Yang Yang

Yang Yang in Love O2O

### Awards

2015 Chinese Campus Art Glory Festival Most Popular Actor The Four Won [45]4th iQiyi All-Star Carnival Popular TV Actor Award The Lost Tomb Won [19]8th China TV Drama Awards Most Talked About Actor N/A Won [20]Most Influential Actor in the Media N/A Won2016 13th Esquire Man At His Best Awards Most Commercially Valuable Artist N/A Won [46]Youku Young Choice Awards Artist of the Year N/A Won [47][48]2016 UC Headlines Figure N/A Won2017 2nd China Television Drama Quality Ceremony Most Popular Quality Actor Love O2O Won [49]Chinese Communist Youth League (CCYL) May 4 Medal N/A Won [50]14th Esquire Man At His Best Awards Man of the Year N/A Won [51]Artist of the Year N/A WonTencent Video Star Awards VIP Star of the Year N/A Won [52]

### TV Shows

The Lost Tomb (2015), The Whirlwind Girl, (2015), Love O2O (2016) and film The Left Ear (2015)

**Yang Yang** (simplified Chinese: 杨洋; traditional Chinese: 楊洋, born 9 September 1991) is a Chinese actor. He made his acting debut in the Chinese television drama *The Dream of Red Mansions* (2010). Since then, he has received recognition for his roles in television dramas *The Lost Tomb* (2015), *The Whirlwind Girl*, (2015), *Love O2O* (2016) and film *The Left Ear* (2015). He was ranked fifth on the 2017 *Forbes* China Celebrity 100 list.[1]

## Early Life

At age 11, Yang was admitted to the Department of Dance in People's Liberation Army Arts College in China.[2] He also has studied at the Central Academy of Drama for a period of time.[3]

## Career

### 2007–2014: Beginning[edit]

In December 2007, he was chosen to play the lead role Jia Baoyu by director Li Shaohong in *The Dream of Red Mansions*.[4] One of the most expensive Chinese TV series produced at RMB118 million (US$17.55 million), the 50 episode drama premiered on July 6, 2010.[5]

In 2011, Yang featured in *The Founding of a Party*, a patriotic tribute detailing the process of establishing the Communist Party of China.[6] He continued to build up his filmography, featuring in war dramas *The War Doesn't Believe in Tears* (2012) and *Ultimate Conquest* (2013), and romance series *Flowers of Pinellia Ternata* (2013).[7][8][9][10]

On April 29, 2014, Yang ended his contract of 7 years with his company.[11]

### 2015: Breakthrough[edit]

Yang achieved breakthrough with his role in *The Left Ear*, a coming-of-age film which is also the directorial debut of Alec Su. The film was a box office hit, and Yang received acclaim for his portrayal as Xu Yi.[12] His popularity continued to rise with his appearance in travel-reality show *Divas Hit the Road*,[13] and he topped the "2015 Chinese Reality Show Star Ranking".[14] He next starred in action-adventureweb-drama *The Lost Tomb* based on the novel of the same name. *The Lost Tomb* was the most watched web drama of the year, and Yang gained more popularity with his portrayal of Zhang Qiling.[15][16]Yang then played the male lead in youth sports drama *The Whirlwind Girl*, which gained one of the highest viewership ratings of the year.[17] He also released his first single, "Tender Love".[18]

At the end of the year, Yang won several awards including the Most Popular TV Actor of the Year at iQiyi All-Star Carnival Night 2016;[19] and the Most Anticipated Actor and Most Influential Actor awards at the China TV Drama Awards.[20]

### 2016–present: Mainstream popularity[edit]

In 2016, Yang starred in youth romance drama *Love O2O*, based on Gu Man's novel of the same name.[21] The drama was a massive hit both locally and internationally, and is the most viewed modern drama in China. Following the airing of *Love O2O*, Yang experienced a huge surge in popularity and successfully broke into the mainstream.[22] To thank his fans, Yang released the song "Love is Crazy", a jazz/rock single.[23] He next starred in romance film *I Belonged to You*,[24] which was a huge success and broke box office sales record for mainland-produced romance films.[25] He was named as one of the Top 10 Chinese celebrities with most commercial value by CBN Weekly.[26]

In 2017, Yang starred alongside Liu Yifei in romantic fantasy film *Once Upon a Time*.[27] He was announced as the lead role Ye Xiu in the upcoming eSports novel adaptation of *The King's Avatar*.[28]

In 2018, Yang starred in the fantasy action drama *Martial Universe*.[29][30] The same year, he was cast in the military drama *Special Forces* directed by Xu Jizhou.[31]

## Other Activities

In January 2016, Yang became the first artist to be featured on the China Post postage stamp.[32]

On February 19, 2017, Yang had his wax figure of himself displayed at Madam Tussauds Shanghai.[33] His second wax figure was displayed at Madame Tussauds Beijing on July 19, 2017.