 Love You You Chinese American Film Festival - Outstanding Actress