Yu Nan

Yu Nan started acting at the age of 4, playing role of a little girl with a handkerchief tied to her dress. Later, instead of following her family's advice to study foreign languages and get a university degree, Yu enrolled at the Beijing Film Academy in 1995.

Her feature film debut in Lunar Eclipse (1999) by Wang Quan'an. Her feisty performance as a shy, retiring wife by day and a wild party animal by night won her Best Actress at the Deauville Asian Film Festival. The recognition caught the attention of French producers, who cast her in Rage (2003).{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-03/07/content_821204.htm|title=The rise and rise of Yu Nan|date=7 March 2007|work=China Daily}}{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/film/160230.htm|title=Yu Nan: from Peking to Paris|work=China.org.cn|date=3 March 2006}}

She subsequently starred in three more films with Wang Quan'an. Jingzhe (2003) earned her Best Actress accolades at the Golden Rooster Award{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/NM-e/79338.htm|title="Golden Rooster" Best Actor and Actress Prizes Awarded|date=6 November 2003|work=China.org.cn}} and Paris International Film Festival in 2003;{{cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18362723.html | title= festival du film de Paris: Le palmarès | author = Allociné| date =7 April 2007|work=Allocine| access-date = 2010-01-26}} Tuya's Marriage (2006), the Golden Bear winner at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival,{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-02/18/content_811647.htm|title='Tuya's Marriage' won the Golden Berlin Bear|date=18 February 2007|work=China Daily}} won her the Best Actress prize from the Chicago International Film Festival{{cite web|url=http://old.chicagofilmfestival.com/history/overview.php?festival=ciff_2007|title=43rd Chicago Film Festival|work=Chicago International Film Festival|year=2007|access-date=2015-10-29}} for her portrayal of a shepherdess who seeks a new husband after her first one falls ill; and Weaving Girl (2009), which won Jury Special Grand prix and the FIPRESCI prize from the 2009 Montreal World Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/weaving-girl-fang-zhi-gu-niang/5007039.article | title= Weaving Girl | work=ScreenDaily|author = Paquet, Darcy| date =19 October 2009| access-date = 2010-01-26}}{{cite web|url=http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/people/celebrities/14/1385-1.htm|title=Yu Nan: China's Unconventional Film Star|date=31 May 2012|work=Women of China}}

Yu Nan has also worked with other major Chinese directors, including Wang Xiaoshuai in In Love We Trust (2008), which won the Best Screenplay Silver Bear prize at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival,{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aE6Ovy7mAmpg | title= Brazilian Film 'Elite Squad' Wins Top Berlin Award | author = Hickley, Catherine| work =Bloomberg | date =16 February 2008| access-date = 2010-01-26}} Lee Yun-chan's in My DNA Says I Love You and Ning Hao, in his Chinese Western film, No Man's Land (2013).{{cite web|url=http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/people/celebrities/8/7247-1.htm|title=Rising Chinese Movie Star Yu Nan|date=16 May 2007|work=Women of China}}

Helped in part by her fluency in Mandarin, French, and English,{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/international/features/e3i862be56ec503162a2c22bbd4169baae7|work=The Hollywood Reporter|author=Landreth, Jonathon |title=Four stars on the brink of global success|date=28 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011091904/http://hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/international/features/e3i862be56ec503162a2c22bbd4169baae7|archive-date=2007-10-11}} Yu Nan has played in several international productions, such as the Canadian-Chinese film Diamond Dogs (2007), and the Hollywood films Speed Racer (2008) and The Expendables 2 (2012).{{cite web|url=http://www.timeoutshanghai.com/features/Books__Film-Film_features/7644/Interview-Yu-Nan.html|title=Interview: Yu Nan|work=TimeOut Shanghai|date=23 August 2012}}

Known for her success in art house films,{{cite web|url=http://www.asiapacificscreenacademy.com/nomsarchive/yu-nan/|title=YU NAN|work=Asia Pacific Screen Academy|access-date=2017-06-04}} Yu also starred in commercial films. In Deadly Delicious (2008), she plays a frustrated wife who discovers her husband's extramarital affair and wants him to pay a price for his infidelity;{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/entertainment/2008-03/10/content_12163423.htm|title=Yu Nan: Art house to our house|date=10 March 2008|work=China.org.cn}} and also starred in Design of Death (2012), playing a mute widow. Yu's most notable work in recent years include Silent Witness (2013) and Wolf Warriors (2015).

Yu Nan has served as a jury member at several international film festivals:

• Pusan International Film Festival in 2007{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/art-films-win-at-pusan-film-festival-1117973927/|title=Art films win at Pusan festival|first=Derek|last=Elley|publisher=Variety|date=12 October 2007|access-date=2015-10-29}}{{cite web|url=http://english.sina.com/life/1/2007/0829/123420.html|title=Yu Nan to Judge Pusan Film Festival|date=29 August 2007|work=Sina}}
• Chicago International Film Festival in 2008
• Golden Rooster Awards in 2009
• Shanghai International Film Festival in 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.siff.com/MovieEn/infolist.aspx?CategoryID=0e06ecbd-b12c-4bea-92f0-0e41d3e46652&SubCategoryID=c410d623-3a84-46d3-817d-055d13dcdd4b&ParentCategoryID=06e3e627-e480-4547-a6a1-7389c8a38fea|work=Shanghai TV Festival|title=International Jury for Asian New Talent Award 2009| access-date = 2010-01-26}}
• Berlin International Film Festival in 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/renee-zellweger-yu-nan-join-19948|title=Renee Zellweger, Yu Nan join Berlin jury|work=Hollywood Reporter|first=Scott|last=Roxborough|date=26 January 2010|access-date=2015-10-29}}
• Shanghai International Film Festival in 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shanghai-festival-unveils-competition-jury-525603|title=Shanghai festival unveils competition jury and entries|first=Clarence|last=Tsui|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=20 May 2013|access-date=2015-10-29}}

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