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.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

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Shortly after her graduation from the Central Academy of Drama, Bai Baihe made her acting debut in the television series Bloom of Youth (2006).^[1] 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.^[4] The low-budget film became a surprise hit at the Chinese box office.^[5] Bai won the Best Actress award at the Hundred Flowers Award.^[6] The following year, she starred in spy drama Fu Chen and was nominated at the Shanghai Television Festival for Best Actress.^[7]

Bai then starred in Feng Xiaogang's comedy film Personal Tailor (2013),^[8] which broke box office records on its opening day.^[9][10] The same year, Bai starred in romantic comedy A Wedding Invitation alongside Eddie Peng.^[11] 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".^[12] Bai followed up with romantic drama film The Stolen Years, where she received rave reviews and was coined "mainland Chinese romance-drama royalty".^[13][14]

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.^[15] She then starred in romantic comedy film Go Away Mr. Tumor,^[16] which was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards^[17] 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,^[18][19] after having ranked 2nd in 2013.^[20] Variety describes her as the "pretty girl next door with decent acting chops and good comic timing".^[21]

In 2016, Bai starred alongside Chen Kun in crime caper film Chongqing Hot Pot.^[22] The film received acclaim and positive word-of-mouth, grossing 152 million yuan in four days.^[23] She then featured in romance film I Belonged to You,^[24] which broke box office sales record for mainland-produced romance films.^[25]

In 2017, Bai starred in action cop thriller The Missing, directed by Xu Jinglei.^[26] The same year, she filmed two television productions - medical drama Surgeons and the romance series Only Side by Side with You.^[27][28]

In 2018, Bai reprised her role in the sequel of Monster Hunt.^[29] The film set the record for the highest box office day for a single market.^[30] The same year, she starred in First Night Nerves, a women-centric film directed by Stanley Kwan.^[31]

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.^[32] Bai was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Golden Rooster Awards for her performance.^[33] The same year, she starred in the drama film Begin, Again.^[34] She starred in the 2019 romantic comedy film A Boyfriend for My Girlfriend alongside Wu Xiubo.^[35]

Bai was married to singer and actor Chen Yufan on 26 December 2006.^[36] They first met while appearing in a Chinese romantic comedy television series Bloom of Youth in 2004.^[37] Their son was born on 19 January 2008.^[38] On 16 April 2017, Bai announced that they had divorced at the end of 2015.^[39][40][41]

Film

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Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
2011	The Law of Attraction	万有引力	Shi Xiaolin	[42]
	Love Is Not Blind	失恋33天	Huang Xiaoxian
2012	First Time	第一次	Wei Jiajia	[43]
2013	A Wedding Invitation	分手合约	Qiao Qiao
	The Stolen Years	被偷走的那五年	He Man
	Personal Tailor	私人订制	Xiao Biao
2014	The Truth About Beauty	整容日记	Guo Jing	[44]
2015	Monster Hunt	捉妖记	Huo Xiaolan
	Go Away Mr. Tumor	滚蛋吧！肿瘤君	Xiong Dun
	Cities in Love	恋爱中的城市	Yan Ran	[45]
	Les Aventures d'Anthony	陪安东尼度过漫长岁月	Xiao Ying	[46]
2016	Chongqing Hot Pot	火锅英雄	Yu Xiaohui
	I Belonged to You	从你的全世界路过	Li Zhi
2017	The Missing	绑架者	Lin Wei
2018	Monster Hunt 2	捉妖记2	Huo Xiaolan
	First Night Nerves	八个女人一台戏	Fu Sha
2019	A City Called Macau	媽閣是座城	Mei Xiao'ou
	Begin, Again	亲爱的新年好	Shu Jin	[34]
	A Boyfriend for My Girlfriend	情圣2	Tian Xin
2021	The Door Lock	门锁	Fang Hui
2023	The Procurator	检察风云	Tong Yuchen
2025	Gloaming in Luomu	罗目的黄昏	Xiao Bai	[47]
	Mothertongue	春树	Haruki Kata	[48]

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Television series

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Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
2006	Bloom of Youth	與青春有關的日子	Qiao Qiao
2007	Where Is Happiness	幸福在哪里	Gan Lu
2009	My Youthfulness	我的青春谁做主	Lei Lei
2010	The Lying Lover	说谎的爱人	Dong Nan	[49]
2011	Family, Power N	家的N次方	Zhao Wen	[50]
2012	Floating and Sinking	浮沉	Qiao Li	[51]
	Rules Before a Divorce	离婚前规则	Jiang Xinyao	[52]
2013	Little Big Soldier	大兵小将	Sha Man
	Love Is Not Blind	失恋33天		Cameo
	Jinan City Is our Hometown	我们这拨人	Qiao Qiao	[53]
2015	Grow Up	长大	Ye Chunmeng	[54]
2017	Surgeons	外科风云	Lu Chenxi
2018	Only Side by Side with You	南方有乔木	Nan Qiao
2020	New Face	焕脸		Producer[55]
	Hear Her	听见她说	Jingfen
2022	Modern Marriage	我们的婚姻	Shen Huixing	[56]
	My Superhero	欢迎光临	Zheng Youen	[57]
	Our Ten Years	我们这十年	Chen Ran	[58]
2023	Sunshine by My Side	骄阳伴我	Jian Bing	[59]
2024		好团圆	Xiang Qian	[60]
	Riverside Code at Qingming Festival	清明上河图密码	Wen Yue	[61][62]

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