Angelababy

Angelababy is one of those rare multi-hyphenates who actually pulls it off across every lane she enters. Born in Shanghai in 1989 and partly raised in Hong Kong, she built her name as a model before pivoting hard into acting and music, and the hustle clearly paid off — in 2016 she took home the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Mojin: The Lost Legend, which is a genuinely prestigious recognition in Chinese cinema, not just a participation trophy. What strikes me most about her is the sheer scale of her cultural footprint across East Asia; she was named one of China's New Four Dan Actresses back in 2013, which put her in rare company. She's also sharp enough as a businessperson to have built a brand well beyond any single project, and that kind of career longevity doesn't happen by accident.

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Name (English)

Angelababy

Name (Japanese)

アンジェラベイビー

Reading

あんじぇらべいびー

Born

February 28, 1989 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

Origin

Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Occupation

actor / singer / model / businessperson

University

Notre Dame College

• Official sitehttps://www.iloveangelababy.com/en/index.php
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/angelababyct/
• Xhttps://x.com/angelababyct
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelababy
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%A9%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2568122

Tags

• actor
• singer
• model

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.