He Hongshan

She was born in Chongqing on April 10, 1987. She graduated from the Chongqing College of Humanities, Science & Technology.^[3]

In 2008, she made her film debut with a small role in Ah Qiang in the Street. She then got a small role in the biographical television series What a Big Tree (2009).^[4]

She remained relatively unknown, until she got the lead role in Back in Time (2014), a youth drama adapted from Jiuyehui's novel of the same title.^[5] Following the airing of the series, He gained recognition.^[3] He then co-starred in the romance television series The Third Name of Love, and joined the main cast of Under One Roof.^[6][7]

Her first main role in a movie came with the Easy Life (2016) based on the novel Riot in Chang'an City by Han Han.^[8] He then played one of the lead roles in the period drama Sisters.^[9]

She became widely known to audiences with the modern romance drama Above The Clouds (2017).^[10][11] That same year, she participated in The Liquidator, a suspense crime film directed by Xu Jizhou and based on the novel Evil Minds: City Light written by Lei Mi.^[12]

In 2018, She co-starred in the romance drama The Evolution of Our Love.^[13] She then played a key supporting role in the historical television series Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, which gained her more recognition.^[14][15]

In 2019, She starred as the female lead in the historical television series Legend of the Phoenix, alongside Xu Zhengxi.^[16][17] She was also cast in the role of Ah Zi in the wuxia television series Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, based on the novel of the same title by Jin Yong.^[18]

He Hong Shan was noted for having portrayed a prominent number of villains during her career, so much so that some of her fans personally asked her to not take any more villainous roles in her future works.^[19]