Liu Yifei

Liu Yifei

Liu Yifei, also known as Crystal Liu, is a Chinese-American actress, singer, and model. She was named as one of the New Four Dan actresses of China in 2009. In 2020, she starred as Mulan in The Walt Disney Company’s live-action film Mulan.

About Liu Yifei in brief

Summary Liu YifeiLiu Yifei, also known as Crystal Liu, is a Chinese-American actress, singer, and model. She was named as one of the New Four Dan actresses of China in 2009. In 2020, she starred as Mulan in The Walt Disney Company’s live-action film Mulan. Liu was born in Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei as An Feng. Her parents divorced when she was 10 years old and she was raised solely by her mother. In 2002, she adopted her mother’s surname and changed her name to \”Liu Ximeizi\” She was accepted into the Performance Institute of Beijing Film Academy at age 15 and graduated in 2006. Her first television appearance was in the period romance drama The Story of a Noble Family, based on Zhang Henshui’s novel of the same name. In 2005, Liu starred in Chinese Paladin, a fantasy action drama adapted from the role-playing game The Legend of Sword and Fairy.

The same year, she was chosen by Zhang Jizhong to play Wang Yuyan in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, an adaptation of Louis Cha’s wuxia novel. In 2007, she joined William Morris Agency and was subsequently cast in her first Hollywood production, The Forbidden Kingdom. She then starred in romantic-comedy Love in Disguise opposite Taiwanese singer-actor Wang Leehom. In 2011, she starring in fantasy supernatural film A Chinese Ghost Story, adapted from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. In 2014, she collaborated with Korean actor Amy Cheung for the romance film For Love or Money or Rain.