2013–2015: Rising popularity and Breakthrough She gained more popularity with her role as Princess Qing'er in New My Fair Princess (2011). Zhao first started to gain recognition from mainland audiences after starring in The Dream of Red Mansions (2010), based on the novel of the same name by Cao Xueqin.

Zhao received the Most Popular Actress award at the Chinese Creative Short Video Awards. The series was broadcast on Japanese channel NHK and earned critical acclaim. In 2009, Zhao took on her first historical drama role in The Firmament of The Pleiades. In 2007, Zhao made her acting debut in the family drama Golden Marriage. She then signed with Huayi Brothers as a new talent.

In 2006, Zhao Liying participated in the Yahoo Search Star Game and became the final winner. She graduated from Langfang School of Electronic Information Engineering, a secondary professional training school. Zhao was born on 16 October 1987 in Langfang, Hebei. She ranked 4th on ForbesChina Celebrity 100 list in 2017. She is best known for her roles in television series Legend of Lu Zhen (2013), Boss & Me (2014), The Journey of Flower (2015), The Mystic Nine (2016), Noble Aspirations (2016), Princess Agents (2017) and The Story of Minglan (2018). PT.Zhao Liying (Chinese: 赵丽颖, born 16 October 1987), also known as Zanilia Zhao, is a Chinese actress. With escape seemingly beyond their grasp, Yuda has no choice but to face his attackers in an adrenaline charged, jaw-dropping finale.

With Ratger injured in the mêlée and seeking both his 'merchandise' and bloody retribution, Yuda's introduction to this bustling city is a baptism of fire as he is forced to go on the run with Astri and her younger brother Adit as all the pimps and gangsters that inhabit the night hound the streets chasing their every step. After a series of setbacks leave Yuda homeless and uncertain about his new future, a chance encounter results in him defending the orphaned Astri from becoming the latest victim of a European human trafficking ring led by the wildly psychotic, Ratger and his right-hand man Lars. In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his 'Merantau' a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.

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