Chen Yuqi Net Worth, Measurements, Birthday, Height, weight, Age, Family Facts & Life Story

Chen Yuqi is a Chinese actress known for her superb performances in films like Brides of the Yang Gui, Skysoft, The Princess of China, Brides of the Phoenix, and Kung Fu Panda. She is best known for her stellar supporting roles in The Princess of China, Ashes of Love, and The Great Wall. Chen Yuqi had a small part in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, which is due to be released in February next year. In the meantime, she is busy in the promotional stage for the film and has taken out several Chinese New Year posters with the movie theme. It is interesting to note that she is not the only famous Chinese actress who has made Chinese films and Chinese New Year posters with the Chinese national emblem.

Chen Yuqi was born in 1978 in Kaifeng, Anhui Province, in the border town of Shanxi. Her family was originally from Fujian province, but she grew up in Hangzhou, capital of Beijing. Her early acting career began on the television series called Dragon Ladies, playing the dutiful wife of a rich widower. Later, Chen played the sister in the same show and had some more supporting roles before landing the role of Yukei in Brides of the Yang Gui, which was one of her first leading roles. After that role, Chen moved on to play different characters in different movies including Romance of the Three Mothers, A Woman of Grace, Remember Me, Meet the Parents, and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

Nowadays, Chen Yuqi is seen as a popular Chinese actresses, especially for the role of the Chinese princess in the American remake of Beauty and the Beast, and as the spirited Chinese bride in Forgetting Sarah. Other than those two roles, Chen has also appeared in some documentaries and TV series, including a few featured on CCTV. Chen has made a name for herself as one of the many celebrities of Chinese internet entertainment, known as the “Chen Yunnan”. She has appeared on Chinese national television programs such as CCTV’s Dateline and Huache TV’s Muyou Shopping channel.

Chen Yuqi’s most famous role is that of the beautiful and spirited Chinese princess, Yang Bingbing, in the American movie, Beauty and the Beast. In the movie, Chen Yuqi plays the role of Beauty, who is saved by the fairy (her father) at the beginning of the movie. The movie revolves around a happily ever after for the princess and the prince, after her father dies and she becomes blind. At the beginning of the movie, the prince fell in love with the pretty young girl, Yang Bingbing, but she rejects him and tells him that she only wants to be his wife. The prince then lets her marry him, but later realizes that he has been tricked into it. To save her, he tracks her to the Hong Kong under the pretext of buying her a flower but ends up kidnapping her.

In 2023, Chen Yuqi appeared in a Chinese film called Memories of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which are about a young Chinese girl who lives in the woods with her relatives. In the movie, she has to deal with seven dwarfs. Aside from her role in Memories of Snow White, Chen Yuqi also appeared in the television series Kung Fu Panda and the popular Chinese movie, Dumb and Dumber. In addition, Chen has also enjoyed a successful career as a director, working on some films including Romance, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Forgetting Sarah. All of these have been sold worldwide and have won several awards.

Aside from those two major roles, Chen has also made some minor appearances as various Chinese characters, which were either acted or portrayed by another actor. In one episode of Romance, he appears as the owner of the dashing bar in which Feng Shui is believed to be based, and in another episode, he stars as Lin Feng, a martial arts expert who lives in the Chinese countryside. Some of his other lesser-known roles include the character Dong Guai in the television series Kung Fu Panda, the role of Sun in Mulan, and the main character Bo in the award-winning comedy Royal Grand Budapest. As an actor, Chen has also received praises for his work in romance dramas.