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Crystal Liu, better known by her stage name Liu Yifei, was born in Wuhan, on August 25, 1987. She began modeling at 8. She was trained in singing, dancing & the piano. She moved to the U.S. at 10 w/ her mom, where she lived for 4 years. She returned to China in June 2002 to pursue a modeling & acting career.

In September 2002, she was accepted into the Performance Institute of Beijing Film Academy at 15. Her first TV role was in The Story of a Noble Family. Shortly after, she was chosen to portray the role of Wang Yuyan in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, a drama based on the same-titled novel by the acclaimed martial arts writer, Jinyong.

In October 2003, she made her 1st appearance on the big screen w/ May Day, the well-known Taiwanese rock band, in the movie Love of May. Her fame & popularity went up even further due to her role in the 2004 drama series adaptation of the video game, The Legend of Sword and Fairy. Upon her graduation from the Beijing Film Academy in July 2006, she starred in another TV production based on another book by Jinyong, The Return of the Condor Heroes. This was very well received in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan & Japan.

She made her first foray into a music career in August 2005, when she secured a recording contract w/ Sony Music Entertainment Japan. After taking up singing & dance lessons for a year, her album Liu Yifei was released in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong & Southeast Asia in August 2006, featuring a diverse music repertoire that included rap &soft rock. That same year, she also released a Japanese album. The single, The Gate of Late Night, was chosen to be the theme for an animation series by Tokyo TV.

One of four children (two older brothers, one younger sister) born to American missionaries, Jayne Meadows (née Jane Cotter) was born September 27, 1919, in China. The family returned to the US in the early 1930s wherein Jayne was forced to learn the English language, speaking Chinese and other foreign languages at the time before learning English. She settled in Sharon, Connecticut with her parents, Rev. Francis James Meadows Cotter (who was appointed rector of the town's Christ Church), and Ida Miller (Taylor) Cotter.

She developed an early interest in acting and studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. She made her Broadway debut with the comedy "Spring Again" (1941), followed by "Another Love Story" (1943), "The Odds on Mrs. Oakley" (1944), "Many Happy Returns" and "Kiss Them for Me" (1945). This led to a post-WWII, MGM contract in which her icy glare and imposing stance frequently made her the perfect manipulating "other woman" in such "B" heavy drama as Undercurrent (1946), Lady in the Lake (1946), Dark Delusion (1947), Enchantment (1948), The Fat Man (1951) and as Michal in the biblical film David and Bathsheba (1951). She occasionally was featured in lighter feature film fare as well, including Song of the Thin Man (1947) and The Luck of the Irish (1948).

Not satisfactorily moving up the credits ladder in films as she hoped, she sought work elsewhere in the early 1950's, especially in the new medium of TV. She became one of Hollywood's more glittery personalities on TV and variety programs, and a sparkling guest panelist on such popular TV game shows as "The Name's the Same, "Masquerade Party, "What's My Line," "To Tell the Truth" and "Password." At one point, she was a regular member of the celebrity panel on I've Got a Secret (1952).

Divorced from film and TV writer Milton Krims after six years, Jayne met her witty match when she married actor/comedian Steve Allen in 1954. They formed an extremely strong personal and professional relationship which would encompass stage ("Love Letters", in which they co-starred on and off for 11 years), film (College Confidential (1960), and especially TV (Meeting of Minds (1977)). Jayne supported Steve as a regular/guest on many of his comedy series ventures, including The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956), The New Steve Allen Show (1961), The Steve Allen Playhouse (1962) and The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1967). They appeared as themselves in the film The Player (1992) they did not appear as themselves in the amusing TV movie Now You See It, Now You Don't (1968) and the all-star TV version of Alice in Wonderland (1985).

Jayne's solo work took a deliberate back seat. Usually playing elegant sophisticates, she cameoed in such films as the ribald comedy Norman... Is That You? (1976); the crime thriller Murder by Numbers (1989); as Billy Crystal's mother in the comedies City Slickers (1991) and City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994); and made an appearance in what would become her last feature film The Story of Us (1999).

Over a three-decade period, Jayne appeared in a number of TV movies, including James Dean (1976), Sex and the Married Woman (1977), Miss All-American Beauty (1982), A Masterpiece of Murder (1986) and Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989). She also guested on numerous established programs as well -- "Here Comes the Bride," "Here's Lucy," "Adam-12," "Switch," "Hawaii 5-O," "Matt Houston," "Fantasy Island," "Murder, She Wrote," "The Love Boat," "St. Elsewhere," "The Bold and the Beautiful," "The Nanny" and "Diagnosis Murder." Steady roles on prime-time TV series would include a recurring part as Nurse Chambers on the medical program Medical Center (1969), as well as regular roles on the sitcoms It's Not Easy (1982) and High Society (1995), the latter for which she earned an Emmy nomination for "Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy."

Known for her infectious laugh and joie de vivre, Jayne's confidence grew to include writing stage plays, teleplays, books, and columns. For the most part, however, she was Allen's creative and dedicated business partner for 46 years until his death in 2000. Younger sister Audrey Meadows, of The Honeymooners (1955) TV fame, died in 1996.

Jayne Meadows Allen lived the rest of her life quietly, occasionally granting interviews, until her death on April 26, 2015 in Los Angeles, aged 95.

Yilong Zhu was born on 16 April 1988 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. He is an actor and writer, known for Lighting up the Stars (2022), Lost in the Stars (2022) and Cloudy Mountain (2021).

Uvin Wang was born on 28 May 1997 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is an actress, known for An Elephant Sitting Still (2018), The Love You Give Me (2023) and Nice to Meet You (2018).

Yuan Tian was born on 30 March 1985 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is an actress and director, known for Butterfly (2004), Luxury Car (2006) and One Day (2013).

Qian Wu was born on 26 September 1992 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is an actress, known for Skate Into Love (2020), The Fighter of Destiny (2017) and My Amazing Boyfriend (2016). She was previously married to Yujian Zhang.

As a child, Wang Kai dreamt of being an actor. Despite some opposition from family, in 2003, he entered the prestigious Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. While still in school, Wang Kai starred in Cold Autumn (2006) as Huang Yuanshang.

After graduating in 2007, Wang Kai's breakthrough role was as Chen Jiaming, an effeminate make-up artist in Ugly Wudi (2008-2011), the Chinese version of American Ugly Betty. In 2008 (though the show aired in 2010), Wang Kai had a small role in Taiwanese, Calling for Love, where he learned how to speak with a Taiwanese accent. While he was successful in his role in Ugly Wudi, Wang Kai ended up rejecting several role offers in the year that followed as the offers were typecast. He later accepted an offer to star as Qi Yong, a rugged and uneducated youth in Youth (2012). While Wang Kai continued to star in several roles, his mainstream success did not come until 2014.

In 2014, All Quiet in Peking aired with Wang Kai starring as Fang Mengwei, a police officer. His dedication and acting skills earned the respect of veteran actors on set. He also starred in A Murder Beside Yanhe River, for which he won the China Film Youth Generation Forum Award.

With the airing of The Disguiser (2015) and Nirvana in Fire (2015) later that year, Wang Kai quickly shot to widespread fame in China. His acting as the loyal Ming Cheng in The Disguiser, with his quick thinking and suave espionage skills quickly helped him gain attention and become a household name. Along with the success of The Disguiser, Wang Kai's emotional and upright Prince Jing in Nirvana in Fire, determined to bring justice and restore the honor of his kingdom further assured his fame.

Wang Kai has gone on to star in several popular dramas such as Love Me If You Dare (2015) and Ode to Joy (2016), as well as two new dramas, Stay With Me (2016) and When a Snail Falls in Love (2016). His acting skills and hard work have also helped him win awards and reach career success.

Fan Xu was born on 15 January 1967 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is an actress, known for Aftershock (2010), Be There or Be Square (1998) and Jinji pojiang (1999).

Yonfan wrote, directed and produced all 14 of his motion pictures.

He was born in Wuhan, China and brought up in Taiwan now lives in Hong Kong. Throughout his career, he gave Maggie Cheung her first on-screen romantic role and made Chow Yun-fat a box-office star, Story of Rose (1985), discovered Daniel Wu, Bishonen (1998) and revived the career of the legendary Rie Miyazawa, Peony Pavilion (2002). He has pioneered LGBT theme in the Hong Kong mainstream cinema. He has worked with practically every Chinese screen siren of his era. He also restored his complete film library and is now restoring his photographic work including images of China and Tibet in the late 70's and 80's. In 1997, French President Jacques Chirac presented the title of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur to Yonfan to honor his contribution to film art.

As a connoisseur of Chinese paintings, Yonfan has made donations to Musée Guimet Paris and the Arthur M Sackler Gallery. He is also a renowned writer in Chinese and has had books of his essays and short stories, memoirs of world cinema, his photography and his art collections published in Chinese, English and Japanese.

No.7 Cherry Lane is Yonfan's debut animation and his first new film in a decade (Prince of Tears in 66th Venice Competition, 2009) and awarded "Best Screenplay" in 76th Venice Competition, 2019.

Xiyue Cao was born on 21 April 1994 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is an actress, known for Love's Rebellion (2024), Moon River (2015) and The Long Ballad (2021).

Caiyu Yang was born on 28 September 1992. She is a Chinese actress, and singer.

Yang made her debut by sing "the Legend of Nezha," the finale of "Young Hero Nezha" in 2003. But she then went to the United States for high school in Northfield Mount Hermon.

In 2011, Yang was admitted by five US universities, including the University of Southern California and Boston University, but she chose to go back to China and study in Beijing Film Academy for Performance Studies.

In 2014, Yang played in the Hollywood 3-D movie "Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon" directed by Eric Styles. In 2015, she starred in the film "Love in the 1980s" and was nominated in the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival. In 2016, she worked with Zitao Huang for "Edge of Innocence".

2017 was a big year for Caiyu Yang. She played in the prestigious director Xiaogang Feng's feature film "Youth (Fanghua)"(2017). She was awarded the "Best Supporting Actress" in Symbian International Film Festival.

In the same year, She received an offer from Columbia University for MFA, making her the 3rd Chinese candidate admitted to the Master of Fine Arts Program in Columbia University.

In 2018, she is the leading actress for two highly-anticipated TV shows, Seven Day's Alive (2018) and Sniper (2019)

Hong Yuan was born on 23 August 1982 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. He is an actor and producer, known for Great Expectations (2018), The Ordinary World (2015) and Xiuli Jiangshan zhi Chang ge xing (2016). He has been married to Xinyi Zhang since 30 May 2016. They have one child.

Kaizhong Xiao was born on 3 September 1994 in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. He is an actor, known for 19th Floor (2024), Dashing Youth (2024) and Eternal Faith.

Lin Qiang was born on 5 September 1982 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. He is an actor, known for Great King of the Grave (2016), The Monkey King: Reborn (2021) and A Mortal's Journey (2020).

Bai Yan was born in 1920 in Wuhan, Hubei, Republic of China. He was an actor, known for Shadow in the Dark (1994), Legend of Da Bo Gong (1996) and Guose Tianxiang (1936). He was married to Ye Qing. He died on 19 August 2019 in Singapore.

Jun Lin was born on 30 December 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. He died on 25 May 2012 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Zitong Yang was born on 21 February 1986 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is an actress and director, known for Jixiè péibàn (2020), Operation Mekong (2016) and The Climbers (2019).

Sunny Xie was born on 28 November 1990 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is an actress, known for Fear Is Coming (2016), Haunted Dormitory: White Paper Girl (2017) and Wo men dou shi huai hai zi (2013).

Yeqiao Yue was born on 2 February 1991 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is an actress, known for Since the Red Moon Appeared (2023), The Legend of Hei (2019) and Rakshasa Street (2016).

Yifei Tang was born on 27 May 1983 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is an actress, known for Zheng zhe wu di (2012), Future X-Cops (2010) and Ye Jing Hun (2011). She has been married to Xiaosu Ling since 25 June 2012. They have two children.

Na Li is a Chinese tennis player.

She achieved a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014. Over the course of her career, Li won nine WTA Tour singles titles including two Grand Slam singles titles at the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open. Her rise to prominence came after those victories, which made her the first Grand Slam singles champion from Asia. Prior to this, she was the first player representing an Asian country to appear in a Grand Slam singles final, a milestone she achieved at the 2011 Australian Open. Li was also the runner-up at the 2013 Australian Open and 2013 WTA Tour Championships, a three-time quarter-finalist at Wimbledon and a semifinalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 2013 US Open. Among her other most notable accolades, she was the first Chinese player to win a WTA tour title at the Guangzhou International Women's Open in 2004, the first to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and the first to break into the world's top ten. Her feats have sparked a major population growth of tennis players in East Asia, earning her the reputation as the region's tennis pioneer.

Li retired from professional tennis on 19 September 2014, at the age of 32. In 2019, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, becoming the first Asian-born player to receive this honor.

Vina Zhang was born on 22 June 1990 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is an actress, known for Tales of Dark River, White Haired Devil Lady (2020) and Destined (2023).

Junbo Sui was born on 25 November 1979 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is an actress, known for A Lifelong Journey (2022), Broker (2021) and Sword Snow Stride (2021).

Ni Huang was born on 28 October 1986 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. She is a writer and manager, known for Yu Opera's Broadway Debut (2014), 2013 Universe Multicultural Film Festival Promo (2013) and 2014 Universe Multicultural Film Festival Promo (2014).

Tan Xinpei was born on 23 April 1847 in Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei, China. He was an actor, known for In the Mood for Love (2000), Dingjunshan (1905) and Chang ban po (1905). He died on 10 May 1917 in Beijing, China.