# Sun Yi (actress)

Sun Yi (Chinese: 孙怡, born 4 June 1993) is a Chinese actress.

## Career

In 2014, Sun was picked from 1000 candidates to star in the art-house film Pleasure. Love.. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in the World Dramatic competition. Sun won the Best Actress at the Asian New Talent Awards. She also won Best New Actress at the 11th Chinese Young Generation Film Forum.
In 2015, she starred in romantic comedy film My Original Dream which was screened in competition at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival. The same year, she featured in the historical drama The Legend of Mi Yue.
Sun raised her profile after starring in the youth melodrama Promise of Migratory Birds. She gained widespread popularity with her role in Because of Meeting You, adapted from the 2014 Korean drama Jang Bo-ri is Here! alongside Deng Lun. The series placed number one throughout its broadcast and averaged ratings of 1.93%, becoming one of the highest rated drama of the year.
In 2018, Sun starred in the period romance drama Siege in Fog, and romance melodrama All Out of Love.
The same year, she was cast in the romance drama Irreplaceable Love.
In 2019, Sun was cast in the legal romance drama Hello Prosecutor, a remake of the South Korean television series Prosecutor Princess.
In 2020, she was cast in the historical romance drama Twisted Fate of Love.

## Personal life

On May 7, Sun and actor Dong Zijian announced they were getting married. The couple later welcomed a baby girl named Dong Dafu in September 2017. They announced their divorce in August 2022.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | My Original Dream | 我的青春期 | Li Chunxia | |
| 2016 | Pleasure. Love. | 男欢女爱 | young Hu Yajie | |
| 2016 | I Love That Crazy Little Thing | 那件疯狂的小事叫爱情 | Wang Ruofei | Cameo |

### Television series

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Network |
| 2015 | Running After the Love | 大猫儿追爱记 | Tong Tong | Anhui TV, Jiangxi TV |
| 2015 | Love Lot | 爱情上上签 | Wu Ping | Ningbo TV |
| 2015 | The Legend of Mi Yue | 芈月传 | Mi Yao | Beijing TV, Dragon TV |
| 2016 | Legend of Ban Shu | 班淑传奇 | Ah Cen | Tencent |
| 2016 | Promise of Migratory Birds | 十五年等待候鸟 | Li Li | Hunan TV |
| 2017 | Because of You | 因为遇见你 | Zhang Guoguo | Hunan TV |
| 2018 | Siege in Fog | 人生若如初相见 | Qin Sang | Tencent |
| 2018 | All Out of Love | 凉生，我们可不可以不忧伤 | Jiang Sheng | Hunan TV |
| 2019 | Hurricane | 暴风骤雨 | Yu Hanqiu | Jiangsu Broadcasting Station |
| 2020 | Twisted Fate of Love | 今夕何夕 | Dong Yue/Wen Xin | Tencent |
| 2020 | Irreplaceable Love | 与晨同光 | Li Chuyao | Jiangsu TV |
| 2021 | Be Together | 我和我们在一起 | Xia Yan | Mango TV |
| 2021 | Hello Prosecutor | 你好检察官 | Jiang Xiaoxi | Zhejiang TV |
| 2022 | The Wind Blows From Longxi | 风起陇西 | Di Yue | CCTV, iQiyi |
| 2023 | New Vanity Fair | 春日暖阳官 | Ding Mo Mo | YOUKU (优酷) |
| 2023 | Pledge of Allegiance | 山河之影 | Shu Tang | iQIYI, Viki |
| 2023 | I Love You | 我知道我爱你 | Xu Nuo | Tencent |
| TBA | The Truth | 风过留痕 | Dan Qing | Tencent |

## Discography

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Album |
| 2018 | "First Love, First Encounter" | 初见初恋 | Siege in Fog OST |
| 2018 | "Waiting For Light" | 等光 | — |
| 2020 | "Mr. Right" | 对的人 | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2016 | 19th Asian New Talent Awards | Best Actress | Pleasure. Love. | Won |
| 2016 | 11th Chinese Young Generation Film Forum Awards | Best New Actress | Pleasure. Love. | Won |
| 2017 | 8th China TV Drama Awards | New Actress of the Year | Because of You | Won |
| 2018 | 25th Cosmo Beauty Ceremony | Beautiful Idol | — | Won |