Bai Baihe

Bai was born in Qingdao, Shandong. She attended the Wendeng Road Elementary School. At a young age, Bai shown talents in singing, dancing and acting.[2] At the age of 12, she was admitted into the Beijing Dance Academy. In 2000, Bai auditioned for a role in Zhang Yimou's film Happy Times. Even though she was not selected, Zhang saw potential in her and recommended her to apply for the Central Academy of Drama; which Bai eventually got admitted to in 2002.[3][4]

Shortly after her graduation from the Central Academy of Drama, Bai Baihe made her acting debut in the television series Bloom of Youth (2006).[2] She continued to appear in dramas such as Where is Happiness (2007) and My Youthfulness (2009).

Bai achieved breakthrough with the 2011 romantic-comedy Love Is Not Blind, also starring Wen Zhang.[5] The low-budget film became a surprise hit at the Chinese box office.[6] Bai won the Best Actress award at the Hundred Flowers Award.[7] The following year, she starred in spy drama Fu Chen and was nominated at the Shanghai Television Festival for Best Actress.[8]

Bai then starred in Feng Xiaogang's comedy film Personal Tailor (2013),[9] which broke box office records on its opening day.[10][11] The same year, Bai starred in romantic comedy A Wedding Invitation alongside Eddie Peng.[12] The film was a commercial success and critics praise Bai for "keeping a character that could easily slip into shrill and childish far from that quagmire".[13] Bai followed up with romantic drama film The Stolen Years, where she received rave reviews and was coined "mainland Chinese romance-drama royalty".[14][15]

Bai solidified her status as China's Box Office Queen with the 2015 fantasy-comedy film Monster Hunt, directed by Raman Hui. The film grossed over 1.8 billion yuan to become the second highest grossing film in China.[16] She then starred in romantic comedy film Go Away Mr. Tumor,[17] which was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards[18] Bai won the Best Actress award at the China Film Director's Guild Awards, Beijing Student Film Festival and Huabiao Awards for her performance as a cartoonist who battles against cancer with an optimistic mind.

Bai topped the list of "Highest Grossing Actresses in China" for 2015,[19][20] after having ranked 2nd in 2013.[21] Variety describes her as the "pretty girl next door with decent acting chops and good comic timing".[22]

In 2016, Bai starred alongside Chen Kun in crime caper film Chongqing Hot Pot.[23] The film received acclaim and positive word-of-mouth, grossing 152 million yuan in four days.[24] She then featured in romance film I Belonged to You,[25] which broke box office sales record for mainland-produced romance films.[26]

In 2017, Bai starred in action cop thriller The Missing, directed by Xu Jinglei.[27] The same year, she filmed two television productions - medical drama Surgeons and the romance series Only Side by Side with You.[28][29]

In 2018, Bai reprised her role in the sequel of Monster Hunt.[30] The film set the record for the highest box office day for a single market.[31] The same year, she starred in First Night Nerves, a women-centric film directed by Stanley Kwan.[32]

In 2019, Bai starred in the drama film A City Called Macau, adapted from Geling Yan's novel of the same name and directed by Li Shaohong.[33] Bai was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Golden Rooster Awards for her performance.[34] The same year, she starred in the drama film Begin, Again.[35]

She is set to star in the romance comedy film A Boyfriend for My Girlfriend alongside Wu Xiubo.[36]

Bai Baihe was married to actor/singer Chen Yufan on December 26, 2006.[37] They first met while appearing in a Chinese romantic comedy television series Bloom of Youth in 2004.[38] Their son, Chen Shengtong, was born on January 19, 2008.[39]

On April 16, 2017, Bai Baihe announced that they divorced at the end of 2015.[40][41][42]

• Baihe Bai at IMDb