Gao Yuan Yuan

Profile
Popular name               Gao Yuan Yuan
Birth date                     October 5, 1979
Birth place                   Beijing, China
Occupation                  Actress


Career
Gao Yuan Yuan started her stardom by acting in a television commercial for Meadow Gold ice-cream after being spotted off the street at Beijing's Wang Fu Jing Shopping District. She appeared as a minor role in the 1997 comedy film Spicy Love Soup, directed by Zhang Yang. she also starred in an advertisement for Qing Zui (fresh mouth) mint. Gao starred as Jiang Shuyun in City of Life and Death, a fictional account of events during the Nanjing Massacre. The film won the top prize at the 2009 San Sebastian Film Festival. This marked yet another high point in her acting career.