Ma Su (actress)
{{short description|Chinese actress}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|2|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
| alma_mater = Beijing Film Academy
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2003–present
| agent = Fundamental Films{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2016-04-22/doc-ifxrpvcy4308369.shtml|title=马苏落户基美经纪 强强联合共赴上海国际电影节|website=Sina|date=April 22, 2016|language=zh}}
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| t = 馬蘇
| s = 马苏
| p = Mǎ Sū
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Ma Su ({{zh|s=马苏}}, born 17 February 1981){{Cite web|last=网易|date=2019-02-19|title=马苏生日只有粉丝留言，无明星公开送祝福，被人质疑人品不行|url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/E8D30KJ105375NJU.html|access-date=2021-09-08|website=www.163.com}} is a Chinese actress.
Ma ranked 46th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013,{{cite web|url=https://www.jaynestars.com/news/2013-forbes-china-celebrity-100-list-fan-bingbing-is-top-earner/|title=2013 Forbes China Celebrity 100 List: Fan Bingbing in Top Spot|date=April 24, 2013|website=JayneStars}} 76th in 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2014/05/06/2014-forbes-china-celebrity-list-full-list/#1c5ad618117d|title=2014 Forbes China Celebrity List (Full List)|date=May 6, 2014|website=Forbes}} and 84th in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2015/05/13/2015-forbes-china-celebrity-list-full-list/#51d4b5303529|title=2015 Forbes China Celebrity List (Full List)|date=May 13, 2015|website=Forbes}}
Life and career
Ma's name is a combination of her parents' surnames — Ma (her father's) and Su (her mother's).
Ma graduated from the People's Liberation Army Arts College in 1998, majoring in dance. She worked as a model for some television commercials after her graduation. In 2002, she made her acting debut in High Flying Songs of Tang Dynasty, a historical television series set in the Tang dynasty. A year later, she graduated from the Beijing Film Academy.{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2015-04-09/doc-icczmvun8868085.shtml|title=马苏：我最希望成为一个受人尊重的演员|website=Sina|date=April 9, 2015|language=zh}}
Ma first rose to fame for her role as the repressed and rebellious young lady in the youth drama Spring in Summer (2003).
In 2009, Ma gained acclaim for her performance in the romantic period drama North Wind Blows.{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2009-03-05/14102403341.shtml|title=马苏《北风那个吹》演反派 不怕被观众"骂"|date=March 5, 2009|website=Sina|language=zh}}{{cite web|url=http://ent.163.com/09/0310/15/542A0GKC00032DGD.html|title=《北风那个吹》中演刘青 马苏做好被骂准备|date=March 10, 2009|website=Netease|language=zh}} She won the Best Prospect award at the Shanghai Television Festival. Ma then starred in modern romance series My Beautiful Life (2010); her role as the "little nanny" was loved by the audience and established her acting recognition among the masses.{{cite web|url=http://ent.163.com/10/1118/14/6LPDG5U600031GVS.html|title=马苏演技频受认可 凭"王小早"再获提名|website=NetEase|date=November 18, 2010|language=zh}} She achieved further acclaim with her portrayal of a female bandit in war drama Highest Amnesty, and was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award at the Hundred Flowers Awards for her performance in Iron Man, a film about those who struggled to develop China’s oil industry in the Taklamakan desert in West China.{{cite web|url=http://ent.qq.com/a/20101116/000227.htm|title=《大西南剿匪记》荧屏成功突围 马苏人气暴涨|website=Tencent|date=November 16, 2010|language=zh}}{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-04-24/18042490001.shtml|title=《铁人》马苏：沙漠里的一枝花|website=Sina|date=April 24, 2009|language=zh}}
Ma then played the titular protagonist in the period drama Beauty of Innocence (2011); her interpretation of the beautiful and strong-willed character won over many critics, and Ma won the Audience's Choice for Actress at the Golden Eagle Awards.{{cite web|url=http://ent.ifeng.com/tv/news/mainland/detail_2011_04/27/6015706_0.shtml|title=马苏诠释坚强"厂花|website=iFeng|language=zh|date=April 27, 2011}} She then starred in her first spy drama, Cheongsam (2011) wherein she played a special agent.{{cite web|url=http://ent.qq.com/a/20110309/000323.htm|title=马苏赞"关萍露"为影后 《旗袍》上演戏中戏|website=Tencent|language=zh|date=March 9, 2010}} Her performance in the series won her the Best Actress award at the Huading Awards.
2012 was Ma's most successful year yet. She starred in Beijing Youth, the third installment of Zhao Baogang's Youth trilogy; which won her the Best Actress award at the Huading Awards.{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2012-08-01/13533700259.shtml|title=马苏《北京青年》变身另类女博士|website=Sina|language=zh|date=August 1, 2012}} She next starred in wuxia drama The Bride with White Hair, and received acclaim for her portrayal of Lian Nishang.{{cite web|url=http://zixun.hunantv.com/hntv/20120918/0953422773.html|title=《新白发魔女传》首播获赞 演技获好评|website=Hunan TV|language=zh|date=September 18, 2012}} The same year, Ma was named the Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding Actress for her performance in both Beijing Youth and Beauty of Innocence; becoming the first Chinese actress born after the 1980s to nab a win at both the Flying Apsaras Awards and Golden Eagle Awards.{{cite web|url=http://ent.qq.com/a/20131227/008863.htm#p=1|title=飞天奖再度封后 马苏成80后首位双料视后|website=Tencent|language=zh|date=December 27, 2013}} Due to her successful performance in various television series, Ma was named the "Television Figure of the Year" at the China TV Drama Awards.{{cite web|url=http://yule.sohu.com/20121215/n360532815.shtml|title=马苏亮相国剧盛典 荣获2012年度电视剧人物|work=Sohu|language=zh|date=December 15, 2012}}
In 2014, Ma co-starred in the comedy film Breakup Buddies; her breakthrough performance as a loud-mouth and couth prostitute earned positive reviews and she won the Best Supporting Actress awards at the Chinese American Film Festival and China Film Festival London.{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2014-10-17/17534226064.shtml|title=马苏东北老妹儿对瓶吹为《心花》庆功|work=Sina|language=zh|date=October 17, 2014}} Ma also guest-starred in the historical drama The Legend of Mi Yue (2015), wherein she played her first antagonist role.{{cite web|url=http://yule.sohu.com/20151111/n426058250.shtml|title=《芈月传》将播 马苏首演反派自称"心机婊"|website=Sohu|language=zh|date=November 11, 2015}}
Filmography
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Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=3490752|name=Ma Su}}
{{Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding Actress}}
{{Golden Eagle Award (China) Best Actress}}
{{Seventh Council of China Television Artists Association}}
{{Sixth Council of the China Television Artists Association}}
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Category:People's Liberation Army Arts College alumni
Category:Actresses from Harbin
Category:Beijing Film Academy alumni
Category:Chinese film actresses