Tang Yan (Chinese: ; pinyin: Táng Yn, born 6 December 1983) is a Chinese actress and singer better known as Tiffany Tang. In 2006, she graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. For her feature debut in Farewell for Love, she was nominated for Best Actress at the Shanghai Television Festival in 2007. She quit Orange Sky Entertainment Group in mid-2012 to start her own studio.
Tang is well-known for her appearances in popular dramas such as Chinese Paladin 3 (2009), My Daughter (2011), My Sunshine (2015), and The Princess Weiyoung. (2016).
Career Beginnings
Tang earned the champion title in the third "Shulei Century Star" competition in 2001. Tang was chosen by filmmaker Zhang Yimou as one of 14 "Olympic Babies" in 2004 and performed at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Tang made her professional acting debut in the historical television series Carol of Zhenguan in 2007. She appeared in the romance film Farewell For Love the same year. Her performance got good feedback, and she was nominated for Best Actress at the Shanghai Film Festival and Best New Actress at the Beijing College Student Film Festival.
From 2009 to 2014, there was an increase in popularity.
Tang rose to prominence in 2009 after acting in the fantasy action drama Chinese Paladin 3, which was based on the computer game of the same name. Tang's portrayal of Zi Xuan, as well as her chemistry with Wallace Huo, received favorable feedback from the audience. The next year, she starred as Chu Chu in the wuxia fantasy film The Storm Warriors.
Tang co-starred with Jay Chou in the Taiwanese science fiction television series Pandamen in 2010 and sang the drama's theme song "Love Attraction," which was written specifically for her role.
Tang played the sweet and innocent Xia Tianmei in the metropolitan romance drama My Daughter in 2011, which led television ratings within its time slot and became Anhui TV's highest watched drama that year. The same year, she co-starred in the romance comedy drama Waking Love Up with Roy Qiu, which went on to become one of the year's highest-rated dramas. Tang's popularity grew even further, and she received multiple popularity prizes at local award ceremonies.
Tang co-starred as the demoness Nugu Ningke in the 2012 fantasy action drama Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky, inspired from the popular role-playing game Xuan-Yuan Sword. The drama topped TV ratings and received 2 billion views online, making it the 9th drama in Hunan TV's broadcast history to do so. She also appeared in the period romantic war drama A Beauty in Troubled Times the same year.
Tang portrayed an elite secret agent in the 2013 action romantic drama Agent X. For her portrayal, she was nominated for Best Actress at the Huading Awards and won Most Commercially Valuable Actress of the Year at the China TV Drama Awards.
Tang reunited with Chinese Paladin 3 co-star Wallace Huo in Perfect Couple, a Tong Hua-written historical romantic comedy, in 2014. Tang and Huo were named Best Couple at the China TV Drama Awards, and Tang was named Most Popular Actress at the China Student Television Festival after the drama topped internet views and became a hot subject. She earned the Best Supporting Actress award for her work as a flight attendant in the romantic flick For Love or Money the same year.
Breakthrough and mainstream success from 2015 to the present
Tang made her debut in 2015, appearing in a string of blockbuster dramas. In January, she co-starred in the modern romance drama My Sunshine with Wallace Chung, which was based on Gu Man's novel He Yi Sheng Xiao Mo. It was a huge success, surpassing television ratings in its time slot and garnering 10 million internet views. She also co-starred in the period romance drama Lady & Liar with Hawick Lau, playing an acrobat who transforms into a wealthy young mistress.
Lady & Liar was Jiangsu TV's second highest-rated drama that year, with over 4 billion views online. Tang appeared as a perfumer alongside Li Yifeng in another historical romance drama Legend of Fragrance in February. The drama was the top-rated drama on Hunan TV that year, breaking the record for the highest ratings on the first day of broadcast.
Tang appeared as A'ning, the female lead in the popular tomb-raiding online drama The Lost Tomb, based on the novel Daomu Biji, in June. With over 2.8 billion views, The Lost Tomb is the most watched web drama of 2015. She co-starred in the modern romance drama Diamond Lover with Rain in July, playing a jewelry designer. With a peak rating of 1.249 and over 3.3 billion views online, the drama was a commercial triumph.
Tang was dubbed the "1 billion queen" because to the success of her dramas, which have all received 1 billion views or more. She was nominated for Best Actress in four separate categories at the 17th Huading Awards, and she won Best Actress in the Contemporary Genre for her work in My Sunshine. She also served as a promotional ambassador for the 7th China TV Drama Awards, where she was named Actress with the Most Media Influence and Audience Favorite Character.
Tang was placed 20th on Forbes China Celebrity that year, with a salary of 45 million yuan. Tang was named "Golden Eagle Goddess" for the 11th China Golden Eagle TV Art Festival in recognition of her television success. Despite her achievements, Tang was chastised for always performing the same kind of roles without breaking through.
Tang co-starred in the 2016 Korean-Chinese action film Bounty Hunters with Lee Min-ho and Wallace Chung. Tang gained accolades for her breakout performance as a femme fatale in the film, which surpassed one million admissions. She then played the character of Zixia Fairy in Jeffery Lau's fantasy romance film A Chinese Odyssey Part Three.
The film premiered during the mid-autumn festival and quickly topped box office records. Tang made her television debut as the eponymous character Li Weiyoung in the historical drama The Princess Weiyoung. The drama was a major success, topping both television and web ratings by more than 2% and garnering 18 billion views online in its final episodes; it also became one of the highest rated television dramas of 2016. Tang received the Huading Awards' Best Actress prize for her performance.
Tang co-starred in the 2017 comedy film Cook Up a Storm with Nicholas Tse and Jung Yong-hwa.
Tang appeared in the youth inspiring play The Way We Were in 2018. She also appeared in Europe Raiders, an action thriller. Tang had her wax figure presented at Madam Tussauds Shanghai on June 12.
Tang co-starred in the 2019 romance drama See You Again with Shawn Dou. In the historical drama The Legend of Xiao Chuo, she reunited with Shawn Dou, playing the title character Xiao Yanyan.
Tang and actor Luo Jin confirmed their romance to the world on her 33rd birthday, December 6, 2016. On October 28, 2018, they married in Vienna, Austria. They revealed in September 2019 that they were expecting their first child together. She gave birth to a baby girl in December 2019.
Tang expressed her support for cotton produced in Xinjiang in March 2021 by reposting a Weibo post that had been shared 40 million times, a move that was replicated by most Chinese celebrities, after some international companies announced they would not purchase cotton from the region due to concerns about possible forced labor of Uyghurs.
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Farewell for Love | 离别也是爱 | Hu Yan |
| Bullet & Brain | 神枪手与智多星 | Xiao Yu | |
| Dangerous Games | 棒子老虎鸡 | Tang Tang | |
| 2008 | Dowry | 嫁妆 | Zhen Zhu |
| 2009 | Qingchun Chuji 2 Shengsi Jiuzhu | 青春出击2生死救助 | Ying Jia |
| Looking for Jackie | 寻找成龙 | Swordswoman | |
| The Storm Warriors | 风云II | Chu Chu | |
| 2011 | Preserve | 保留 | Tangtang |
| East Meets West 2011 | 东成西就2011 | Ah Qiao | |
| 2012 | Finding Love | 逐爱之旅 | Li Hui |
| 2014 | For Love or Money | 露水红颜 | Ming Zhen |
| 2015 | Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe | 九层妖塔 | Cao Weiwei |
| 2016 | MBA Partners | 梦想合伙人 | Gu Qiaoyin |
| Bounty Hunters | 赏金猎人 | Cat | |
| A Chinese Odyssey Part Three | 大话西游终结篇 | Zixia | |
| 2017 | Cook Up a Storm | 锋味江湖之决战食神 | Hai Danmei |
| 2018 | Europe Raiders | 欧洲攻略 | Miss Wang |
| Let Love Home | 一墙之隔 | Ye Xiaobin |
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Carol of Zhenguan | 贞观长歌 | Cai Ji | CCTV |
| Spring Comes Early in Grassland | 草原春来早 | Hasi Gaowa | ||
| 2008 | Modern Beauty | 现代美女 | Li Wei | |
| 2009 | Life Without Language | 没有语言的生活 | Zhu Ling | CCTV |
| Born After 80 | 生于80后 | An Wen | ||
| Legend of the Book's Tower | 风满楼 | Zhou Yutong | TTV | |
| Chinese Paladin 3 | 仙剑奇侠传三 | Zi Xuan | Taizhou Broadcasting Station | |
| 2010 | Pandamen | 熊猫人 | Li Liya | CTS |
| Lightning Marriage | 闪婚 | Han Jinbei | Shenchuan TV | |
| Dream to be Honorable 1942 | 梦想光荣1942 | Zhao Dongmei | Hunan Channel | |
| 2011 | My Daughter | 夏家三千金 | Xia Tianmei | Anhui TV |
| Unbeatable 2 | 无懈可击之高手如林 | Tang Qiqi | SETV | |
| Waking Love Up | 爱情睡醒了 | Liu Xiaobei | Anhui TV | |
| 2012 | Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky | 轩辕剑之天之痕 | Dugu Ningke | Hunan TV |
| A Beauty in Troubled Times | 乱世佳人 | Zhang Lianxin | Anhui TV | |
| 2013 | Agent X | X女特工 | Zhong Li | Anhui TV, Heilongjiang TV, Yunnan TV, Zhejiang TV |
| Ad Mania | 广告风云 | Ruan Xinli | Chongqing Channel | |
| 2014 | Perfect Couple | 金玉良缘 | Yu Qilin | Jiangsu TV |
| The Lady in Cubicle | 格子間女人 | Tan Bin | Naning Channel | |
| 2015 | My Sunshine | 何以笙箫默 | Zhao Mosheng | Dragon TV, Jiangsu TV |
| Lady & Liar | 千金女贼 | Jiang Xin | Jiangsu TV | |
| Legend of Fragrance | 活色生香 | Le Yan (An Ruohuan) | Hunan TV | |
| Master of Destiny | 风云天地 | Tang Yiyi | TVB | |
| The Lost Tomb | 盗墓笔记 | Ah Ning | iQiyi | |
| Diamond Lover | 克拉恋人 | Mi Duo (Mi Meili) | Anhui TV, Zhejiang TV | |
| Woman on the Breadfruit Tree | 长在面包树上的女人 | Cheng Yun | Shenzhen TV | |
| Boys To Men | 爸爸快长大 | Elevator Beauty | Guangdong TV, Liaoning TV | |
| 2016 | The Princess Weiyoung | 锦绣未央 | Li Weiyoung (Feng Xin'er) | Beijing TV, Dragon TV |
| 2018 | Hero's Dream | 天意之秦天宝鉴 | Nv Xi | Youku |
| The Way We Were | 归去来 | Xiao Qing | Beijing TV, Dragon TV | |
| 2019 | See You Again | 时间都知道 | Shi Jian | Beijing TV |
| 2020 | The Legend of Xiao Chuo | 燕云台 | Xiao Yanyan | |
| TBA | Blossoms Shanghai | 繁花 |
| Year | Song Title | Singer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Zhu Xian I Come Back" | 诛仙我回来 | Richie Jen |
| "Zhu Xian Love" | 诛仙恋 | ||
| 2008 | "Brothers" | 兄弟 | Huang Yue |
| 2009 | "Diamond" | 钻石 | Qiao Renliang |
| "Do You Dare to Love" | 敢不敢爱 | Hu Ge | |
| 2013 | "I Don't Cry" | 我不哭 | Huang Yida |
| Year | English title | Chinese title |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Candy Heart | 糖心 |
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "I Am Invisible" | 我透明 | Waking Love Up OST |
| 2010 | "Love Attraction" | 愛情引力 | Pandamen OST |
| 2012 | "Using a Lifetime to Reminisce" | 用一生回憶 | A Beauty in Troubled Times OST |
| "Hello Tomorrow" | 明天,你好! | Finding Love OST | |
| 2013 | "Defending My Sunshine" | 捍卫阳光 | Agent X OST |
| 2014 | "Sun and Rain" | 晴雨 | The Lady in Cubicle OST |
| "Searching for Him" | 众里寻他 | Tun Shi Cang Qiong OST | |
| 2015 | "Long Time No See" | 好久不见 | My Sunshine OST |
| "Tomorrow" | 明天 | Woman on the Breadfruit Tree OST | |
| 2016 | "Heavenly Gift" | 天賦 | The Princess Weiyoung OST |
| 2019 | "I Want To Find You" | 我想找你 | See You Again OST |
| 2020 | "Fearless" | 无畏的模样 | Charity song for Coronavirus |
| Major awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2007 | 10th Beijing College Student Film Festival | Best New Actress | Farewell for Love | Nominated |
| 13th Shanghai Film Festival | Best Actress (Film) | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | 8th Huading Awards | Best Actress (Fantasy Drama) | Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky | Nominated |
| 2014 | 13th Huading Awards | Best Actress (Revolution-Era Drama) | Agent X | Nominated |
| 2015 | 17th Huading Awards | Best Actress | My Sunshine | Nominated |
| Best Actress (Contemporary Drama) | Won | |||
| Best Actress (Ancient Drama) | Perfect Couple | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress (Revolution-Era Drama) | Legend of Fragrance | Nominated | ||
| 3rd China International Film Festival London | Best Supporting Actress | For Love or Money | Won | |
| 2016 | 8th Macau International Movie Festival | Best Actress | A Chinese Odyssey Part Three | Nominated |
| 11th China Golden Eagle TV Art Festival | Golden Eagle Goddess | — | Won | |
| 2017 | 22nd Huading Awards | Best Actress | The Princess Weiyoung | Won |
| Top 10 Audience's Favorite TV Star | Won | |||
| 2018 | 5th The Actors of China Award Ceremony | Best Actress (Emerald Category) | The Way We Were | Nominated |
| 24th Huading Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | 6th The Actors of China Award Ceremony | Best Actress (Sapphire Category) | See You Again | Nominated |
| Golden Bud – The Fourth Network Film And Television Festival | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | 7th The Actors of China Award Ceremony | Best Actress (Sapphire) | — | Pending |
| Others | ||||
| 2008 | Forbes Celebrity List | Most Promising Newcomer | — | Won |
| 2009 | 2nd Beijing TV Drama Awards | Most Popular Young Actress | Chinese Paladin 3 | Won |
| 2011 | 1st LeTV Entertainment Awards | Most Popular TV Actress (Mainland China) | — | Won |
| Grand Ceremony of New Forces | Most Popular TV Actress | — | Won | |
| Grazia Third Anniversary Award Ceremony | Trending New Force Award | — | Won | |
| 3rd China TV Drama Awards | Most Popular Actress (Mainland China) | My Daughter | Won | |
| 2012 | iQiyi Award Ceremony | Most Popular Actress | Waking Love Up | Won |
| 3rd LeTV Entertainment Awards | Most Popular TV Actress (Mainland China) | — | Won | |
| 4th China TV Drama Awards | Media Recommended Actress | — | Won | |
| 2013 | Asian Idol Awards | Most Popular Actress | Agent X | Won |
| 8th BQ Celebrity Score Awards | Most Popular Actress | Won | ||
| BQ Celebrity Commercial Value Ranking | Breakthrough Value Celebrity Award | — | Won | |
| 5th China TV Drama Awards | Most Commercially Valuable Actress | — | Won | |
| 2014 | 5th China Student Television Festival | Most Popular Actress | Perfect Couple | Won |
| Wyndham Xingyue Role Model Ceremony | Most Appealing Actress | Won | ||
| 6th China TV Drama Awards | Most Popular Couple (with Wallace Huo) | Won | ||
| 2015 | LeEco Night | Most Popular Actress | My Sunshine | Won |
| 7th China TV Drama Awards | Actress with the Most Media Appeal | — | Won | |
| Audience's Favorite Character | Diamond Lover | Won | ||
| 2016 | Cosmo Beauty Ceremony | Most Influential Idol | — | Won |
| Cosmo Fashion for Dream Award Ceremony | Dream Fashionable Figure | — | Won | |
| Dragon TV Entertainment Weekly | Top Ten Entertainment Industry Figures | — | Won | |
| Baidu Entertainment | Figure of the Year | — | Won | |
| 10th Youku Young Choice Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year | The Princess Weiyoung | Won | |
| 8th China TV Drama Awards | Most Popular Actress | Won | ||
| 2017 | Sohu Fashion Awards | TV Actress of the Year | Won | |
| Jinri Toutiao Award Ceremony | Most Anticipated Star | — | Won | |
| 2nd China Quality Television Drama Ceremony | Most Marketable Actress | — | Won | |
| Media's Most Anticipated Actress | — | Won | ||
| Tencent Entertainment White Paper | Outstanding Artist | — | Won | |
| 11th Tencent Video Star Awards | All-Rounded Artist of the Year | — | Won | |
| Weibo Award Ceremony | Weibo Goddess | — | Won | |
| 2018 | 7th iQiyi All-Star Carnival | Best TV Actress | — | Won |
| 2019 | Weibo Award Ceremony | Weibo Goddess | — | Won |
| 4th China Quality Television Drama Ceremony | Quality Star of the Year | — | Won | |
| Year | Rank |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 73rd |
| 2015 | 20th |
| 2017 | 14th |
| 2019 | 32nd |
| 2020 | 51st |
| Body Measurements | 32-24-34 inches |
| Bodytype | Hourglass |
| Height | 5 feet 6 inches (1.72 m) |
| Weight | 48 kg (105 lbs) |
| Waist | 24 inches |
| Hair Color | Dark Brown |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Shoe Size | 7.5 (US) |
| Dress Size | 4 (US) |
| Nickname | Tang |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 39 years old (in 2023) |
| Date of Birth | December 6, 1983 |
| Full Name | Tang Yan |
| Profession | Actress, Singer |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Birthplace | Shanghai, China |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
Qualification: Central Academy of Drama
Profession: Actress, Singer
Known For: The Princess Weiyoung
Net Worth: $45 Million Approx
Marital Status: Married
Husband: Luo Jin (m. 2018)
Hobbies: Photoshoot, Painting, Dancing
Favorite Destination: Australia
Favorite Food: Rice
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Pets: Cat
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