Qin Lan

Qin won a Golden Award in the Advertisement Model category of the 1999 National Nominate Newcomer Competition (全国推新人大赛). In February 2003, when Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao and her team were holding auditions in Beijing, Qin was selected from a pool of 200 candidates to play a new character, Chen Zhihua in the television series My Fair Princess III.^[4]

In 2013, she was shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress in the 7th Asian Film Awards for the role of Empress Lü Zhi in The Last Supper.^[5] In 2015, Qin began working as a producer. In addition to setting up a studio to handle her acting career, she also established a business for developing films.^[6][7] By 2017, Qin had successfully produced two online television series.^[8]

Qin experienced a resurgence in popularity for her role as Empress Fucha in the 2018 hit historical drama Story of Yanxi Palace.^[9] In 2020, Qin starred in the workplace drama We Are All Alone, playing an iron-willed agent.^[10] In 2022, Qin participated in the period drama series Legacy (2022).^[11]

Qin graduated from the Shenyang University of Technology. She was in a relationship with Huang Xiaoming from 2003 to 2006.^[12][13]

At the end of 2008, Qin met film director Lu Chuan, during the filming of City of Life and Death, and started dating in September 2009. They broke up in July 2013.^[13]

In 2022, Qin and met and dated Wei Daxun while filming Dr. Tang. They broke up in June 2024.^[13]

In March 2021, similar to the actions of most Chinese celebrities, Qin publicly announced her support for cotton from the Xinjiang region after several overseas companies announced they would not purchase cotton from the region due to concerns over the forced labour of Uyghurs.^[14]