Yao Chen: Female stars with a past of being disparaged for their appearance, married 4 times "sticky" still receive films evenly

Yao Chen is a famous Chinese actress, known as the "Queen of Weibo" with a large number of followers and a great influence on social media. Her marriage has also attracted media and public attention.

Born in 1979 in Fujian Province, Yao Chen soon learned folk dance at the Beijing Dance Academy. From an early age, Yao Chen was the victim of adultery. In class, she was often teased, ridiculed by her friends, also called "wide-mouthed girl", even teased her body. Around that time, Yao Chen studied dancing but had to be busy with skirts over her knees because of inferiority complexes.

However, Yao Chen later passed the Beijing Film Academy and began dreaming of becoming an actor. But looking at her beautiful classmates, she once again felt ashamed. "A girl who was not beautiful would dare to dream of acting," Yao Chen said in an interview. After graduating, she participated in some small TV projects such as City Girl, Fairy ... But no one remembered either.

After graduating from the Film Academy, Yao Chen received the female lead role in the martial arts drama Martial Arts Extravaganza (2005). The film was quite a hit that helped rookie Yao Chen quickly gain popularity. Continuing to receive a series of other large and small roles, in 2008 Yao Chen won the "Best Actress" award for her participation in the film Potential Fu, from which she became widely known. In 2013, she ranked 56th in China's 100 Most Powerful Artists.

In 2010, Yao Chen made another impression on her performance in the film Color Me Love (2010), about the assistant of a difficult fashion magazine editor-in-chief. Firmly in the position of an A-list actor, Yao Chen also achieved success in many other films such as: Great Love, Firestorm, Noise 2, Monster Hunt, Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe, MBA Partners ...

In 2019, Yao received the Golden Mulberry Award at the Far Eastern Film Festival in Udine (Italy) for the film Lost, Found in which she starred - a 39-year-old lawyer facing a challenge in her career. Yao Chen said that there was something in common between her and the character.

"I went through the experience of motherhood and had to quit acting. Back is not easy. Because when I became a mother, I didn't get the roles I had when I was younger, and there were fewer roles. It's also a challenge for me to balance my family and my career."

Besides her acting talent, Yao Chen also regularly appears in fashion magazines, thanks to her beautiful eyes, face with many luxurious features and elegant style. She is also known as the "Queen of Weibo" with more than 80 million followers and is highly influential on social media thanks to her candid, witty comments.

Yao Chen took advantage of this to spread awareness about issues such as refugee crisis, pollution, etc. Since 2013, Yao Chen has been selected by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a Goodwill Ambassador to China and Hollywood star Angelina Jolie inspires her.

Yao said he visited refugees in the Philippines, Thailand, Somalia and Sudan,... helped her learn a lot from the collaboration, sharing stories and diaries online afterwards. The number of followers also increased significantly, thanks to Yao Chen's sincere, fearless, and honest communication with current world events.

In 2014, Yao Chen was named in Time's 100 Most Influential People. In 2016, she was selected by the World Economic Forum to the Young Global Leaders list.

"I've been working on social media for about 10 years now. Sometimes I get attacked too. There have been heartbreaking comments in the past, especially regarding private life. However, I try to use my popularity to share good values," Yao Chen shared.

When asked about being loved by many people, Yao Chen said, "I am more suitable for a normal life. What is familiar makes me feel safe. Of course, there are a lot of stars who can't keep a normal level."

On the verge of success, Yao Chen unexpectedly married actor Tang Xiaosu. However, this marriage broke down after 7 years when Tang Xiaosu was found to be "eating spring rolls", and then Yao Chen was also exposed about "eating spring rolls". Yao Chen had an affair with 4 people, including male star Jinglin, Zhou Xiaogang (co-star's younger brother), Sun Honglei, and the director (also her current husband).

It is worth mentioning that after being "opened" about the affair, Yao Chen's career did not affect at all, despite the objections and criticism of the audience. She still acted in films, was offered films like nothing had happened. Her "post-scandal" projects include Hunting for the Beast, Journey to the West: A Love Story ... It seems that nothing can affect the status and career of this 7X female star.

In November 2012, Yao Chen married cinematographer Cao Chen for the second time. The wedding was held romantically in a church in New Zealand. The actress went through 2 births and still retains her physique at the age of 40.

At the present time, Yao Chen is still acting extremely actively, even volunteering and enjoying life. At the age of 40, the actress is increasingly beautiful, younger than in her early career. Faced with disparaging comments, Yao Chen now just ignored his ears and smiled.

For now, Yao Chen is happy to have time to spend with her son and daughter while waiting for a new project. "I feel very happy when I cook and be with my husband and children. Cao Au loves cameras, but we always spend time with our children. A great joy of my life is still being able to go out and buy my own food, comfortably bargain for vegetables in the market. So lucky. Because there are many stars who will not want to continue such a mundane life when they have already made millions of dollars. Anyway, this is an individual choice."