When it comes to the best domestic TV series in 2021, many viewers will first think of "The Age of Awakening".
This well-made series brings together a number of highly skilled actors.
Director Zhang Yongxin has praised the actors' dedication and intentions more than once.
In an interview, Zhang Yongxin spent nine minutes praising an actor's performance.
Even full of apologies for her, this actor is Liu Lin.
In "The Age of Awakening", Liu Lin played Mr. Li Dazhao's wife, Zhao Shulan.
A great, tenacious woman.
On the first day of entering the group, Liu Lin wanted to shoot the last scene between Li Dazhao and Zhao Shulan, which was also the scene with the heaviest emotion.
Zhang Yongxin is very sorry for this, as a director, he knows that such an arrangement is a huge challenge for the actors.
But Liu Lin interpreted this scene perfectly, the performance was naturally sincere, introverted and affectionate, and after the broadcast, it received the tears of countless audiences.
Although in the 43-episode "Age of Awakening", Liu Lin only appeared four times.
But she was nominated for the Magnolia Award for Best Supporting Actress for this play.
For Liu Lin to be nominated for a very low role, the audience has no doubts, but feels that she is really deserved.
Later, talking about this performance, Liu Lin only said lightly:
"It's really not difficult for me to act with such touching, affectionate, sincere emotions."
And counting Liu Lin's performance path, she has indeed been moving people with her moving performances.
And with sincere love to repay their long-term acting career.
"I'm not pretty"
Liu Lin was born in Beijing in 1974 and is an authentic "old Beijing".
Her parents are both researchers engaged in space research, down-to-earth and old-fashioned.
Always teach Liu Lin to keep a low profile and not to be too ostentatious.
But this kind of family education has not covered up Liu Lin's innate love for acting.
Without any guidance, Liu Lin has loved acting since she was a child.
In her own words, "I started almost in elementary school, and I didn't think about doing anything else, I just wanted to be an actor." ”
Driven by enthusiasm, Liu Lin became a "drama master" at a young age.
When she was still in the first and second grades of primary school, Liu Lin devoted most of her spare time to the "small theater" in her mind.
She sometimes imagined herself as a helpless teenage girl with divorced parents.
When faced with the judge's question of "with Dad or Mom", it is difficult to make a choice beyond age.
Sometimes, Liu Lin will pull her sister and neighbors to play a pair of colleagues who have a bad relationship and always quarrel;
Or marry a good friend, a friend plays a bride, Liu Lin plays a bridesmaid, and the two little girls practice candy together.
Although she was often immersed in her own "brain hole", at that time, the teenage Liu Lin had not yet found a clear direction of efforts.
Whenever she thinks it's related to acting, she tries it.
In junior high school, Liu Lin decided to accept more professional guidance.
With the support of her parents, Liu Lin signed up for a performance training class at the China Children's Theatre to learn vocal music, lines and performances.
The training class is far from home, and every time she goes to class, Liu Lin has to take a bus through most of Beijing.
But Liu Lin not only has no complaints about this, but also enjoys it.
Kung Fu pays off, and in her third year of high school, Liu Lin ushered in her first opportunity to "electrocute".
She starred in the movie "High Rise" as a "substitute".
Although the influence of this film is average, it gives Liu Lin the opportunity to play with Zhu Xu, Lü Zhong, and Jiang Wu.
Liu Lin's childish but sincere performance won the favor of zhu Xu, an old drama bone, who laughed and said that she was "teachable".
This rare experience has further strengthened Liu Lin's confidence and determination to engage in acting.
In 1993, Liu Lin was admitted to the acting department of the Beijing Film Academy without any twists and turns, and entered the university of her dreams.
Years of love, coupled with professional learning and teacher guidance,
Liu Lin has a deeper understanding of acting, and her acting skills have also been greatly improved.
Just like the smooth sailing of the Beijing Film Academy, Liu Lin had an enviable opportunity soon after entering the school.
In 1994, Zhang Guorong, Wu Qianlian and Huang Lei co-starred in the drama film "Midnight Song".
In such a star-studded movie, Liu Lin, who was a freshman at the time, played an important role in it - Blue Butterfly.
Zhang Guorong, who was already a superstar at the time, treated Liu Lin gently and politely, and invited her and Huang Lei to eat at a high-end hotel.
After the play, Liu Lin, wrapped in a military coat, walked into the lobby of the palatial hotel, and under the gaze of everyone, she was momentarily confused.
At this time, Zhang Guorong came over and led Liu Lin through the lobby into the restaurant.
Later, recalling that moment, Liu Lin said that the short distance seemed to be a red carpet of public attention.
For the first time, she felt the meaning of the word "star" and had an initial understanding of the colorful entertainment industry.
When she first entered the industry, she ushered in a high starting point, which made Liu Lin have a good expectation for the future.
But soon, reality made Liu Lin start to get discouraged.
As an actress, Liu Lin has always been well aware of the limitations of her appearance.
When it comes to appearance, she has never shied away from saying: "I am not beautiful, I have never been beautiful when I was young." ”
During college, there were many beautiful women with different styles in my classmates:
Xu Jinglei Wenwan, Liu Zimingyan, and even the class teacher Yu Feihong are among the best big beauties.
Liu Lin is not so outstanding in it, but at first, her mentality is excellent, never compared, and even less inferior.
At that time, Liu Lin believed that everyone had their own characteristics, and their own characteristics were simplicity.
She believes that with her simple strength, she will be able to stand out.
And repeatedly hitting the wall made Liu Lin's idea begin to waver.
Since "Midnight Song", Liu Lin's career seems to have stalled.
The students began to shoot dramas and take advertisements, but Liu Lin had been stagnant because her appearance was not outstanding enough.
Even if there is an occasional chance to find her, it is necessary for Liu Lin, who is just in her early twenties, to play a character in her thirties.
Reality made Liu Lin miserable, and in her inner struggle, she began to suspect that she had entered the wrong industry and chosen the wrong profession.
When she graduated from college, Liu Lin was anxious and confused, and she started to retreat, thinking of simply switching careers.
At the critical moment, the teacher gave her a sentence: "Liu Lin, you are a person who regards performance as life." ”
In the end, the love and dedication to performance retained Liu Lin, and she could not bear to give up her dream for many years, so she gritted her teeth and continued to insist.
Finally, in 2000, Liu Lin's career ushered in an important turnaround.
This year, she co-starred with Li Bingbing in "Home for the New Year".
Liu Lin played a juvenile murderer in this film that intersects grief and warmth, and the performance is natural and vivid.
With this film, Liu Lin won the Best Actress Award at the 13th Singapore International Film Festival.
After this film, Liu Lin's acting skills and acting skills gradually gained more favor from directors.
There are more films, and Liu Lin also has the opportunity to constantly try and challenge different roles.
She is both a patriotic young woman in "Guns on the Plains" and a hot-tempered urban woman in "City Woman's Heart".
She can play the stubborn female teacher vividly in the TV series with rural themes;
You can also portray the shrewd and capable workplace women in the love drama.
The characteristics of Liu Lin's hard work and dedication have also been continuously strengthened during this period.
When filming "Heaven under Your Feet", in order to better experience the living environment of the characters,
Liu Lin spent three months of "low temperature life" in the grasslands of Chifeng Dam in Inner Mongolia in the harsh winter.
Once after filming the location, Liu Lin returned to the station with the crew's food truck, and encountered a snowstorm on the way.
In the wilderness of more than minus 30 degrees, liu Lin and the van on which the crew members were riding fell into a ditch.
There is no signal on the phone, and they have to wait for help.
During the long wait of more than 6 hours, Liu Lin, who was thinly dressed, fainted several times.
Fortunately, another group of crew members found the trapped van on the way back, and Liu Lin and her party were able to escape from danger.
After being rescued, Liu Lin only rested for half a day before she threw herself into work again.
Excellent acting skills, coupled with a dedicated attitude, Liu Lin gradually accumulated a good reputation in the circle, and the future is getting brighter.
"I am a moth"
Liu Lin's career is getting smoother and smoother, but her feelings have lit up a red light.
In fact, Liu Lin has always longed for love and longed for marriage.
But until 2004, 30-year-old Liu Lin did not find a suitable belonging for her in love.
As a good actor, Liu Lin is extremely easy to invest in, and it is difficult to withdraw.
Such a personality trait is likely to become a "woman who is easily hurt" when put into love.
Liu Lin also gladly admitted this. In many interviews, Liu Lin has confessed:
"I am a moth, and I will put out the fire for love, even if I am crushed to pieces."
In high school, Liu Lin had an ignorant affection for a tall, thin, bespectacled, Sven-wen gay student.
And thus began a long-lasting crush.
Although her heart was full of the throbbing of her first love, Liu Lin never dared to confess.
Like many young boys and girls who have just opened their hearts, she looks for various opportunities to appear next to her crush.
Pretending to laugh out loud and indifferent, the surface is light and breezy, but in her heart, she expects the other party to give her a look.
But in the end, Liu Lin's efforts were in vain, and until graduation, the male classmate of the crush did not know her name.
However, by chance, Liu Lin re-met her crush after graduation.
The other party still did not recognize her, Liu Lin suppressed the excitement and greeted the other party, and the two sides could be regarded as acquaintances.
Such a reunion made Liu Lin have more beautiful expectations.
At that time, Liu Lin was acting in the drama "Shibu Girl" in the "marriage maniac", and her partner was Dai Jun.
Liu Lin began to bring the expectations of life to the performance, and every day she conceived the future with her crush.
"I really fantasized all day about that boy chasing me like crazy, and I reservedly agreed..."
Many times, Liu Lin couldn't help but smirk and mutter, "I want to get married, I want to get married..."
Such a Liu Lin frightened Dai Jun, and he once carefully told Liu Lin: "Don't be too serious, it is not good to enter the drama too deeply..."
However, the next plot did not develop according to Liu Lin's expectations.
After having a meal in real life with her crush, Liu Lin's love flame that had burned for several years was suddenly extinguished.
"I found that we were complete strangers and couldn't communicate," she said. ”
In the end, Liu Lin made an evaluation of this long crush:
"Maybe I'm not in love with him, I'm just in love with the feeling of being in love!"
After this unsettled relationship, Liu Lin continued to "chase love".
Because of an opportunity to cooperate, Liu Lin met the famous director Zhang Li.
Zhang Li is 17 years older than Liu Lin, but in the heart of Liu Lin, who is "in love brain", age is not a problem.
She felt that she was young and it was more appropriate to find a mature one.
And most importantly, Liu Lin has only one criterion for choosing a boyfriend, that is, the other party must have talent.
And it just so happens that Zhang Li is extremely talented.
He graduated from the Photography Department of the Beijing Film Academy and has made great achievements in both photography and directing.
Although at that time, Zhang Li had not yet directed TV series such as "Towards the Republic" and "Daming Dynasty 1566", which caused great repercussions.
But he has already taken charge of films such as "Red Cherry" and "Born in the Sky", and has become a well-known figure in the industry.
Therefore, being overwhelmed by the talent of the other party, Liu Lin suddenly fell into it, and loved Zhang Li very much.
This love is three years, Liu Lin from the 20s to the 30s.
In the past few years, Liu Lin has never given up her desire to marry Zhang Li, and she fervently hopes to marry Zhang Li.
But Zhang Li, who is in his 40s, has already had a failed marriage, marrying and divorcing more than once.
So he insisted that he was an unmarried and never gave his girlfriend Liu Lin a promise.
This determination and firmness gradually made Liu Lin, who had been in love with Zhang Li for many years, also waver.
In a feeling of no hope, Liu Lin is becoming more and more lonely, she said: "It seems that I am the only one in this relationship." ”
Therefore, Liu Lin, with endless pain, proposed to Zhang Li on the phone to break up.
After the breakup, Liu Lin tried hard to get out of the pain, however,
Just when her love wounds were not healed, she got another news that hurt her more severely.
One day in September 2004, Liu Lin went out to hail a taxi.
As soon as she got into the car, the enthusiastic driver handed her a newspaper and said familiarly:
"Girl, I haven't had time to read the new newspaper yet, so let's see if there's anything good to read to me."
Liu Lin was amused by the familiar driver, took the newspaper, and prepared to pick two paragraphs to read to the master.
But when she opened the newspaper, Liu Lin was so shocked by a joyful news that she could not speak.
The newspaper wrote in black and white that director Zhang Li and the well-known actress Liu Bei were married in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Liu Linwan did not expect that Zhang Li, who vowed not to marry half a year ago, had a new love so soon, and he was also married.
Thinking about the past, Liu Lin finally couldn't help it, and she burst into tears in the taxi.
"I will be happy"
Although the 30-year-old Liu Lin has a bumpy road, fortunately, she is naturally optimistic.
When Liu Lin appeared on "Star Visit", Li Jing and Dai Jun, the hosts who were accustomed to seeing stars, agreed:
Liu Lin is the most plainly dressed on the show, and she is the one who loves to laugh the most.
Liu Lin gladly agreed with this, she said that others smiled and showed eight teeth, she could show her throat and eyes.
With this optimism, even though her heart was once full of scars, her pursuit of love and happiness was not affected in the slightest.
Accompanied and enlightened by many friends, Liu Lin quickly recovered full of vitality.
She did not become suspicious of love and marriage because of a failed relationship, and she did not give up her dedication and pursuit of her career.
Although she is already a well-known actress, Liu Lin accepts every blind date arranged by her parents and friends with an open mind.
In two months, I can see more than a dozen in succession.
In her career, Liu Lin is still steady and steady, and her popularity has gradually increased.
In 2004, Liu Lin co-starred with Mei Ting in the campus love drama "Fragrant Camphor Tree", in which she played the kind and stoic Tao Ni.
This play not only made Liu Lin known and liked by more audiences, but also allowed her to gain a lifelong best friend - Mei Ting.
Their friendship has continued from the beginning of "Camphor Tree" to the present, and they have accompanied each other at many important points in their lives.
In 2008, 34-year-old Liu Lin got married.
Her husband is also a photographer, but he is not an insider, and his income is far less than that of Liu Lingao, who is an actor.
But when I met the right person, everything was logical, even simplified.
The wedding ceremony between the two is very simple.
No grand weddings, no huge diamond rings, no big bride price,
It was the two families who sat together and had a meal.
After marriage, Liu Lin and her husband lived a peaceful and happy life.
The only regret is that Liu Lin has stopped two times in a row and has not had children.
In 2012, the play "Parental Love" found Liu Lin and Mei Ting at the same time.
After reading the script, Liu Lin was not very satisfied with the role of "Dehua".
According to Liu Lin's wishes, she wants to play the sister of "Anjie", who is cultured and has a good image.
And Dehua is too vulgar, three sentences do not leave the pee fart.
But Mei Ting thought that this was a rare good role and insisted on letting Liu Lin play next.
After many years, the two friends reunited and played their sister-in-law in the same play.
The chemistry between the two is excellent, perfectly interpreting a pair of "happy enemies", which makes the audience unforgettable.
With the popularity of "Parental Love" on Various David TV, Liu Lin ushered in the peak of her career.
At the same time, she also won the Golden Eagle Award for Most Popular Actress with her deeply rooted "Dehua".
What makes Liu Lin even happier is that she is pregnant and finally has her own baby.
Although she is nearly 40 years old, Liu Lin not only chose to give birth, but also insisted on not giving painless injections.
"I want to experience what it's like to be alive and dead," she says. ”
Later, he also joked with Mei Ting: "In the future, I know how to play the play of having a child." ”
After experiencing pain, Liu Lin gave birth to a son, named "Little Snail", because she felt that the child came too late.
The hard-won child made Liu Lin and his wife cherish it extraordinarily.
After resuming work, Liu Lin became busier and more successful.
In order to take care of her son, but also in order to let her wife Liu Lin work hard in her career without any worries,
Liu Lin's husband resolutely became a "housewife".
Liu Lin is very grateful for this, she said that her husband is a strong person,
Her husband didn't care what the outside world thought.
For being a full-time dad, my husband didn't complain at all.
The family has created a sense of security for Liu Lin, allowing her to work hard in her career without distraction.
Since 2016, Liu Lin's career has embarked on the "fast track".
That year, the 3rd "China TV Good Actor" selection set up a professional role award for the first time.
Liu Lin won the honorary title of "Good Actor of Chinese Television" and the Good Role Award for her simple and unobtrusive performance.
At that time, the media's evaluation of Liu Lin's award was "deserved".
Two years later, Liu Lin starred in the costume drama "Do You Know If It Should Be Green Fat Red Skinny", in which she played Wang Ruofu, the grand lady of the Sheng family.
With this play, the audience group that likes Liu Lin has suddenly expanded.
And she also went from the fire in the play to the outside of the play, becoming a popular meme.
Subsequently, Liu Lin gave wonderful performances in popular dramas such as "The Hidden Corner" and "The Age of Awakening".
He also showed amazing dubbing talent in the highly popular variety show "Sound Immersion".
And in the tournament she participated in, she uncontroversially won the championship of the year.
Thick and thin hair, at the age of forty, Liu Lin was really red.
There is a consensus in the entertainment industry that it is necessary to become famous early.
For actresses, red is naturally not as good as red early, after all, the face is easy to age, and the flowering period is short.
Liu Lin is naturally a bit of a special existence, and the media always likes to add a big and late evaluation when talking about her.
But in fact, where there is any big instrument late, but it is all bitter.
It is in the mediocre time that I have survived the accumulation of opportunities.
It is precisely with more than ten years of accumulation and precipitation that Liu Lin has the brilliance of forty years old.
In the absence of hurry, Liu Lin bloomed intensely, waiting for her own era.
And this flowering period after years of perseverance may also be more lasting and more evocative.