Xuan Ha: The first 9X beauty to win the Post-Golden Statue Photo, "purged" by Cbiz for sensitive statements

Xuan Xia is not a very popular name with the public, but Xuan Xia is being viewed positively as she became the first post-9x photo in Hong Kong's Golden Statue history with her role in Snowy Ride.

Xuanxia is the stage name of a girl born in 1992 in Kunming - a provincial city of China. This young girl has a real name of Li Junjie - a masculine name. However, Xuan Xia possesses a fragile appearance, a very cinematic face.

Before becoming an actress, Xuan Ha was a photo model, shooting through many photo books as well as being the cover face for several magazines. Thanks to her attractive appearance, she was recruited by Beijing-based entertainment company Nesound in 2014. The company also arranged for Xuan Ha to receive more acting training. In 2019, she made Forbes China's 30 Under 30 list.

With talking eyes, she quickly got her first roles through a series of films such as Smart Heart, Tue Moon Like a Needle... However, those are just supporting characters who easily fall into oblivion amid the storm of beautiful boys and girls of the Chinese-language art village.

In mid-2014, director Mr. Tu Quang planned to cast the female lead role for the film " Pedal Blood Mistletoe" - a psychological and criminal work. This is a film based on a true criminal case (the victim is a 16-year-old call girl) that occurred in Hong Kong in 2008.

Among nearly 200 candidates, the director selected Xuan Ha. A special thing is that from the interview to the time of accepting the role, director He has never met Xuan Ha. He only looked at this particular candidate through photos and exchanged and interviewed on the phone.

Director He said that Xuan Ha brings a sense of serenity and purity, but still reflects some sad features of life. Her role in Blood Mistletoe is Wang Jiamei, a young girl who comes to Hong Kong from the mainland to live with her mother and stepfather.

Embracing many dreams, the little girl was quickly held back by the harsh reality of the land that is both strange and familiar. In addition to the disagreements in her family, Gia Mai finds herself lost in the fragrant Harbour country, she wants to run away from home and wants to prove her independence. However, due to her lack of life experience, the immature young woman was lost in the wrong path.

Having no acting experience in movies, having never tried complex roles, but Xuan Ha has the special qualities that filmmakers want. She puts aside things like reason, skills, which almost every professional actor has, to live out her role with affection and instinct. Therefore, Wang Jiamei's tranquility, poetry, and enthusiasm and burning have been portrayed by Xuan Xia in the most authentic and pristine way.

In the film, Xuan Ha had to play many sex scenes and intimate scenes with male co-stars. However, few can recognize this as the performance of an unskilled face. On the contrary, what the audience sees is the loneliness, foolishness, and intense desire for love of the little girl.

Director Mr. Tu Quang himself said that he did not have to guide too much, but only said to Xuan Ha: "Act with your own feelings and from your own experience. How do you feel and what life capital you have, just do it!"

Xuan Ha shared that the film is based on a real scary case, but she sees the story as a social psychological drama, reflecting the conflicting and complex inner life and world of the people considered "low-level" behind the glitz of Hong Kong. Because of this, she chose to approach the character from a psychological perspective, instead of being a victim in a criminal case of a sensational film.

Thanks to the role of Wang Jiamei, Xuan Xia won many awards. In 2015, the 24-year-old actress won the Best Actress award at the Fuchuan International Film Festival, the Hong Kong Film Critics Circle Award and the Hong Kong Directors Guild Award. In 2016, she opened with the Best New Actor award at the 10th Asian Film Festival.

Also thanks to the role of Wang Jiamei, the girl from the provincial city of Kunming was crowned the Queen Photo at the Golden Statue Film Festival 2016. This really surprised the audience, as Kim Statue is notoriously fastidious and demanding, especially with young people, and with non-Hong Kong actors.

Most people in the profession were not surprised when Xuan Ha won the award, but for a young woman who is still relatively unfamiliar with the brilliant cinema like Hong Kong or a city many times more modern than her hometown like the fragrant Harbour country, this is still a big turning point. When he stepped on the podium to receive the prestigious award, Xuan Xia did not even stop thanking his own character, with a look of surprise on his face: "Because without this character, I am nothing."

However, up to now, Xuan Xia still likens herself to Wang Jiami, a small girl from the province who moved to Hong Kong, still "absentminded" in the middle of the flow of life. She does not consider herself a celebrity, nor does she plan to stay in Hong Kong for long.

Many people believe that Xuan Ha has extremely beautiful eyes and faces, which are very suitable for historical works or love words. But the new queen said she wants to play roles with specific destinies and personalities, rather than the usual entertaining films.

After the project "Pedal blood mistletoe", Xuan Ha continuously received more works in the mainland. However, because of a poor act of hers, she made waves in the media.

Specifically, in November 2022, the actress wrote in support of the protest activities of Nanjing University students. Protests demanding the lifting of lockdown policies against the Covid-19 epidemic. Her actions provoked public opinion at a time of a resurgence of Covid outbreaks in China. She had to delete the posts after receiving condemnation from the public.

This incident negatively affected Xuan Xia's career. Due to the strict policies of the Chinese cultural administration towards celebrities. She is involved in ethical and legal violations, so it is difficult for any producer or brand to want to cooperate.

With impressive talent, she is considered a potential star of Cbiz. But now projects featuring her have been hit hard by not being able to release as planned.