Yu Nan

Yu Nan
Yu Nan, 2010
Background information
Chinese name 余男
Pinyin Yú Nán (Mandarin)
Born (1976-09-05) 5 September 1976
Dalian, China
Occupation Actress
Years active 1999–present
Awards
Golden Rooster Awards
Best Actress
2003 Jingzhe
Other awards
Deauville - Best Actress
2001 Lunar Eclipse
Paris - Best Actress
2004 Jingzhe
Chicago - Best Actress
2007 Tuya's Marriage

Yu Nan (Chinese: 余男; born 5 September 1976) is a Chinese actress. Born in Dalian, Yu Nan studied at the Beijing Film Academy, where she graduated in 1999.[1]

Career

Yu Nan started acting at the age of 4, playing role of a little girl with a handkerchief tied to her dress. Later, instead of following her family's advice to study foreign languages and get a university degree, Yu enrolled at the Beijing Film Academy in 1995.[2]

Her feature film debut in Lunar Eclipse (1999) by Wang Quan'an. Her feisty performance as a shy, retiring wife by day and a wild party animal by night won her Best Actress at the Deauville Asian Film Festival. The recognition caught the attention of French producers, who cast her in Rage (2003).[2][3]

She subsequently starred in three more films with Wang Quan'an. Jingzhe (2003) earned her Best Actress accolades at the Golden Rooster Award[4] and Paris International Film Festival in 2003;[5] Tuya's Marriage (2006), the Golden Bear winner at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival,[6] won her the Best Actress prize from the Chicago International Film Festival[7] for her portrayal of a shepherdess who seeks a new husband after her first one falls ill; and Weaving Girl (2009), which won Jury Special Grand prix and the FIPRESCI prize from the 2009 Montreal World Film Festival.[8][9]

Yu Nan has also worked with other major Chinese directors, including Wang Xiaoshuai in In Love We Trust (2008), which won the Best Screenplay Silver Bear prize at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival,[10] Lee Yun-chan's in My DNA Says I Love You and Ning Hao, in his Chinese Western film, No Man's Land (2013).[9][11]

Helped in part by her fluency in Mandarin, French, and English,[12] Yu Nan has played in several international productions, such as the Canadian-Chinese film Diamond Dogs (2007), and the Hollywood films Speed Racer (2008) and The Expendables 2 (2012).[13]

Known for her success in art house films,[14] Yu also starred in commercial films. In Deadly Delicious (2008), she plays a frustrated wife who discovers her husband's extramarital affair and wants him to pay a price for his infidelity;[15] and also starred in Design of Death (2012), playing a mute widow. Yu's most notable work in recent years include Silent Witness (2013) and Wolf Warriors (2015).

Festivals

Yu Nan has served as a jury member at several international film festivals:

Filmography

YearEnglish TitleChinese TitleRoleNotes
1999Lunar Eclipse月蚀Ya Nan
2003Rage狂怒Chinh
2004Jingzhe惊蛰Ermei
2006Tuya's Marriage图雅的婚事Tuya
2007My DNA Says I Love You基因决定我爱你Marlene
Diamond Dogs权杖Anika
2008In Love We Trust左右Dong Fan
Deadly Delicious双食记Li Chunyan
Speed Racer极速赛车Horuko Togokahn
2009Weaving Girl纺织姑娘Lily
Looking for Jackie寻找成龙Director
2010Wind Blast西風烈Nora
2011Lost Child寻人奇事Zhang Xiaoyue
Sleepless Fashion與時尚同居Qi Xi
2012Design of Death杀生Ma Guafu
The Expendables 2敢死队2Maggie Chan
2013Beloved亲爱Xui Nin
Feed Me哺乳期的女人A woman
Silent Witness全民目击Zhou Li
Angel Warriors铁血娇娃Bai Xue
No Man's Land无人区Ye Bali
2014Beijing Love Story[21]北京爱情故事Zhang Lei
The Taking of Tiger Mountain智取威虎山Qang Lian
2015Wolf Warriors特种兵之战狼Long Xiaoyun
Lovers and Movies爱我就陪我看电影Ruo Yao
2016Pleasure. Love.男欢·女爱Hu Yajie
Blood of Youth少年Han Yun
2017Lord of Shanghai上海王Xiao Yuegui
Lost in the Moonlight夜撩人Jie Zi
Explosion引爆者Xiao Hong
2018Justice in Northwest西北风云Gao Qiao

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominated work
20014th Deauville Asian Film FestivalBest ActressLunar Eclipse
200323rd Golden Rooster AwardsBest ActressJingzhe
200419th Paris International Film FestivalBest Actress
11th Beijing College Student Film Festival
200510th Golden Phoenix Awards[22]Society Award
200743rd Chicago International Film FestivalBest ActressTuya's Marriage
20088th Chinese Film Media AwardsBest Actress
15th Beijing College Student Film FestivalStudents' Choice Award for Favorite ActressDeadly Delicious

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Yu Nan at hkmdb.com
  2. 1 2 "The rise and rise of Yu Nan". China Daily. 7 March 2007.
  3. ↑ "Yu Nan: from Peking to Paris". China.org.cn. 3 March 2006.
  4. ↑ ""Golden Rooster" Best Actor and Actress Prizes Awarded". China.org.cn. 6 November 2003.
  5. ↑ Allociné (7 April 2007). "festival du film de Paris: Le palmarès". Allocine. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  6. ↑ "'Tuya's Marriage' won the Golden Berlin Bear". China Daily. 18 February 2007.
  7. ↑ "43rd Chicago Film Festival". Chicago International Film Festival. 2007. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  8. ↑ Paquet, Darcy (19 October 2009). "Weaving Girl". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  9. 1 2 "Yu Nan: China's Unconventional Film Star". Women of China. 31 May 2012.
  10. ↑ Hickley, Catherine (16 February 2008). "Brazilian Film `Elite Squad' Wins Top Berlin Award". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  11. ↑ "Rising Chinese Movie Star Yu Nan". Women of China. 16 May 2007.
  12. ↑ Landreth, Jonathon (28 September 2007). "Four stars on the brink of global success". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11.
  13. ↑ "Interview: Yu Nan". TimeOut Shanghai. 23 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "YU NAN". Asia Pacific Screen Academy. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  15. ↑ "Yu Nan: Art house to our house". China.org.cn. 10 March 2008.
  16. ↑ Elley, Derek (12 October 2007). "Art films win at Pusan festival". Variety. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  17. ↑ "Yu Nan to Judge Pusan Film Festival". Sina. 29 August 2007.
  18. ↑ "International Jury for Asian New Talent Award 2009". Shanghai TV Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  19. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (26 January 2010). "Renee Zellweger, Yu Nan join Berlin jury". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  20. ↑ Tsui, Clarence (20 May 2013). "Shanghai festival unveils competition jury and entries". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  21. ↑ "Love story gets a femme fatale". China Daily. 9 January 2014.
  22. ↑ "第十届表演艺术学会奖金凤凰奖 - 学会奖" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-06-03.
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