Yang Lei became famous at the age of 24 in the CCTV Spring Evening performance "In Front of the Birth Room", and then cooperated with the comedians many times in the Spring Evening, becoming a veritable queen of sketches. In addition to acting in sketches, Yang Lei has also participated in the filming of film and television works such as "Horseshoe Sound Shattering", "Men Have No Worries", and "Idle Centaur Big Sister".

Yang Lei was successful in her career, but her marriage experienced setbacks. Yang Lei married cross-talk actor Dai Zhicheng in 1997. After marriage, the two often went to perform in other places, and the feelings of gathering less and leaving more gradually faded. Suddenly, one day, Dai Zhicheng showed Yang Lei: "You are a good woman, I am not a bad man, but a good woman and a good man together, may not be a good couple." So the two ended their seven-year marriage in 2004.
After the divorce, Dai Zhicheng and Hou Yaowen's ex-wife Yuan Yin came together. Dai Zhicheng is very good to Yuan Yin's daughter Yu Niu, when she was a child, the parents' meeting sports meeting of the school was dai Zhicheng as a parent, and he also cared about it meticulously in life, treating Hou Yaowen's daughter like a parent, and the family of three was happy and happy.
The failure of the marriage brought a great blow to Yang Lei. Later, under the persuasion of friends, Yang Lei took several years to get out of this shadow. Changchun Guomao saw that when Yang Lei participated in the program earlier, she first talked about the marriage change with her ex-husband. She said, "There may have been some small signs that could be detected before, but you think it is impossible, (Dai Zhicheng) just likes her (Yuan Yin) or has a good feeling for her, he can't do such a thing, it is impossible to happen, because they are inferior!" I always think like this, it is impossible and impossible. The host asked, in fact, the four of you were still on a good relationship at that time, and she (Yuan Yin) was equivalent to your sisters, right?" Yang Lei replied that we are girlfriends, and all her privacy will tell me, and she did not expect that they would come together. After knowing the truth of the matter, Yang Lei did not fight or make trouble, and she broke up peacefully with her ex-husband.