Liu Yifei

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.
Liu Yifei
刘亦菲
Liu Yifei in 2017
Born
An Feng

(1987-08-25) August 25, 1987 (age 37)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Citizenship
EducationBeijing Film Academy
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present
Liu Yifei
Simplified Chinese刘亦菲
Traditional Chinese劉亦菲
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiú Yìfēi
IPA[ljǒʊ î.féɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingLau4 Jik6-fei1

Liu Yifei (刘亦菲; born August 25, 1987) is a Chinese-born American[c] actress.[3] She has appeared multiple times on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list and was named one of the New Four Dan actresses of China in 2009.[4] She is widely known as "Fairy Sister" in China.[5][6]

In 2020, Liu Yifei became known to international audiences for starring as the titular character in the Disney live-action film Mulan.[7] The role earned her nominations for a Critics' Choice Super Award, a Kids' Choice Award and a Saturn Award.


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  1. ^ Yau, Elaine (March 27, 2020). "Yao Ming and Kris Wu not Chinese? Online witch hunt of Chinese celebrities with foreign passports". Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2021. Due to her long years studying and living in America, her mother eventually switched her nationality from Chinese to American.
  2. ^ "Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China". China-Embassy.org. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020. Article 3 The People's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national ... Article 9 Any Chinese national who has settled abroad and who has been naturalized as a foreign national or has acquired foreign nationality of his own free will shall automatically lose Chinese nationality.
  3. ^ Gelin (格林) (2022). "Liu Yifei: keep the characteristics" 刘亦菲：千帆过尽，依然故我. 青年文摘 [Youth Literary Digest] (in Chinese). Vol. 749. Beijing: China Youth Press. pp. 12–13. ISSN 1003-0565.
  4. ^ "80后评新四小花旦 黄圣依杨幂王珞丹刘亦菲获封". Sina (in Chinese). April 29, 2009. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "Crystal Liu Yifei: seven things you don't know about the Chinese actress playing Mulan". South China Morning Post. December 1, 2017. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
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