---
name: "Yan Ni"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yan-ni"
fi1m_id: "yan-ni"
imdb_id: "nm1106713"
tmdb_id: 131303
wikidata_id: "Q8048168"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 March 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T13:46:00.253160+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Yan Ni

## Identity

Yan Ni

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yan-ni
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yan-ni
- **IMDb ID:** nm1106713
- **TMDB ID:** 131303
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8048168
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Ni_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8048168, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1106713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131303

Actor. Born 10 March 1971 in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 March 1971, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- **Also known as:** Diêm Ny, 闫妮
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Ni_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8048168, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1106713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131303

## Biography

Yan Ni (Chinese: 闫妮), born Yan Kaiyan, is a Chinese film and television actress. She was born on 10 March 1971 in Xi'an, Shaanxi.

She trained at the People's Liberation Army Academy of Art after initial studies in accounting and began acting in 1992. Yan Ni rose to prominence for her role as Tong Xiangyu in the television series *My Own Swordsman* (2006). Her film credits include *Monster Hunt* (2015) as Luo Ying, *Coming Home* (2014) as Director Li, *A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop* (2009) as Wang's wife, and *The Wasted Times* (2016) as Mama Wang.

In 2020 she received the Best Leading Actress award at the 26th Magnolia Awards for her performance in *Growing Pain*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Monster Hunt* (2015), Fi1m 58, as Luo Ying — [page](https://film.one/film/monster-hunt.md)

## Complete filmography (103)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *活色生香* (2026), Actor
- *Vanished Name* (2026), series, as Ren Meiyan
- *Every Dog Has Its Day* (2026), as Yang Zhuoning (Notary Officer)
- *The Miracles* (2025), series, as Sister Fan
- *Family At Large* (2025), as Granny
- *The Volunteers: Peace at Last* (2025), as Doctor Yan
- *“湾区升明月”2025大湾区电影音乐晚会* (2025), Actor
- *The Escaping Man* (2025), as 孙心如
- *Genuine Heroes* (2025), series, as Si Jing
- *Romance in the Alley* (2024), series, as Huang Ling
- *So Long for Love* (2023), as Pan Yanqiu
- *Across the Furious Sea* (2023), as Gu Hong
- *Heart's Motive* (2023), as Jin Ximei
- *Papa* (2023), as Liu Zhenzhen
- *Grandma's New World* (2023), series, as Sun Yuping / Sun Yulan
- *Healing Food, Healing Love* (2022), series, as Zhuang Yan
- *Our Times* (2022), series, as Tan Jing
- *People's Property* (2021), series, as Shi Hongxin
- *Dear Parents* (2021), series, as Liu Biyun
- *A Fangirl's Romance* (2021), as Gao Bei
- *Minning Town* (2021), series, as Magistrate Yang
- *The Stage* (2020), series, as 蔡素芬
- *My People, My Homeland* (2020), as Yan Feiyan
- *At Last* (2020), Actor
- *Two Tigers* (2019), as Sister Caixia
- *Growing Pain* (2019), series, as Wang Shengnan
- *Push and Shove* (2019), as Liang Liang
- *Good Luck Dad* (2018), as 梁冬梅
- *I Am Your Mom* (2018), as Qin Meili
- *Top Secret 543* (2017), series, as 赵盈秋
- *Our Shining Days* (2017), as Mrs. Chen
- *Wished* (2017), as Shangguan Furong
- *Healing Master* (2017), series, Actor
- *Special Encounter* (2017), as Li Tangzhen
- *What A Wonderful Family* (2017), Actor
- *Some Like It Hot* (2016), as Ma Lilian
- *The Wasted Times* (2016), as Mama Wang
- *Vive Les Femmes* (2016), series, as 饰 叶舒心
- *爱的追踪* (2016), series, as Wen Hao
- *The New Year's Eve Of Old Lee* (2016), as Li Yangduo
- *青春集结号* (2015), series, Actor
- *Monster Hunt* (2015), as Luo Ying — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/monster-hunt.md)
- *前夫求爱记* (2015), series, as 鲍小蕾
- *Wang Dahua Revolutionary Career* (2015), series, as Wang Da Hua
- *Marriage Cuisine* (2014), series, as Ma Aqin
- *Night of Adventure* (2014), Actor
- *Life Revelation* (2014), series, as Yu Xiaoqiang
- *Coming Home* (2014), as Director Li
- *A Servant of Two Masters* (2014), series, as Tang Hong
- *My Dear People* (2014), series, as Li Bao Li / 饰 李宝莉
- *亲爱的* (2013), series, as 李宝莉
- *11 Flowers* (2012), as Mama
- *Inseparable* (2012), as Miss Yang
- *Mu Guiying Takes Command* (2012), series, as 菜花
- *The Great Magician* (2011), as Lei's Wife
- *Magic to Win* (2011), as Volleyball Team Coach
- *Mural* (2011), Actor
- *All's Well, End's Well 2011* (2011), as Dream Chim
- *Story of College Student Soldiers* (2011), series, Actor
- *My Own Swordsman* (2011), as 佟湘玉
- *Never Look Back* (2010), series, as 何丽萍
- *My Own Swordsman Animated Series* (2010), series, as 配音
- *H List for Sprint* (2010), series, Actor
- *True Legend* (2010), as Bar Owner
- *A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop* (2009), as Wang's wife
- *Cow* (2009), as Jiu'er
- *Three Sevens hits Twenty One* (2009), series, as 邓佑真
- *The North Wind Blows* (2009), series, Actor
- *无敌三脚猫* (2009), series, Actor
- *卫生队的故事* (2009), series, as 闫护士长
- *派出所的故事* (2009), series, as Yan Yu
- *下辈子做你的女人* (2008), series, as Liu Hanxiang
- *Kung Fu Dunk* (2008), as Master Ni
- *Crossed Lines* (2007), Actor
- *The Gold Convoyers: Security Guards Office* (2007), as 柳湘云
- *Behind The House* (2007), series, as 唐玉秀
- *Falling in Love* (2007), Actor
- *A Big Potato* (2007), as Han Yuehua
- *Ming Dynasty in 1566* (2007), series, as 李妃
- *My Own Swordsman* (2006), series, as Tong Xiangyu
- *Stolen Life* (2005), as Sichuan woman
- *History of the Sky* (2004), series, as 姜雨欣
- *Health Express* (2004), series, as 严文秀
- *Detective Gu Liang* (2003), series, as Zheng Qiuju
- *干部* (2002), series, Actor
- *Story of The Cooking Class* (2002), series, as 闫护士长
- *Searching For The Archives* (2002), series, Actor
- *海洋馆的约会* (2002), series, as 辛琪
- *朱德元帅* (2001), series, as 康克清
- *The Bronze Teeth* (2001), series, as 葛松儿
- *警察李“酒瓶”* (2001), series, as 小佩
- *六月男孩* (2001), as 王小妮
- *禧娃* (2000), Actor
- *Idler: Sister Ma* (2000), series, as 牛海棠
- *公鸡打鸣，母鸡下蛋* (2000), as 马巧巧
- *复仇的女人* (1992), Actor
- *一路灿烂*, series, as Liu Jingli
- *Faith & Law*, series, as Wu Juan
- *The Elephant Queen*, as 叶香
- *The Forbidden Land*, Actor
- *Sunshine Thief*, as 赛欢
- *5 Missing Teenagers*, series, as Chen Xi
- *Raiders of the New Way*, series, as Shen Bao Yan

## Gallery

- ![​110925 电影《画壁》首映见面会 邓超.闫妮等 渣渣图 (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/5714608/gallery-93a306156877.jpg) ​110925 电影《画壁》首映见面会 邓超.闫妮等 渣渣图 (2011) — jinn, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/110925_%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1%E3%80%8A%E7%94%BB%E5%A3%81%E3%80%8B%E9%A6%96%E6%98%A0%E8%A7%81%E9%9D%A2%E4%BC%9A_%E9%82%93%E8%B6%85.%E9%97%AB%E5%A6%AE%E7%AD%89_%E6%B8%A3%E6%B8%A3%E5%9B%BE_%282%29.jpg/1280px-110925_%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1%E3%80%8A%E7%94%BB%E5%A3%81%E3%80%8B%E9%A6%96%E6%98%A0%E8%A7%81%E9%9D%A2%E4%BC%9A_%E9%82%93%E8%B6%85.%E9%97%AB%E5%A6%AE%E7%AD%89_%E6%B8%A3%E6%B8%A3%E5%9B%BE_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![​110925 电影《画壁》首映见面会 邓超.闫妮等 渣渣图 (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/5714608/gallery-5dfb33385a63.jpg) ​110925 电影《画壁》首映见面会 邓超.闫妮等 渣渣图 (2011) — jinn, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/110925_%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1%E3%80%8A%E7%94%BB%E5%A3%81%E3%80%8B%E9%A6%96%E6%98%A0%E8%A7%81%E9%9D%A2%E4%BC%9A_%E9%82%93%E8%B6%85.%E9%97%AB%E5%A6%AE%E7%AD%89_%E6%B8%A3%E6%B8%A3%E5%9B%BE_%283%29.jpg/1280px-110925_%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1%E3%80%8A%E7%94%BB%E5%A3%81%E3%80%8B%E9%A6%96%E6%98%A0%E8%A7%81%E9%9D%A2%E4%BC%9A_%E9%82%93%E8%B6%85.%E9%97%AB%E5%A6%AE%E7%AD%89_%E6%B8%A3%E6%B8%A3%E5%9B%BE_%283%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![​110925 电影《画壁》首映见面会 邓超.闫妮等 渣渣图 (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/5714608/gallery-d2879b9b2132.jpg) ​110925 电影《画壁》首映见面会 邓超.闫妮等 渣渣图 (2011) — jinn, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/110925_%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1%E3%80%8A%E7%94%BB%E5%A3%81%E3%80%8B%E9%A6%96%E6%98%A0%E8%A7%81%E9%9D%A2%E4%BC%9A_%E9%82%93%E8%B6%85.%E9%97%AB%E5%A6%AE%E7%AD%89_%E6%B8%A3%E6%B8%A3%E5%9B%BE_%284%29.jpg/1280px-110925_%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1%E3%80%8A%E7%94%BB%E5%A3%81%E3%80%8B%E9%A6%96%E6%98%A0%E8%A7%81%E9%9D%A2%E4%BC%9A_%E9%82%93%E8%B6%85.%E9%97%AB%E5%A6%AE%E7%AD%89_%E6%B8%A3%E6%B8%A3%E5%9B%BE_%284%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Yan Ni](https://film.one/media/person/5714608/gallery-39bfeebd5f0f.jpg) Yan Ni — Image via TMDB
- ![Yan Ni](https://film.one/media/person/5714608/gallery-6b82cf59ac8c.jpg) Yan Ni — Image via TMDB
- ![Yan Ni](https://film.one/media/person/5714608/gallery-75acbe1eb7c5.jpg) Yan Ni — Image via TMDB
- ![Yan Ni](https://film.one/media/person/5714608/gallery-f19e09de30c5.jpg) Yan Ni — Image via TMDB
- ![Yan Ni](https://film.one/media/person/5714608/gallery-deb250905a33.jpg) Yan Ni — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Magnolia Award for Best Actress in a Television Series 2020: Magnolia Award for Best Actress in a Television Series (won), for *Growing Pain*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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