Ruby Lin

Ruby Lin (林心如, Lin Xin Ru), born on January 27, 1976 in Taipei, Taiwan, is a Taiwanese actress, singer and producer. She is best known for her role as Xia Ziwei in My Fair Princess, as well as her roles in Beauty's Rival in Palace and The Glamorous Imperial Concubine.

Ruby Lin

Personal information

Native name (Chinese): 林心如
Phonetic name: Lin Xin Ru
English name: Ruby Lin
Birthdate: January 27, 1976
Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan
Country: Taiwan
Height: 167 cm
Weight: 46 kg
Blood type: B
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Hobby: Sleeping, singing, watching TV
Education: Zhong Dian High School, Embassy CES NY and New York Art School
Occupation: Actress, singer, producer
Label: Ruby Lin studio
Spouse: Wallace Huo

Biography

Ruby Lin (born January 27, 1976) is a Taiwanese actress, pop singer and producer. Lin was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She was moving to United States when she was young, and lived there for 2 years. She returned to Taiwan at the age of 8 and was entered elementary school.

Originally she planned on going UK to study after high school graduation, never considered the prospect of an acting career. However she was choose the TV commercial moder age of 17. After debut as commercial model, Lin received numerous offers to star in various television drama serials. Her first experience in front of the camera in 1995 film School days as minor role, she start to developed a passion for acting. In 1997, After playing supporting roles in various Taiwanese TV dramas, she met her breakout role as a leading actress in the television series Princess Returning Pearl and its sequel, Princess Returning Pearl II. With this role, her fame rose to unprecedented levels and her popularity with the Chinese audience also increased accordingly.

After rising to prominence, she continued to star in a number of successful television series. With success many of her series, not only in Taiwan, but also she establish her reputation and popularity overseas. Lin was voted as the Top Ten Most Famous Asian Superstars for two consecutive years (2000 and 2001). Same year, she also selected 4th place "Malaysia 2001 Heavenly Kings & Queens"

From 2002 onwards, Lin has focused on her career in mainland China. she starred in 3 series - Half Life Fate (or in PinYin, Ban Sheng Yuan), Boy and Girl and Flying Daggers were very well received in China, Hong Kong and other Asian countries. Beside got high rating of her work, Lin obtained numerous praised for her work especially in TV drama. Recently years, she got awards such as BQ Hong Ren Bang Annual Award most popular HK/TW actress, Top 4 actress of the year in 2006, China Top Ten Most Popular Commercial Model, Taiwan's Most Popular Actress in the 2nd Chinese TV Drama Award, Top Ten CCTV actress and so on.

Today, Ruby is one of Chinese directors' favorite actresses in TV drama and film industry. In 2010, Ruby Lin founded her own production house, Ruby Lin Studio. Till 2012, Lin produced 4 TV dramas and films.

Filmography

Dramas

• Magical Space Time as Xie Jia Xin (Hunan TV, 2016)
• Singing All Along as Yin Li Hua (JSTV, 2016)
• The Way We Were as Tang Jia Ni (PTS, 2014)
• Young Sherlock as Wu Ze Tian (2014)
• Flowers in Fog as Angel White / Xue Hua (Hunan TV, 2013)
• Jing Zhong Yue Fei as Li Wa (2013)
• Ma Zu as Guan Yin (2012, Guest star)
• Drama Go Go Go as Wang Ming Ming (Hunan TV, 2012)
• Princess Duming World (Hunan TV, 2011)
• New My Fair Princess as Xia Yuhe (Hunan TV, 2011)
• Schemes of a Beauty as Dou Yi Fang (Shanghai TV, 2010)
• Three Kingdoms as Sun Shang Xiang (CCTV, 2010)
• Love at Sun Moon Lake (BTV, 2009)
• The Legend and the Hero 2 (2008)
• Su Dong Po as Wang Fu (CCTV, 2008, Guest star)
• Ancestral Temple (CCTV, 2008)
• Dali Princess (CCTV, 2008)
• Star Boulevard (CCTV, 2007)
• Sound of Colors (CTS, 2006)
• Paris Sonata (Guangdong TV, 2006)
• The Magic Touch of Fate (2005)
• Amor De Tarapaca (CTS, 2004)
• Flying Daggers (CTV, 2003)
• Boy & Girl (CCTV, 2003)
• Eighteen Springs (FTV/ATV, 2003)
• Wulong Prince as Wang Weng Xu (2002, Guest star)
• Only You (TTV, 2002)
• Taiji Prodigy (ETTV, 2002, Guest star)
• Romance in the Rain (CCTV, 2001)
• The New Adventures of Chor Lau Heung (CTS/TVB, 2001)
• The Duke of Mount Deer (CTS, 2000)
• Legend of Master Soh (TVB, 1999)
• Princess Returning Pearl II as Xia Ziwei (Hunan TV, 1999)
• Food Glorious Food (ATV, 1998)
• Princess Returning Pearl as Xia Ziwei (Hunan TV, 1998)
• The Last Tango in Shanghai (1997)
• Taiwan Lin Yi Shi Jian 台灣靈異事件 (1997)
• New Justice Bao (ATV, 1995)
• Taiwan Crime Investigations Record 台湾重案录 (1994)

Movies

• The Phantom of Shanghai (2015)
• The Wonderful Wedding (2015)
• Mother, Mother (2014)
• The House That Never Dies (2014)
• Sweet Alibis (2014)
• My Lucky Star (2013)
• The House (2013)
• Fallen City (2013)
• Forgotten as Wei An (2012, Television Film)
• Blood Stained Shoes as Su Er (2012)
• Driverless as Wang Dan (2010)
• You Deserve To Be Single as Fei'er (2010)
• Sophie's Revenge (2009) as Lucy
• Evening Rose as Xia Meigui (2009)
• Dragon's Love (2006)
• Kill Two Birds with One Stone as Zhang Xinxin (2005)
• Love Trilogy as Liu Hai (2004)
• Life Express as Sun Xinxin (2002)
• Mouse Loves Rice (2002)
• Comic King as Mandy (2001)
• China Strike Force as Ruby (2000)
• Winner Takes All as Wu Sen Kwan (2000)
• A Matter of Time as Mei Jiahui (2000)
• The Mirror as Judy (1999)
• My Wishes as Mao Mei (1999)
• Bad Girl Trilogy (1999)
• School Days as Princess (1995)

Discography

Album

• 1999: Heartbeat (心跳)
• 2001: Double Faced Ruby Lin (雙面林心如)
• 2001: Pala Pala (趴啦趴啦)
• 2004: Eighteen Springs New and Best collection (半生缘新歌和精选)
• 2004: Possessing Ruby Lin (拥有林心如)
• 2008: New Rubyology (新如主义)

Soundtracks

• 1999: My Fair Princess Original Soundtrack (还珠格格音乐全记录)
• 2004: Amor de Tarapaca Original Soundtrack (紫藤戀電視劇原)

Awards

• Huading Awards: Best Actress for Chinese TV series (2016)
• Seoul International Drama Awards: Most popular actress (2010)

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