Zhou Dong-yu

Zhou Dong-yu, a mainland Chinese actress, was born on January 31, 1992 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province and graduated from the Performing Arts department of the Beijing Film Academy. She entered the film industry as the "girl scheming for love" in her starring role in "Under the Hawthorn Tree" in 2010 and won the Excellent New Female Actor Award at the 14th Huabiao Awards. In 2014, the youth film "My Old Classmate", starring Zhou, successfully exceeded 450 million yuan in the box office. Two years later, her standout performance in "Soul Mate" won her the Best Actress award at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. In 2018, she was again nominated for the Best Actress award at the 32nd China's Golden Rooster Awards for her role in "Us and Them". In 2019, Zhou Dongyu was ranked 7th on the Forbes China Celebrity List. In 2020, Zhou Dongyu once again won the Best Actress award at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 33rd China's Golden Rooster Awards for her movie "Better Days", thus becoming the first post-90s actress to achieve a grand slam of the three major awards in Chinese-language cinema. She was also successfully nominated for Best International Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. In 2021, she became a member of the jury for the Golden Goblet Award in the main competition of the Shanghai International Film Festival. Two years later, the love film "The Breaking Ice" she starred in was selected to represent Singapore in the competition for the Best International Film Award at the 96th Academy Awards, and she was nominated for Best Actress at the 17th Asian Film Awards. As of 10 am on May 2, 2023, according to real-time data from Maoyan Professional Edition, the box office of movies starring Zhou Dongyu exceeded 10 billion yuan, making her the first post-90s female lead in Chinese cinema history with a box office revenue exceeding 10 billion. The same year, Zhou Dongyu was honored with the Best Actress award at the 15th Macau International Film Festival for her role in "Trending Topic". In 2024, the crime film "Strangers When We Meet", starring her, successfully entered the main competition of the 14th Beijing International Film Festival.