--- name: "Yao Chen" canonical: "https://film.one/person/yao-chen" fi1m_id: "yao-chen" imdb_id: "nm3209720" tmdb_id: 482101 wikidata_id: "Q970019" roles: ["Actor"] born: "5 October 1979" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 61 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-05T15:22:21.000190+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." --- # Yao Chen ## Identity Yao Chen - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yao-chen - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** yao-chen - **IMDb ID:** nm3209720 - **TMDB ID:** 482101 - **Wikidata ID:** Q970019 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Chen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3209720/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/482101 Actor. Born 5 October 1979 in Shishi, Fujian Province, China. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 5 October 1979, Shishi, Fujian Province, China - **Active:** 2015–present - **Also known as:** Chen Yao, یائو چن - **Average Fi1m score:** 61, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 58 (1), 2020s 64 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Chen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3209720/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/482101 ## Biography Yao Chen is a Chinese actress. She graduated from the Performance Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 2003. She rose to prominence with her role as Guo Fu Rong in the television series *My Own Swordsman* (2006). Subsequent television work includes *Lurk* (2008), *Divorce Lawyers* (2014) and *All Is Well* (2019). Her film credits include *Firestorm* (2013), *Monster Hunt* (2015) as Female Head Chef, *Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe* (2015), *Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back* (2017) and *The Eight Hundred* (2020) as He Xiangning. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Hundred Flowers Awards for her performance in *Monster Hunt*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Eight Hundred* (2020), Fi1m 64, as He Xiangning — [page](https://film.one/film/the-eight-hundred.md) - *Monster Hunt* (2015), Fi1m 58, as Female Head Chef — [page](https://film.one/film/monster-hunt.md) ## Complete filmography (52) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Village Rockstars 2* (2026), Associate Producer - *Living the Land* (2025), Executive Producer - *After Typhoon* (2025), as Chen Shunan - *Fight for Beauty* (2025), series, as Qiao Yang · Executive Producer - *Village Music* (2024), Producer - *If You Are the One 3* (2023), as Mang Guo - *Flaming Cloud* (2023), as Yuexia Xu - *The Cord of Life* (2023), Executive Producer - *Rock it, Mom* (2022), series, Actor - *Mozart from Space* (2022), as Niu Yuxia - *To Be with You* (2021), as Teacher Fan - *Vacation of Love* (2021), series, as Xu Keyi - *Minning Town* (2021), series, as Wu Yuejuan - *The Eight Hundred* (2020), as He Xiangning — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-eight-hundred.md) - *A Journey To The Seaside* (2019), Actor - *Send Me to the Clouds* (2019), as Sheng Nan - *All Is Well* (2019), series, as Su Mingyu - *Lost, Found* (2018), as Li Jie - *Goddesses In The Flames Of War* (2018), Actor - *Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back* (2017), as Minister - *MBA Partners* (2016), as Lu Zhenxi - *The New Year's Eve Of Old Lee* (2016), Actor - *Everybody's Fine* (2016), as Qin Guan - *Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe* (2015), as Shirley Yang - *Monster Hunt* (2015), as Female Head Chef — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/monster-hunt.md) - *Divorce Lawyers* (2014), series, as Luo Li - *Firestorm* (2013), as Yan Bing - *Control* (2013), as Jessica - *My Lucky Star* (2013), as Lily - *Caught in the Web* (2012), as Chen Ruoxi - *The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven* (2012), as 大仙女 - *My Own Swordsman* (2011), as 郭芙蓉 - *If You Are the One 2* (2010), as Mang Guo - *Color Me Love* (2010), as Wang Xiaofei - *Love in Cosmo* (2010), as Wang Shunjia - *My Own Swordsman Animated Series* (2010), series, as 配音 - *Days with the Air Hostess* (2010), series, as Ran Jing - *Sophie's Revenge* (2009), as Lily - *Lurk* (2009), series, as 王翠平 - *卫生队的故事* (2009), series, as 小姚 - *All's Well, End's Well 2009* (2009), as Bucktooth Jane - *防火墙5788* (2008), series, as Song Yuxiu - *A Hundred Years of Life* (2008), series, as 何佳碧 - *Two Stupid Eggs* (2007), as Yan Zi - *Crossed Lines* (2007), Actor - *Behind The House* (2007), series, as 顾丽丽 - *Falling in Love* (2007), Actor - *Big Movie* (2006), as Luo Qian - *My Own Swordsman* (2006), series, as Guo Fu Rong - *神鞭* (2003), series, as 展嘉蓉 （王俪桦） - *都市男女* (2003), series, as 苏青青 - *Story of The Cooking Class* (2002), series, as 小姚护士 ## Gallery - ![Yao Chen](https://film.one/media/person/5714606/gallery-d337120eb7af.jpg) Yao Chen — Image via TMDB - ![Yao Chen](https://film.one/media/person/5714606/gallery-474ad3d57aaf.jpg) Yao Chen — Image via TMDB - ![Yao Chen](https://film.one/media/person/5714606/gallery-065c0a1bcba7.jpg) Yao Chen — Image via TMDB - ![Yao Chen](https://film.one/media/person/5714606/gallery-efa9391cb530.jpg) Yao Chen — Image via TMDB - ![Yao Chen](https://film.one/media/person/5714606/gallery-11d46af77ad4.jpg) Yao Chen — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Crystal Award 2016: Crystal Award (won) - Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress 2010: Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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