Liu Yan

What strikes me about Liu Yan is how she built her name on hosting before the acting and singing caught up. Picking up Best New Artist at the Top Chinese Music Awards and being ranked among China's most influential TV hosts around 2010 tells me she was a genuine multi-hyphenate, not someone who stumbled sideways into fame. I find that kind of stage-first path interesting because it usually breeds a comfort in front of crowds that reads on screen. Coming out of Hengyang and Hunan Normal University, she feels like a steady, hard-earned career rather than an overnight one.

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Name (English)

Liu Yan

Name (Japanese)

柳岩

Reading

りう・いえん

Born

November 8, 1980 (age 45)

Origin

Hengyang, People's Republic of China

Occupation

actor / film actor / singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

University

Hunan Normal University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu%20Yan%20(actress)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B3%E5%B2%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8266679

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• singer

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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