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Yao Chen (p=Yáo chén, born 5 October 1979) is a Chinese actress and philanthropist. She achieved early success with her role in the sitcom My Own Swordsman (2006) and went on to star in the television series Lurk (2008), Divorce Lawyers (2014), and All Is Well (2019). Her notable film credits include Caught in the Web (2012), Firestorm (2013), Lost, Found (2018), and Send Me to the Clouds (2019).
In the early 2010s, Yao gained enormous popularity on Weibo, becoming the first "Weibo Queen" at the 2010 Weibo Awards. In 2013, she was named the first United Nations Refugee Agency Goodwill Ambassador in China. In 2014, Yao was named as one of the most influential people on the Time 100 list, and named by Forbes as the 83rd most powerful woman in the world. Yao ranked 77th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2008, 73rd in 2009, 78th in 2010, 24th in 2011, 33rd in 2012, 56th in 2013, 69th in 2014, 41st in 2015, and 60th in 2019.
In 2009, Yao made her theatrical debut, playing a white-collar heroine in A Story of Lala's Promotion. She also had a supporting role in the romantic comedy Sophie's Revenge. Yao then starred in romantic comedy Color Me Love (2010) as an aspiring fashion magazine editor, which would go on to become one of her most famous film roles. In 2012, Yao starred in Chen Kaige's social drama Caught in the Web as a truth-seeking journalist. She then starred alongside Andy Lau in the action thriller Firestorm, which won her the Outstanding Actress award at the Chinese Film Media Awards.
Yao played a lawyer in the 2014 TV drama Divorce Lawyers, followed by a series of blockbusters Monster Hunt (2015), Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015) and (2017). Yao was nominated as Best Supporting Actress at the Hundred Flowers Awards for her performance in Monster Hunt. She also starred in MBA Partners (2016), playing an ambitious young woman.
In 2017, Yao served as the jury of the 23rd Shanghai Television Festival. In 2018, Yao starred in the mystery film Lost, Found, a remake of the South Korean film Missing. In 2019, Yao starred in the family drama All Is Well, for which she received the Best Actress Award of the Busan International Film Festival's Asia Contents Awards. In the same year, she received the Golden Rooster Award for the film Send Me To The Clouds (2019), as well as the Singapore International Film Festival’s cinema icon award. She starred in If You are the One 3 in 2023.
In 2021, Yao Chen joined actress Charlize Theron and prima-ballerina Misty Copeland as brand ambassadors for Breitling SA, dubbed the Breitling Spotlight Squad.
Since 2021, Italian jeweller Pomellato has announced Yao as its Chinese Brand Ambassador.
Yao married cinematographer Cao Yu in November 2012. She gave birth to their son in 2013, and three years later, she gave birth to their daughter.
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| 2023 | Flaming Cloud | 三贵情史 | ||
| If You Are The One 3 | 非常勿扰3 | |||
| 2019 | Lost, Found | ||||
| 6th The Actors of China Award Ceremony | Best Actress (Sapphire Category) | ||||
| 26th Huading Awards | Best Actress | ||||
| Golden Bud - The Fourth Network Film And Television Festival | Best Actress | ||||
| 8th China Student Television Festival | Most Watched Actress | ||||
| Tencent Video All Star Awards | TV Actor of the Year | ||||
| Film and TV Role Model 2019 Ranking | Best Actress | ||||
| Tencent Entertainment White Paper | Television Actress of the Year | ||||
| Reputable Actress of the Year | |||||
| Send Me to the Clouds | 32nd Golden Rooster Awards | Best Actress | |||
| 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival Gold Crane Awards | Best Actress | ||||
| Night of the Film | Film Commemoration Award | ||||
| 2020 | Send Me to the Clouds | 29th Huading Awards | Best Actress | ||
| 11th China Film Director's Guild Awards | |||||
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