Zhu Yuanyuan

Early life Zhu was born and raised in Shibei District of Qingdao, Shandong, where she finished from Qingdao Art School in 1992, her ancestral home in Yixing, Wuxi, Jiangsu. Zhu graduated from Central Academy of Drama in 1997, where she majored in acting.

In 2010, Zhu co-starred with Jet Li, Gwei Lun-mei and Wen Zhang in Ocean Heaven as the Aunt Chai. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award at the Hundred Flowers Awards.

In 2012, Zhu played the lead role in Love in the Family, for which she earned her second Golden Eagle Awards for Favorite Actress.

Personal life and death Zhu married her university friend Xin Baiqing in 2004, their daughter was born in August 2008. Zhu died of cancer on 17 May 2025, at the age of 51.

Filmography Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1999 Bey, Our 1948 Tang Gong 2000 Beautiful Family Li Yun 2005 The Forest Ranger Tao Hua 2009 Tiny Dust, True Love The Vice-president 2010 Ocean Heaven Aunt Chai 2015 Lost in Hong Kong 2020 A Little Red Flower 2021 Sister

Television Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1995 The nanny 1996 Spring Breeze in the Evening Zheng Xiuyue Modern Urban Heroine Hua Niuzi 1997 Waiting Hall Hu Lili Pei Yelian Liu Ruyan 1998 Loquacious Zhang Damin's Happy Life Li Yunfang 1999 Cai Xiaowan My Beloved Motherland Zhang Zhiruo 2000 Sun Yat-Sen Soong Ching-ling Love Literature Xiaorou 2001 The Best Clown Under Heaven Chai Xiugu Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito 2 Lu Zhu'er 2002 Last Hour of the Century's End Shen Zhiping Miao Guan Che Jingying 2003 Bao Zhen Romantic Matter Song Yu Xiao Mei 2004 Tracing Shang Qiuyun Family Has 9 Phoenixes Qi Feng Liu Xuying 2005 Secret Order 1949 Lin Qianru guest Mei Ruojin Feng Qing 2006 Eight Brothers Fang Fang Be a Man Yang Juan 2007 Honorable Years Bai Xiangming 2009 Happy Secret Code Han Xifeng Looks at This Family Sun Xiaodan 2010 13th Princess Empress Dowager Cixi 2011 Love in the Family Xiu Yan 2013

Drama Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1998 Richard III 2010 Four Generations under One Roof Yun Mei 2013 Big Family Huang Chun/ Yang Jiuhong/ Xiang Xiu

Awards Year Work Award Result Notes 2000 Loquacious Zhang Damin's Happy Life Chunyan Awards for Best TV Actress Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress 2001 Sun Yat-Sen CCTV Television Award for Favorite Actress Beautiful Family Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress 2004 Romantic Matter Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress Chinese Television Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding Actress 2006 The Forest Ranger Shanghai Film Critics Award for Best Actress Family Has 9 Phoenixes Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress 2007 The Forest Ranger Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress Huabiao Film Award for Outstanding Actress Golden Phoenix Award for Female Actor 2011 Sohu Internet TV Festival – Best Actress 2012 Ocean Heaven Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress Love in the Family Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress