Gao Yuanyuan

Gao Yuanyuan is one of those Chinese actresses with a luminous, classical screen presence that the camera simply adores. Funny that she broke through partly via a lozenge commercial in 2000 before The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber made her a name. For me she does her best work in restrained, romantic dramas where her warmth and stillness carry scenes that lesser actors would oversell. She has never chased the loudest blockbusters, favoring quality over volume. There is an unforced elegance to her that feels increasingly rare. A reliably graceful performer who lets the work speak rather than the spectacle around it.

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Name (English)

Gao Yuanyuan

Name (Japanese)

高圓圓

Reading

かお・ゆあんゆあん

Born

October 5, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Fengtai District, People's Republic of China

Occupation

actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Goat

• Official sitehttp://www.gao00.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao%20Yuanyuan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E5%9C%93%E5%9C%93
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702999

Tags

• actor

Last updated

October 5, 2026

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