Dong Xuan (actress)

Dong was born in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, on November 5, 1982. She began taking piano lessons, violin lessons and dance lessons in her early teens. In 1995 she entered Shenyang Conservatory of Music, majoring in dancing. In 2000 she was accepted to Beijing Film Academy.^[3]

Dong made her screen debut with a supporting role as Shangguan Yan in Xuehua Nüshenlong (2003).

In 2004, Dong starred opposite Steve Ma in period drama Spring Flower and Autumn Moon.

In 2006, Dong was cast in the historical drama Struggle For Imperial Power.^[4] She then starred in modern drama A Gentleman's Good Mate.^[5]

In 2008, Dong played one of the lead roles in wuxia drama in Eight Heroes.^[6] She then appeared in Amazing Detective Di Renjie 3, a suspense television series.^[7] The same year, she made her film debut with a supporting role in And the Spring Comes, for which she received Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 27th Golden Rooster Awards.

In 2009, Dong joined the main cast of historical drama Guandong Adventure.^[8] She then made a cameo appearance in patriotic film The Founding of a Republic.^[9] Dong had a key supporting role in the historical comedy television series A Legend of Shaolin Kung Fu the same year as Ji Xiaolan's love interest.^[10]

In 2010, Dong played a supporting role in the shenmo television series The Legend of Crazy Monk.^[11] That same year, she starred alongside Du Chun in romance drama Puberty hit Menopause.^[12]

In 2011, Dong was cast in her first leading role in the youth film Struggle with Li Chen.^[13] In August, she starred in the suspense romance television series Unbeatable.^[14] At that same year, she made a guest appearance as Xiang Jingyu on The Founding of a Party.^[15]

In 2014, Dong played the role of the founder of Gumu Sect Lin Zhaoying in The Romance of the Condor Heroes, adapted from Jin Yong's wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes.^[16]

In 2018, Dong played Diaochan in the historical drama Secret of the Three Kingdoms.^[17]

Dong began dating Gao Yunxiang in 2009. They married in Beijing on August 21, 2011.^[18][19][20] Their daughter, nicknamed Xiao Jiuwo (Chinese: 小酒窝), was born on June 2, 2016.^[21] On July 16, 2019, Dong's attorney told reporter of Sina that Dong Xuan and Gao Yunxiang divorced in March 2019.^[22]

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
2008	And the Spring Comes	立春	Teacher Zhang
	Colorful Marathon	七彩马拉松	Xu Yan	[23]
2009	The Founding of a Republic	建国大业		Cameo
2010	Love is Not in the Service Area	爱情不在服务区	Wen Lu	[24]
2011	Struggle	奋斗	Xia Lin
	The Founding of a Party	建党伟业	Xiang Jingyu
	Great Wall My Love	追爱	Mu Tong
2014	Breaking the Waves	激浪青春	Yao Yao	[25]
2015	Wild Desert	心跳戈壁	Tong Ge	[26]
2019	The Lethe	忘川茶舍之兽神诅咒	Liu Sheng	also producer[27]
2020	Ladies In Beijing	北京女子图鉴之整容大师	Chen Yuanyuan
	The Lethe II	忘川茶舍之铸剑祭魂	Liu Sheng
2021	Lost Soul	双面妖姬	Liu Sheng
	Unstoppable	愤怒的黄牛	Tana

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
2003	Xuehua Nüshenlong	雪花女神龙	Shangguan Yan
	Goddess of Mercy	玉观音		Cameo
2004	Black Eyes	黑眼睛	Zhou Mingfeng
	Spring Flower and Autumn Moon	春花秋月	Hou Lili
2005	Struggle For Imperial Power	大宋奇案	Li Yu
	Eight Heroes	八大豪侠	Bian Suwen
2007	A Gentleman's Good Mate	君子好逑	Shui Bingxin
	Cotton Flower's Spring	木棉花的春天	Fang Ruhan	[28]
2008	Amazing Detective Di Renjie 3	神探狄仁杰3	Aunt Yun
	The So-called Marriage	所谓婚姻	Meng Feifei	[29]
2009	A Legend of Shaolin Kung Fu	少年讼师纪晓岚	Qing'er
	Guandong Adventure	闯关东	Song Tianyue
2010	My Sassy Wife Xu Xiaomei	刁蛮娇妻苏小妹	Su Xiaomei	[30]
	The Legend of Crazy Monk	活佛济公	Xiao Zhenzhu
	Unbeatable	无懈可击之美女如云	Ma Jiali
	Puberty hit Menopause	青春期撞上更年期	Bai Xiao'ou
2011	How Can I Save You, My Love	新拿什么拯救你我的爱人	Zhu Siping	[31]
	Strangers When We Meet	相逢何必曾相识	Li Qiuling	[32]
	Unbeatable	无懈可击之高手如林	Feng Lufei
2012	Beijing Love Story	北京爱情故事	A beautiful woman	Cameo
	My Mother-in-law is also My Mother	婆婆也是妈	Ma Ke	[33]
2014	Stories of My Grandpa and Grandma	我爷爷和奶奶的故事	Lan Ying	[34]
	The Romance of the Condor Heroes	神雕侠侣	Lin Chaoying
2018	Secret of the Three Kingdoms	三国机密之潜龙在渊	Diaochan
2020	Miss S	旗袍美探	Liu Ruqing	[35]
	Together	在一起	Wang Manli
	Legend of Fei	有翡	Duan Jiuniang
	The Case Solver	拆案	Che Suwei
2021	Long Live Life	生活万岁	Leader Ping	Cameo
	Faith Makes Great	理想照耀中国	Zhao Xinhua	Segment 'Green Car'
	Novoland: Pearl Eclipse	斛珠夫人	Lang Huan	Special Appearance
2023	Rising With the Wind	我要逆风去	Hong Die
TBA	Love in Aranya	阿那亚恋情	Gu Ruo	[36]
	Tango of the Rainbow	探戈	Su Kang	[37]
	Go Along With You	慢慢地陪着你走	Shen Xinxin	Not broadcast[38]

Year	English title	Chinese title	Notes
2005	Fall Head Over Heels	爱到死心塌地
2008	Chuzhao	出招
2010	Flower Season	花期
2011	By Your Side	在你身边
	Years	年华
2012	Thank You, My Love	谢谢你我的爱人
	Love you Love you	爱你爱你
2013	Ten Years	拾年