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Here’s the complete 2017 Forbes China Celebrity List published in the latest edition of Forbes China, the Chinese-language edition of Forbes magazine. Revenue generated is in yuan. Click here for...
- Jackson Yee
- Cai Xukun
- Dilraba Dilmurat
- Yang MI
- Zanilia Zhao
- Luhan
- Karry Wang
- Deng Lun
- Zhu Yilong
- Lay Zhang
The youngest of the youthful TFBoys trio (he’s still just 18, eek), Jackson Yee was first discovered when performing a hip hop dance routine at a children’s talent competition. Sticking to his roots, and growing up a little at the same time, in 2018 Jackson took part in the hip hop dance reality show Street Dance of China, a move that prompted us t...
While not a TFBoy, ‘98 born Cai Xukun’s path to becoming a Chinese celebrity began in elementary school, when he was selected as one of the TFBoys candidate trainees. His big break didn’t come until last year when he participated in the new Chinese reality show Idol Producerwhere he placed first, setting him up to become the leading member of boy g...
Chinese actress of Uyghur descent Dilraba Dilmurat had a particularly restless and impressive year in 2018. She starred in romantic comedy 21 Karat, romance drama series The Flame’s Daughter, as well as the science fiction romance comedy series Sweet Dreams. She capped things off by ultimately winning the crown of “Golden Eagle Goddess” at the 12th...
Yang Mi’s career as a thespian began at age four, launching her toward eventual critical acclaim. In 2017, Yang ranked No. 3 onForbesChina’s Celebrity Top 100 list and won best actress at the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. In 2018 she starred in the drama Negotiatorand the fantasy drama Legend of Fuyao.
As an established Chinese celebrity for over a decade but only enjoying mainstream popularity in the past few years, Zanilia acted in 2017’s commercially and critically successful Han Han-directed movie Duckweed, and last year in bothMonkey King 3 and the historical drama The Story of Minglan. She was also responsible for one of 2018’s words of the...
Kris Wu, number 11? And now Luhan… number 6?! Is this an indication of seismic shifts in China’s pop culture environment? Not really, Luhan took home No. 1 on a different list of Chinese celebrities recently and is still incredibly active. Last year he played a part in another new China street dance reality show, iQIYI’s Hot-Blood Dance Crew, and a...
Like No. 1 Jackson Yee, fellow TFBoy Karry is beginning to shed his boyhood skin. In 2017 the TFBoys leader was admitted into Beijing Film Academy, and last year released his own autobiography 19 Year Old Time Difference. An autobiography at 19?! Man. Anyway, in 2018 he starred in the youth adventure drama Eagles and Youngsterand otherwise was fair...
Another fresh face on this list, Deng Lun surged to popularity in 2018 courtesy of the wuxia romance drama Ashes In Timeand also co-starring alongside another our number 3 hit Chinese celebrity, Dilraba Dilmurat, in Sweet Dreams. His rise to fame began earlier than last year though — in 2017 he made it onto Forbes China’s 30 under 30 for Chinese en...
An online hit, Beijing Film Academy graduate Zhu Yilong starred in the web series drama Guardianlast year and went on to win the Popular Actor Award at the 2018 Weibo Movie Awards Ceremony — he also won the 2019 Weibo God Award. Like Deng Lun, in 2017 Forbes China placed him on their 30 under 30 list for Chinese entertainment.
An Exo member hailing from Changsha, in 2018 Lay made a point of breaking out of China and onto the international stage. He made his first US appearance last year at the music festival Lollapalooza with Alan Walker (watch below), and was the only Chinese celebrity invited to the red carpet event at this year’s Grammys. Fancy. And in case you’re int...
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- Jackie Chan. Nicknamed “Big Brother”, Chan, a Hong Kong action star, is listed as the top-ranked Asian celebrity on Forbes’ global list and one of the world’s highest-paid actors in 2017.
- Chow Yun-fat. Director John Woo’s 1986 blockbuster, A Better Tomorrow, made Chow a box-office superstar across Asia. Noted for his performance in action films, the 62-year-old Hong Kong actor has starred in a number of successful movies, such as God of Gambler (1989) and From Vegas to Macau (2014).
- Andy Lau Tak-wah. Lau, one of the “Four Heavenly Kings” in Canto-pop, has not only built a prosperous singing career, but also garnered huge success in film.
- Deng Chao. He rose to fame with his stunning performances in TV series such as The Young Emperor and Happiness as Flowers. He then turns heads in the domestic film industry, directing and starring in several successful movies, including The Breakup Guru (2014) and Devil and Angel (2015).
- Jackie Chan. Number 1 on our list is none other than Jackie Chan. He is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor, filmmaker, comedian, director, screenwriter and stuntman.
- Jay Chou. Jay Chou is a Taiwanese – Chinese actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, rapper and television personality. He was born on 18th January 1979 in Linkou District, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Yang Yang. Yang Yang is one of the most famous and talented actors in china. He was born in Shanghai in the year 1991. He made his acting debut in the drama The Dream of Red Mansions and since then has starred in many popular dramas like Who Rules the World, You Are My Glory, Love O2O, etc.
- Lu Han. Lu Han is a Chinese actor, singer and former member of the worldwide famous Korean – Chinese boy band EXO. In the year 2017 Han was listed as the 2nd highest paid Chinese celebrity on the Forbes China celebrity 100 lists.
Q&A. 240229. •. Guan Xiaotong comes from an arts family (like the ones who run in those prestigious circles), Zhou Yutong's also well connected. Most celebrities do come from at least upper middle class to even support the extracurriculars and such needed to get into those top arts schools. Reply reply.
Ren Jialun (Chinese: 任嘉伦 , born 11 April 1989), also known as Allen Ren, is a Chinese actor. He is best known for his breakout role as Li Chu in the 2017 historical drama The Glory of Tang Dynasty.
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