# Rayzha Alimjan

Rayzha Alimjan (Kazakh: رايزا ٴالىمجان; Chinese: 热依扎·阿里木江; born 15 July 1986) is a Chinese actress and model of Kazakh ethnicity.

## Early life and education

Rayzha Alimjan was born in Haidian District of Beijing, on 15 July 1986, while her ancestral home is in Jinghe County, Xinjiang. Her maternal grandmother was a school teacher. Her father is a writer. She graduated from Beijing Film Academy.

## Career

Rayzha Alimjan began her career as a fashion model when she was a high school student.
She made her film debut in Flirting Scholar 2 (2010), playing a maidservant.
Rayzha Alimjan's first notice came with her role as Concubine Ning on the 2011 historical television series Empresses in the Palace.
In 2012, she received her first leading role in a series called Ia Ia, I Do.
In 2013, she starred opposite Qi Wei, Melvin Sia, Chen He, Lou Yixiao, and Zhang Danfeng in the romantic comedy television series Love Destiny.
In 2014, she landed a guest role on Young Sherlock.
Rayzha Alimjan was cast in Xu Jinglei's romance film Somewhere Only We Know (2015), playing the girlfriend of Juck Zhang's character.
In 2016, she headlined three films: Inside or Outside, Kill Time (film) and Never Said Goodbye. She had a supporting role in Singing All Along, a television adaptation based on the romance novel Splendid and Beautiful Rivers and Mountains by Li Xin.
Rayzha Alimjan played the female lead role in the romantic comedy film La Historia Du Un Amor (2017), alongside Zheng Kai, who played her boyfriend. That same year, she played a supporting role in Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy, starring Huang Xuan, Shawn Dou, Xu Lu, Zhang Jianing and Janice Man and directed by Cao Dun.
In 2018, she played Gu Xueying, the lead role in Yang Yang's war drama The Snow Queen, costarring Dylan Kuo.
She had a major role in the historical suspense drama The Longest Day in Chang'an (2019), which starred Lei Jiayin and Jackson Yee.
In 2021, she had key supporting role in Minning Town, a 23-episode television series based on the decades-long battle against poverty northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

## Personal life

On 5 December 2020, she announced that she had given birth to a daughter on her personal Sina Weibo account.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role |
| 2010 | Flirting Scholar 2 | 唐伯虎点秋香2之四大才子 | A maidservant |
| 2010 | My Spectacular Theatre | 盲人电影院 | Xiao Ou |
| 2015 | Somewhere Only We Know | 有一个地方只有我们知道 | Shan Shan |
| 2016 | Inside or Outside | 真相禁区 | Nan Fang |
| 2016 | The New Year's Eve of Old Lee | 过年好 | Zhu Li |
| 2016 | Kill Time | 谋杀似水年华 | Qian Ling |
| 2016 | Never Said Goodbye | 谎言西西里 | Ruby |
| 2017 | La Historia Du Un Amor | 临时演员 | Liang Danni |
| 2017 | Strangers | 缉枪 | |
| 2018 | The Morning After | 断片之险途夺宝 | Conductor |

### Television

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Empresses in the Palace | 后宫甄嬛传 | Concubine Ning | |
| 2012 | Ia Ia, I Do | 爱啊哎呀，我愿意 | Tong Hua | |
| 2013 | Love Destiny | 爱情自有天意 | Tian Xin | |
| 2014 | Young Sherlock | 少年神探狄仁杰 | Shen Ji | |
| 2016 | Singing All Along | 秀丽江山之长歌行 | Ding Rou | |
| 2017 | Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy | 九州·海上牧云记 | Jin Zhuhai | |
| 2018 | The Snow Queen | 北国英雄 | Gu Xueying | |
| 2019 | The Longest Day in Chang'an | 长安十二时辰 | Tan Qi | |
| 2021 | Minning Town | 山海情 | Li Shuihua | Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding Actress Huading Awards for National Audience's Favorite Top 10 Actors Nominated - Magnolia Award for Best Actress Nominated - Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress (China) |
| 2023 | Love Is Full of Jiudaowan | 情满九道弯 | Ye Fei | |

### Variety show

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | X-space | 星星的密室 | Guest | |
| 2015 | Youth Trainee | 青春练习生 | Guest | |