| Sun Yi | |
| Birth Date: | 4 June 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Ji'an, Jilin, China |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2014 - present |
| Children: | 1 |
Sun Yi (born 4 June 1993) is a Chinese actress.
In 2014, Sun was picked from 1000 candidates to star in the art-house film Pleasure. Love..[1] The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in the World Dramatic competition.[2] Sun won the Best Actress at the Asian New Talent Awards.[3] She also won Best New Actress at the 11th Chinese Young Generation Film Forum.[4]
In 2015, she starred in romantic comedy film My Original Dream which was screened in competition at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival.[5] [6] The same year, she featured in the historical drama The Legend of Mi Yue.[7]
Sun raised her profile after starring in the youth melodrama Promise of Migratory Birds.[8] She gained widespread popularity with her role in Because of Meeting You, adapted from the 2014 Korean drama Jang Bo-ri is Here! alongside Deng Lun. [9] The series placed number one throughout its broadcast and averaged ratings of 1.93%, becoming one of the highest rated drama of the year.[10]
In 2018, Sun starred in the period romance drama Siege in Fog,[11] and romance melodrama All Out of Love.[12] The same year, she was cast in the romance drama Irreplaceable Love.[13]
In 2019, Sun was cast in the legal romance drama Hello Prosecutor, a remake of the South Korean television series Prosecutor Princess.[14]
In 2020, she was cast in the historical romance drama Twisted Fate of Love.
On May 7, Sun and actor Dong Zijian announced they were getting married. The couple later welcomed a baby girl named Dong Dafu in September 2017. They announced their divorce in August 2022.[15]
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | My Original Dream | 我的青春期 | Li Chunxia | |
| 2016 | Pleasure. Love. | 男欢女爱 | young Hu Yajie | |
| I Love That Crazy Little Thing | 那件疯狂的小事叫爱情 | Wang Ruofei | Cameo[16] |
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Running After the Love | 大猫儿追爱记 | Tong Tong | Anhui TV, Jiangxi TV | [17] |
| Love Lot | 爱情上上签 | Wu Ping | Ningbo TV | [18] | |
| The Legend of Mi Yue | 芈月传 | Mi Yao | Beijing TV, Dragon TV | ||
| 2016 | Legend of Ban Shu | 班淑传奇 | Ah Cen | ||
| Promise of Migratory Birds | 十五年等待候鸟 | Li Li | |||
| 2017 | Because of You | 因为遇见你 | Zhang Guoguo | ||
| 2018 | Siege in Fog | 人生若如初相见 | Qin Sang | Tencent | |
| All Out of Love | 凉生，我们可不可以不忧伤 | Jiang Sheng | Hunan TV | ||
| 2019 | Hurricane | 暴风骤雨 | Yu Hanqiu | Jiangsu Broadcasting Station | |
| 2020 | Twisted Fate of Love | 今夕何夕 | Dong Yue/Wen Xin | ||
| 2020 | Irreplaceable Love | 与晨同光 | Li Chuyao | ||
| 2021 | Be Together | 我和我们在一起 | Xia Yan | ||
| 2021 | Hello Prosecutor | 你好检察官 | Jiang Xiaoxi | ||
| 2022 | The Wind Blows From Longxi | 风起陇西 | Di Yue | ||
| 2023 | New Vanity Fair | 春日暖阳官 | Ding Mo Mo | ||
| 2023 | Pledge of Allegiance | 山河之影 | Shu Tang | ||
| 2023 | I Love You | 我知道我爱你 | Xu Nuo | Tencent | |
| TBA | The Truth | 风过留痕 | Dan Qing | Tencent |
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | "First Love, First Encounter" | 初见初恋 | Siege in Fog OST | [19] |
| "Waiting For Light" | 等光 | [20] | ||
| 2020 | "Mr. Right" | 对的人 | [21] | |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Best Actress | Pleasure. Love. | |||
| 11th Chinese Young Generation Film Forum Awards | Best New Actress | ||||
| 2017 | New Actress of the Year | Because of You | |||
| 2018 | 25th Cosmo Beauty Ceremony | Beautiful Idol | [22] | ||