Zhu Yuanyuan

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1974|3|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Shibei District, Qingdao, Shandong, China

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| alma_mater = Qingdao Art School
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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1995–2025

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Zhu Yuanyuan ({{zh|c=朱媛媛|p=Zhū Yuányuán}}; 18 March 1974 – 17 May 2025) was a Chinese actress.{{cite web |url=http://chinesemov.com/actors/Zhu%20Yuanyuan.html |title=Zhu Yuanyuan |work=chinesemov.com}}{{cite web |url=http://english.cntv.cn/program/cultureexpress/20130111/101972.shtml |title="Big Family" to hit stage |date=11 October 2013 |work=CNTV}}{{cite web |url=http://www.chncpa.org/ens/ycgp/ycyg/2013-01-14/456160_1.shtml |title=NCPA Is Going to Premiere the Big Family, National Theatre of China's New Classic|access-date=14 January 2013|work=chncpa.org}}

Zhu is noted for her roles as Tao Hua and Song Yu in the film and television series The Forest Ranger and The Forest Ranger respectively.

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.{{cite web |url=http://yule.sohu.com/20120919/n353553394.shtml |script-title=zh:百花奖最佳女配角提名：朱媛媛 |date=19 September 2012 |work=Sohu|language=zh}} Zhu graduated from Central Academy of Drama in 1997, where she majored in acting.

Acting career

Zhu began her career by appearing in small roles in 1995, such as Spring Breeze in the Evening, Modern Urban Heroine, and Waiting Hall.

In 1998, Zhu won the Best TV Actress Award at the Beijing Chunyan Awards and Favorite Actress Award at the Golden Eagle Awards for her performance in Loquacious Zhang Damin's Happy Life.

Zhu's first film role was uncredited appearance in the film Bey, Our 1948 (1999).

In 2000, Zhu played the role of Soong Ching-ling in Sun Yat-Sen, for which she won the Favorite Actress Award at the CCTV Television Awards. That same year, she earned her Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress nomination for her performance as Li Yun in Beautiful Family.

In 2001, Zhu had a supporting role in Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito 2, a historical television series starring Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie.

For her role as Song Yu in Romantic Matter, Zhu was nominated for the Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress and Chinese Television Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding Actress.

In 2005, Zhu starred in The Forest Ranger, a film adaptation based on the novel of Zhang Ping's The Attacker, she received nominations at the Shanghai Film Critics Awards, Golden Rooster Awards and Huabiao Film Awards, and won the Female Actor Award at the Golden Phoenix Awards.{{cite web |url= http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2006-06-25/10041135609.html|script-title=zh:《天狗》上海影评人奖十佳影片朱媛媛当选影后|access-date=25 June 2006|work=sina|language=zh}}{{cite web |url=http://ent.qq.com/a/20070817/000033.htm |script-title=zh:第12届华表奖提名揭晓朱媛媛李冰冰角逐影后 |date=17 August 2007|work=Tencent|language=zh}}

In 2010, Zhu co-starred with Jet Li, Gwei Lun-mei and Wen Zhang in Ocean Heaven as the Aunt Chai.{{cite web |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/p/2010-06-13/21482987903.shtml |script-title=zh:图文：《海洋天堂》首映-朱媛媛|date=13 June 2010|work=sina|language=zh}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2011-12-14/15213507620.shtml |script-title=zh:周小斌朱媛媛《咱家那些事》携手演夫妻 |date=14 December 2011 |work=sina|language=zh }}

Personal life and death

Zhu married her university friend Xin Baiqing in 2004, their daughter was born in August 2008.{{cite web |url=http://ent.ifeng.com/fcd/special/zhuyuanyuan/news/detail_2012_02/17/12592504_0.shtml |script-title=zh:朱媛媛聊家庭我在辛柏青眼里不会乏味|date=17 February 2012|work=iFeng |language=zh}} Zhu died of cancer on 17 May 2025, at the age of 51.[https://www.guancha.cn/politics/2025_05_21_776616.shtml 演员朱媛媛去世，年仅51岁] {{in lang|zh}}

Filmography

=Film=

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role
class="wikitable"
1999	Bey, Our 1948	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|再见，我们的1948}}	Tang Gong
2000	Beautiful Family	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|美丽的家}}	Li Yun
2005	The Forest Ranger	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|天狗}}	Tao Hua
2009	Tiny Dust, True Love	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|寻找微尘}}	The Vice-president
2010	Ocean Heaven	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|海洋天堂}}	Aunt Chai
2015	Lost in Hong Kong	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|港囧}}
2021	Sister	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|我的姐姐}}

=Television=

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role
class="wikitable"
1995		{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|一地鸡毛}}	The nanny
rowspan="2" \| 1996	Spring Breeze in the Evening	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|春风沉醉的晚上}}	Zheng Xiuyue
Modern Urban Heroine	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|都市英雄}}	Hua Niuzi
rowspan="3" \| 1997	Waiting Hall	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|候车大厅}}	Hu Lili
	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|百年沉浮}}	Pei Yelian
	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|红杏出墙记}}	Liu Ruyan
1998	Loquacious Zhang Damin's Happy Life	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|贫嘴张大民的幸福生活}}	Li Yunfang
rowspan="2" \| 1999		{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|九九归一}}	Cai Xiaowan
My Beloved Motherland	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|我亲爱的祖国}}	Zhang Zhiruo
rowspan="2" \| 2000	Sun Yat-Sen	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|孙中山}}	Soong Ching-ling
Love Literature	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|京城大状师}}	Xiaorou
rowspan="2" \| 2001	The Best Clown Under Heaven	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|天下第一丑}}	Chai Xiugu
Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito 2	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|康熙微服私访记2}}	Lu Zhu'er
rowspan="3" \| 2002	Last Hour of the Century's End	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|世纪末的晚钟}}	Shen Zhiping
	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|爱情宝典之小棋士}}	Miao Guan
	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|爱情宝典之绿牡丹}}	Che Jingying
rowspan="3" \| 2003		{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|天高地厚}}	Bao Zhen
Romantic Matter	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|浪漫的事}}	Song Yu
	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|良心作证}}	Xiao Mei
rowspan="3" \| 2004	Tracing	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|追踪}}	Shang Qiuyun
Family Has 9 Phoenixes	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|家有九凤}}	Qi Feng
	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|酒巷深深}}	Liu Xuying
rowspan="4" \| 2005	Secret Order 1949	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|密令1949}}	Lin Qianru
	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|中国式结婚}}	guest
	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|红色追击令}}	Mei Ruojin
	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|萍水相逢过大年}}	Feng Qing
rowspan="2" \| 2006	Eight Brothers	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|八兄弟}}	Fang Fang
Be a Man	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|好男当家}}	Yang Juan
2007	Honorable Years	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|光荣岁月}}	Bai Xiangming
rowspan="2" \| 2009	Happy Secret Code	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|幸福密码}}	Han Xifeng
Looks at This Family	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|瞧这一家子}}	Sun Xiaodan
2010	13th Princess	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|十三格格新传}}	Empress Dowager Cixi
2011	Love in the Family	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|咱家那些事}}	Xiu Yan
rowspan="1" \| 2013		{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|离婚后再战江湖}}

=Drama=

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
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1998	Richard III	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|理查三世}}
2010	Four Generations under One Roof	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|四世同堂}}	Yun Mei
2013	Big Family	{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|大宅门}}	Huang Chun/ Yang Jiuhong/ Xiang Xiu	{{cite web\|url=http://www.culture.sh.cn/english/product.asp?id=13444 \|title=Drama "The Grand Mansion Gate" by China Grand National Theatre for Shanghai Drama Week \|date=15 October 2013 \|work=culture.sh.cn\|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413150351/http://www.culture.sh.cn/english/product.asp?id=13444 \|archive-date=13 April 2014 }}

Awards

Year	Work	Award	Result
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rowspan="2" \| 2000	rowspan="2" \| Loquacious Zhang Damin's Happy Life	Chunyan Awards for Best TV Actress	{{won}}
Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress	{{won}}
rowspan="2" \| 2001	Sun Yat-Sen	CCTV Television Award for Favorite Actress	{{won}}
Beautiful Family	Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress	{{nom}}
rowspan="2" \| 2004	rowspan="2" \|Romantic Matter	Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress	{{nom}}
Chinese Television Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding Actress	{{nom}}
rowspan="2" \| 2006	The Forest Ranger	Shanghai Film Critics Award for Best Actress	{{won}}
Family Has 9 Phoenixes	Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress	{{won}}
rowspan="3" \| 2007	rowspan="3" \|The Forest Ranger	Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress	{{nom}}
Huabiao Film Award for Outstanding Actress	{{nom}}
Golden Phoenix Award for Female Actor	{{won}}
2011		Sohu Internet TV Festival – Best Actress	{{nom}}
rowspan="2" \| 2012	Ocean Heaven	Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress	{{nom}}
Love in the Family	Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress	{{nom}}

References

External links

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Category:1974 births

Category:2025 deaths

Category:Actresses from Qingdao

Category:Central Academy of Drama alumni

Category:21st-century Chinese actresses

Category:20th-century Chinese actresses

Category:Chinese stage actresses

Category:Chinese film actresses

Category:Chinese television actresses