Zou Yuanqing and Yan Ni in the TV series "Breakout"
In the hit TV series "Breakout", Yan Ni plays Shi Hongxing, an executive of a state-owned enterprise, a corporate executive who grew up from a grassroots worker. The one who plays Shi Hongxing in the young age in the play is Yan Ni's own daughter, Zou Yuanqing of the Drama 16 Film and Television Acting Double Degree Class of the Central Academy of Drama.
Yan Ni and Zou Yuanqing
In 1994, after graduating from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, Yan Ni entered the Air Politics Drama Troupe, and while running the dragon set, she met Zou Wei, who worked in the Beijing public security system through blind dates. In 1998, Yan Ni gave birth to her daughter Zou Yuanqing, and when the child was born on the first day of January, Yan Ni gave the child a nickname yuanyuan.
Yan Ni with her daughter
In 1999, Yan Ni, who ran the dragon set for five years, got the opportunity to play the village chief in the movie "Rooster Crowing, Hen Laying Eggs", and it was this movie that allowed Shang Jing to see Yan Ni's comedic talent, and then there were a series of works such as "The Story of the Cooking Class" and "The Tale of Wulin".
It is said that there must be gains and losses, Yan Ni in the harvest of career at the same time, the marriage has gradually moved to the brink of rupture, due to years and years of filming outside, Yan Ni and her husband's feelings are becoming more and more indifferent, in 2004, daughter Zou Yuanqing was 6 years old, Yan Ni and Zou Wei's feelings came to an end, Yan Ni after hard work, won the custody of Yuan Yuan.
After the divorce, Yan Ni entrusted Yuan Yuan to her parents, and devoted herself to the filming of the TV series "Wulin Wai Biography", during that time, Yuan Yuan and Yan Ni spent much less time with children of the same age, sometimes they really want Yan Ni too much, Grandma and Grandpa will take her to the crew to have a small gathering with Yan Ni, every time after Yuan Yuan left, Yan Ni will feel that her heart is empty, and it will take several days to ease up.
When "The Legend of Wulin" was about to be completed, the entire crew was in a state of madness in order to catch the scene, and Yan Ni did not go home for more than two months in order to catch the scene. At that time, Zou Yuanqing had a high fever at home, and the fever continued for several days, and the family informed Yan Ni. Yan Ni immediately took three days off for the crew to go home overnight to accompany the sick Yuan Yuan, during that time, although he was tormented by illness, Yuan Yuan still felt that he was the happiest child under the heavens. This year's Mother's Day, Zou Yuanqing made a greeting card for his mother and personally wrote such a paragraph: "Mom, I feel very happy, when I am sick and take care of me, we can be together every day, I really hope that I can have another illness!" ”
Zou Yuanqing
In 2006, Yan Ni worked hard and finally became popular with the role of Tong Treasurer in "The Legend of Wulin". At that time, when interviewed, Zou Yuanqing, who was eight years old at the time, gave Yan Ni a special gift - two photos. One is Liu Hanxiang, played by Yan Ni in "Be Your Woman in the Next Life", and the other is Tong Xiangyu, who she played in "The Legend of Wulin", and Zou Yuanqing hit a big red cross on Tong Xiangyu's photo. Zou Yuanqing reminded her mother in her own way that what she wanted to see most was the real, touching role played by Yan Ni.
The far right of "Invincible Three-Legged Cat" is Zou Yuanqing
In 2009, Yan Ni took 11-year-old Zou Yuanqing to watch a play directed by Shang Jing, which was Zou Yuanqing's first official appearance in front of the media. Also this year, in the sitcom "Invincible Three-legged Cat" directed by Shang Jing, Yan Ni appeared with Zou Yuanqing, Yan Ni made a cameo appearance in the play as the sister of "Zhao Xiaowu", and Zou Yuanqing played the childhood of "Zhao Xiaowu". When interviewed at that time, Yan Ni said something meaningful: "I did not deliberately arrange my daughter to go to the acting industry. After all, it is too bitter, how many people can there be in the scenery? Like myself, I was an actor at the age of 23, and I was famous at the age of 35. The middle days were just too hard. However, if my daughter really likes to perform in the future, I will definitely fully support it. ”。
In the following days, Yan Ni still gathered less and more with Zou Yuanqing, as long as it was filming in other places, Yan Ni would send a text message to Zou Yuanqing every day, talk to her on the phone, Yan Ni thought that she was not a mother who would especially educate her children, her only thought was to hope that her children could live happily, and this way of free-range breeding eventually planted bad consequences. In 2011, when Zou Yuanqing was 13 years old, she suddenly fell in love with studying abroad, and Yan Ni, who felt guilty, could not help Zou Yuanqing, and sent her to a private middle school in Los Angeles, where Zou Yuanqing boarded in the home of a reliable white couple under the introduction of a friend in Los Angeles. Due to the difference in the language environment and living environment, Zou Yuanqing soon lost interest in life abroad, and she called Yan Ni again and again to ask to return to China, but Yan Ni refused, and Zou Yuanqing hung up the phone crying every time. In the end, Yan Ni, who could not rest assured of her daughter, flew to Los Angeles to accompany Zou Yuanqing for a week, and repeatedly reasoned her, so that she could learn to face everything independently and learn to grow. With the support and encouragement of Yan Ni, Zou Yuanqing successfully completed his high school studies in the United States. In 2016, Zou Yuanqing returned to China to participate in the college entrance examination, and was admitted to the double degree class of the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama with the tenth professional score and 463 points, studied in Chinese opera in the first year and the third year of the university to the London City Hall Drama School in the United Kingdom.
Growing up in a single-parent family, Zou Yuanqing has a more emphasis on family and family affection than children of the same age, once after returning home from filming, Yan Ni temporarily received an invitation to go out to a friend's party, and Zou Yuanqing also made an appointment with her classmates to go out and play. Unexpectedly, when Yan Ni returned home at night, she saw Zou Yuanqing quietly staying at home alone, and Yan Ni wondered why she didn't go out with her classmates. Zou Yuanqing said that he was afraid that after she was drunk, there would be no one to take care of her when she returned home. At that moment, Yan Ni's heart was sour, and she felt that she was the happiest person in the world.
Screenshot of Yan Ni's Weibo
In life, Yan Ni and Zou Yuanqing are more like a pair of sisters, they almost talk about everything, Yan Ni also accompanied Zou Yuanqing to see Jay Chou's concert.
Zou Yuanqing in "Secret Fruit"
In 2016, Zou Yuanqing was selected by the youth movie "Secret Fruit" to star with Chen Kaige's son Chen Feiyu and Ouyang Nana, Yan Ni not only discussed the script with her daughter, but also often studied the role of Scarlett played by her, although Yan Ni did not personally go to the crew to cheer up the child like Chen Hong, but there was certainly no less effort behind the scenes.
Poster of "I Am Your Mom"
In 2017, Yan Ni and Zou Yuanqing collaborated for the first time in the movie "I Am Your Mother", Yan Ni played a single mother, zou Yuanqing played a rebellious daughter, and the two can be described as their true colors.
Zou Yuanqing in "Mountains and Seas"
In 2021, in the poverty alleviation drama "Mountains and Seas", Yan Ni played the domineering and capable Yang County, and Zou Yuanqing also made a cameo role in the play, she is Ma Debao's sister Ma Dehua.
Yan Ni and Zou Yuanqing on the shooting scene of "Breakout"
In this year's popular TV series "Breakout", Yan Ni once again took Zou Yuanqing to the battlefield, and even personally guided her daughter to shoot, before filming, Yan Ni stood outside the window without hesitation and shouted loudly to let Zou Yuanqing pay attention to brewing emotions, after booting, she ran to the back of the monitor with a smoke, stared at the monitor intently, saw her daughter's performance in the camera, she was deeply immersed in it and could not help but cry. After the shooting of this set of shots, Yan Ni pulled her daughter in front of the director for the first time, asked the director's opinion, and did not forget to say to the director: "I think we both love acting in our hearts, and we will take it seriously."
Yan Ni, a 50-year-old mother's fist intentions can be seen!