In the vanity fair of the entertainment industry, most people are scrambling to squeeze forward, but there is a girl, she retreated into the peach blossom of life.
From her debut to the present, she seems to be doing only two things: focusing on filming and concentrating on life. She is the actress - Sun Li.
In recent years, various variety shows and reality shows have sprung up like mushrooms. More and more stars, actors, and even old drama bones frequently appear in variety shows and reality shows with large exposure rates, fast and easy money.
However, Sun Li said: "Actors should cherish their exposure and cannot act casually." Because artistic life, it is limited, energy is limited, to learn to shape the character. ”
People around her are drilling into the impetuous entertainment circle, but as a popular female star, she insists on only making one drama a year, and when there is no new drama, she can hardly see her figure, let alone on variety shows and reality shows.
Therefore, some netizens often ridicule her whether she has "withdrawn from the circle". She is an "outlier" in the entertainment industry, not to argue, but to live the best appearance of female stars.
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Sun Li was born on September 26, 1982, to an ordinary working-class family in Shanghai.
At that time, her name was not Sun Li.
Her mother, Teresa Teng, works as a sales clerk in a shopping mall, and her father, Sun Hongyu, is a watch repairman.
In Shanghai, where land is scarce, the meager wages of the husband and wife can only solve the problem of food and clothing, and the family of three is crammed into a narrow and broken small house.
As the saying goes: poor couples Pepsi lament. The birth of a daughter did not bring joy to the little family, but rather accelerated its destruction.
Sun Li's childhood was spent amid endless quarrels between her parents. Every time her parents quarreled, she would secretly hide behind the door and cry.
When she was young, she was very envious of other children who could go out shopping and play with their parents and three people. Because this happiness and joy will never appear in their homes.
Fortunately, her mother, Deng Lifang, did not neglect the care and affection for her daughter because of her poor married life.
When Sun Li was very young, her mother discovered that her daughter especially liked to dance.
Although the family burden is very large, the mother feels that no one can suffer the child, and she decides to send her daughter to the Shanghai Children's Palace to learn dance.
At the age of five, Sun Li stood on the stage of the Children's Palace for the first time. Because of nervousness, she only got second place. However, her excellent performance and strong dance talent also left a deep impression on the teacher.
As a result, she became the focus of the cultivation of the teachers of the Children's Palace. In 1993, 11-year-old Sun Li followed the Shanghai Oriental Friends Art Troupe to perform in the United States, Britain, Japan and other countries.
At that time, Sun Li thought that as long as she danced well, was good enough, and won glory for her parents, she could ease the relationship between her parents.
However, before she knew it, her parents had already gone from quarreling over trivial matters to lifting the table and smashing the bench.
Even the best marital relationship can withstand endless quarrels, let alone their crumbling home. In 1995, when Sun Li was 13 years old, her parents divorced due to their broken relationship.
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After the divorce, the house was awarded to the father Sun Hongyu, the daughter Sun Li was raised by the mother Deng Lifang, and the father paid a maintenance fee of 2,000 yuan.
On the day the divorce verdict came down, mother Deng Lifang hugged her daughter Sun Li and cried loudly, and her mouth was chanting: Li Li, only sentenced to 2,000 yuan, how will this future life be?
Sun Li only heard 2,000 pieces, and he was dumbfounded in an instant. However, in front of her grief-stricken mother, she behaved exceptionally strong and calm.
She said: "Mom don't cry, I will obey in the future, I will help you work, everything will be fine." I won't get married in the future, the two of us will live. When I grow up, I'll make a lot of money to support you. ”
The broken marriage of the parents caused great harm to the young grandchildren. She didn't believe in love for a while and never wanted to get married.
It was better to insist in front of her mother, but at that time, her grandson was still a child.
After she and her mother moved out of the house, they rented a small house of ten square meters outside. In the most difficult time, the mother and daughter could not eat even a piece of meat.
Seeing her daughter's love of dancing, her mother was reluctant to let her daughter give up her dreams, and her mother worked as a salesman during the day and went to her friend's company to help clean up after work at night.
This decision also laid the groundwork for Sun Li to enter the entertainment industry in the future.
Precocious and sensible Sun Li looked at her mother's hardships and hardships. Watching her mother suffer, she also hated her father for a while.
She wrote in her autobiography: "He must have forgotten me and my mother, right? He must be living a happy and happy life with his new wife, right? ”
At this end, Sun Li's mother and Sun Li were still living an extremely difficult life. On the other hand, Sun Li's father had already remarried to form a new family and gave birth to a daughter named Sun Yan.
At night, when her mother had not yet returned home from work, Sun Li would often hide in the quilt alone and cry, and secretly swore in her heart: "I must have a career when I grow up, and I must let my mother live a good life." ”
At the same time, she often fantasizes about a picture:
"I have money and drive a sports car on the streets of Shanghai. The red light came on, and I stopped to look around and saw my dad standing on the side of the road abandoning me and my mom, who was also watching me. ”
"Then the green light came on, and I drove out in the sports car, and My dad watched me affectionately and sadly in the back."
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Relying on continuous self-motivation, Sun Li's dance after graduating from junior high school is getting better and better.
In 1997, at the age of 15, Sun Li was successfully selected for the Shanghai Garrison District Soldiers Amateur Theatrical Performance Team and began her three-year career as a literary and artistic soldier.
After entering the literary troupe, she no longer has to pay tuition fees and subsidies. The burden on her mother's body had finally become a little lighter.
Her hard days with her mother are about to be reversed because of her efforts.
After being admitted to the Literary and Labor Corps, she did not slacken off, but worked harder. She received numerous honors and awards for her representation of the troops.
In 1998, at the age of 16, she participated in the All-Army Literary and Art Performance, won the first prize in dance performance, and was awarded the third class merit.
In 1999, at the age of 17, she participated in the national double-support party, was received by the country's leaders, and was named an "excellent soldier" in the same year.
In 2000, at the age of 18, she participated in the National Stars Award Dance Competition and won the gold medal, won the second class merit, and retired at the end of the same year.
But such an excellent Sun Li, she was actually assigned to the restaurant as a waiter. This huge contrast made her very sad.
But she believes that as long as she is good enough, there will be a "day to emerge". So, she went to school again, and she went to Shanghai Yindu Art School, which was once known as the "modeling factory", for further study.
In addition to Sun Li, the stars who walked out of this school also included Hu Yanbin, Yan Yikuan, Chen Long, Zheng Guolin, Dai Jiaoqian and others.
In order to get ahead, Sun Li did her best to seize any opportunity she could.
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In 2001, Hairun Company, founded by veteran Haiyan, selected actresses nationwide. Unfortunately, Sun Li participated but unfortunately failed. After the failure, she did not collapse.
Hearing that Singapore was hosting the "Talented Rookie" competition, she immediately went to Singapore to compete and won the runner-up and most acting potential award for her outstanding performance.
At that time, Andy Lau was one of the judges of the competition, and he admired Sun Li very much.
He said: "If I want to make a movie, I will look for Sun Li. Although he won two awards in one go, Sun Li was not signed by any brokerage company in Singapore.
After graduating from Yindu Art School, Sun Li decided to leave Shanghai and go to Beijing with more opportunities to pursue her dreams. When she left Shanghai, her mother took her 2,000 yuan and told her to come back immediately if she didn't have a good chance.
Looking at her growing mother, Sun Li secretly swore in her heart: "I will never go back to Shanghai without mixing up." ”
In order to save money, Sun Li tightened his pants and belt, rented a dark and damp basement in Beijing, and ate steamed buns and pickles. Because of the delay in finding a job, only the expenditure and no income, the 2,000 yuan was quickly used up, and Sun Li could not even afford the rent.
At that time, the landlord said to her: "Give you three more days, if you can't pay the rent again, give me someone to leave immediately." ”
Just when she was at her most difficult, she suddenly received an anonymous remittance of 8,000 yuan. Sun Li called and asked her mother if she had remitted the money, but her mother said that she had not remitted money.
It turned out that this money belonged to Sun Li's father, Sun Hongyuhui. He knew that his daughter Sun Li was not having an easy time in Beijing, and quietly remitted all the money he had to his daughter.
Worried that his daughter Sun Li would not want to use his money, he also deliberately withheld his name and address.
Although I don't know who sent the money, it did help her solve her urgent needs, and she paid the rent.
Later, with the help of her friends, she served as one of the accompaniment dances of the heroine Zhao Wei in the fire-filled Qiong Yao drama "Love Deeply Rainy".
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Frustrated repeatedly, she finally waited for God's mercy. She was fortunate to be favored by Haiyan to sign a contract with Hairun Company and became the first artist of Hairun Company.
In 2003, the 21-year-old Sun Li starred in the TV series "Jade Guanyin" with the well-known actors He Rundong and Tong Dawei. This TV series also marks her official entry into the show business circle.
Although she is acting for the first time, she played the role of the anti-drug policewoman Anxin to the fullest.
With this role, Sun Li won the Most Popular Actress Award at the 22nd China Television Golden Eagle Awards, the Most Popular TV Drama Actress Award, the CCTV Tv Drama Top Ten Actors and the 14th Beijing TV Chunyan Awards in 2004.
These awards are the dreams of many actresses throughout their lives, but Sun Li, who is acting for the first time, has won them, which shows her high acting talent.
Sun Li, who became popular overnight, has a steady stream of scripts sent to her door for her to choose.
In 2005, she and actor Deng Chao starred in the military drama "Happiness Like a Flower". That year, she was 23 years old and Deng Chao was 26 years old.
At that time, Deng Chao was young and handsome and funny and humorous, and Sun Li was pure and beautiful but quiet and talked little. Two people whose personalities are in two "extremes" and who seem to have no possibility of development at all have already moved their hearts for each other.
Deng Chao asked Sun Li to dinner many times, but Sun Li refused without hesitation each time. At first, Deng Chao thought he was wishful thinking.
But the reason why Sun Li at that time would reject Deng Chao again and again was because of his childhood shadow.
She didn't believe in love, she didn't believe anyone could really love her, she was afraid of marriage.
After learning about Sun Li's family situation, Deng Chao did not retreat from the difficulties but instead rose to the occasion.
Deng Chao's mother said: "Although the unhappy marriage is terrible, the happiness of the marriage depends on the two of you. ”
It turned out that Deng Chao's parents belonged to a "reorganized family", and the two people had their own children before marriage, and only gave birth to Deng Chao after marriage.
And after the two got married, they also lived very happily with their respective children.
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Gradually, Sun Li's hard and closed heart opened to Deng Chao.
With the mentality of "maybe she can get happiness herself, it is better to try it", she decided to give herself a chance, and also gave Deng Chao a chance.
In 2006, some media filmed the two playing in Sanya, and the two also took the opportunity to disclose their love relationship.
After falling in love, Sun Li did not slacken off, she was like a machine that would not get tired, constantly taking over the drama, because she wanted to let her mother live a good life.
From 2006 to 2007, she starred in many film and television works such as "Tianhe Bureau", "Emerald on the Roof", "New On the Beach", "Love of the First Life", "Sweet Honey", "Huo Yuanjia", "Jinshan" and so on.
After getting paid, Sun Li bought a duplex house for her mother in Jing'an District and held a grand birthday party for her mother. She finally let her mother live a good life and live in a big spacious house.
However, at this time, Sun Li, who had a good harvest of love, career and money, was not happy.
Because during the filming of "New On the Beach" in 2007, she saw her biological father, Sun Hongyu, setting up a street stall in Shanghai.
She had fantasized about countless scenes of reunion with her father, and she would ask her cruel father why he had abandoned their mother and daughter.
She had thought that she would be very happy to see such a disgraced father. However, when she saw her father's aging face and full of white hair, her heart was only painful, not the slightest pleasure.
Sun Li took a picture with her father in childhood
Later, she learned from relatives that her stepmother was seriously ill. She told her mother about it and said, "God is punishing him." ”
But after Sun Li's mother heard it, she persuaded Sun Li to say, "Although your father's approach was not quite right, he was also your biological father." ”
Seeing her mother who had suffered so much to raise her, Sun Li asked, "Mom, don't you hate him?" ”
Sun Li's mother thought about it, shook her head, and said, "Daughter, you can find a million reasons to hate him, but one thing you have to thank him for is that he brought you into this world." ”
"Without him, there would be no you. With that alone, you should be grateful to him and repay him. ”
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Not long after, Sun Li's grandfather fell ill. Sun Li and her boyfriend Deng Chao went to visit her grandfather together, and his grandfather told her that when she was in the most difficult time, the 8,000 yuan she received was sent to him by her father.
Coupled with the enlightenment of her boyfriend Deng Chao, Sun Li gradually realized: "It turns out that her feelings for her father are not resentment, but the grievances and regrets of the lack of father's love in childhood." ”
So she chose to take the first step toward reconciliation. She sent money to her father to take his stepmother to the doctor.
At the same time, she also bought a house of more than 100 square meters for her father and stepmother's family in Shanghai, and often visited them to accompany her sister to play.
Sun Li and Deng Chao accompanied their sister Sun Yan on their birthday
In their frequent comings and goings, some reporters have set their sights on Sun Li's original family to interview Sun Li's father: Is there anything he can share about his daughter's transformation from a child who grew up in an ordinary family to a household name?
Her father replied very seriously: "I have not fulfilled my responsibility as a father to my daughter Sun Li, and her current achievements all depend on her own efforts and her mother's efforts." I'm relieved to see that she's fine now. ”
After seeing this interview with her father, Sun Li lost her voice and cried bitterly.
Although this apology came too late to make up for the father's love she had missed for many years, it gradually made her feel relieved.
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On June 7, 2011, Sun Li, who completely let go of the burden in his heart, and Deng Chao, the boyfriend who had been in love for 6 years, finally achieved positive results.
The two held a grand wedding in Shanghai, and Sun Li smiled at the wedding scene and said: "I am standing here today, in fact, I am already two people, I hope you can treat us well." ”
In the early morning of November 12, 2011, Sun Li gave birth to a son in Shanghai, named Deng Hanzhi, nicknamed Deng Hanzhi, nickname and so on.
In the same year, the TV series "The Biography of Zhen Huan" starring her also pushed her to the peak of her career, and won the praise of countless audiences and the affirmation of many directors in the industry.
Zheng Xiaolong, the director of "The Biography of Zhen Huan", praised Sun Li, saying: "Sun Li's success is inseparable from her diligence, persistence and hard work. Because she is really a person who is particularly hardworking, particularly hardworking, and particularly hardworking. ”
Director Zheng Xiaolong said: "I have never seen Sun Li eat a complete meal. She often ate halfway through or ate only a little, and said the director I had to go first. ”
Director Zheng Xiaolong asked Sun Li: "Why are you going?" ”
Sun Li replied, "I'm going to go back and memorize my lines first." ”
There is often a large passage of crepe words in Zhen Huan's biography, which is particularly difficult to remember. In order to write down these lines, Sun Li spent four months.
With the role of Zhen Huan, Sun Li also won the Magnolia Award at the 18th Shanghai TV Festival, the 3rd Macao International Television Festival, and the Best Actress Award at the 2012 Chinese Drama Festival.
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Just when everyone thought that Sun Li would seize this opportunity and let her career reach a higher peak, she chose to "slow down" and greatly reduce the workload.
She said that she likes acting, but not to become a person who "turns clouds and rain" in the entertainment industry like Zhen Huan.
She said: "Life is my ultimate goal, work is not." Because life is a lifelong thing, work is only temporary. ”
In 2012, Sun Li made a cameo appearance in the web drama "Di Si Men Season 1".
In 2013, she played Xia Bing, a modern hot mom who dared to take on family responsibilities, in the urban drama "The Legend of Hot Mom".
On May 3, 2014, Sun Li gave birth to a young daughter on the social platform Annunciation, named Deng Hanyi, nicknamed Xiaohua.
After returning to the family, Sun Li still has not forgotten her identity as an actor.
Sun Li, Deng Chao and so on and Xiao Hua
In 2015, Sun Li starred in the costume drama "The Legend of Mi Yue" and repeatedly broke the ratings record, and the national rating of a single episode broke 3.87%.
With the role of Mi Yue, Sun Li won the Best Actress Award at the 22nd Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award.
In order to better interpret the role of Mi Yue, after she took over the role, before she got the complete script, she went to the professor of the history department of Fudan University to ask for advice on pre-Qin history.
In 2017, sun li and Chen Xiao starred in the costume drama "That Year the Flowers Bloomed and the Moon Was Round", which became a film and television masterpiece with high ratings and word-of-mouth.
With this TV series, Sun Li also won the Outstanding Actress Award at the 31st China TV Drama Feitian Awards.
In 2020, Sun Li played the role of a real estate agent who was used as a cash cow by his mother in the urban drama "An Jia".
The drama "An Jia" also became the first TV series in the five David TV ratings in 2020 with a super high rating of 3.534%.
In 2021, Sun Li played the heroine Su Xiao in the urban drama "Ideal City", who is desperately drilling camps, but she is single-mindedly building her own "ideal city" heroine Su Xiao.
With this one after another high-quality film and television works, Sun Li has also become a veritable "queen of ratings".
However, behind her success now, she has made unremitting efforts for more than twenty years.
In order to get ahead, she almost did not dare to rest for more than a day in the first ten years of her first ten years.
"It's much more tiring than dancing as a child, it's more tiring than farming in the army, herding pigs, digging gutters," she said. ”
In order to be worthy of each of her roles, she will spend a lot of time and discussions with the screenwriter before filming, eat the script and characters thoroughly, and memorize all the lines two weeks before filming.
The scripts she'd read were always plastered with sticky notes full of notes.
She is very popular now, but she has never wanted to consume her exposure and stop her efforts.
When there is no new drama promotion, she does not go on variety shows and does not go to reality shows, and the whole person seems to have "disappeared".
And she disappeared, but quietly went to learn calligraphy lessons, etiquette lessons, floral lessons, musical instrument lessons...
Growing up in a bitter jar, she knows that she can only gain the respect of others if she works hard enough.
If you are afraid of suffering, it may be bitter for a lifetime, and those who are not afraid of suffering will only suffer for a while.
Because of the bitterness, there will be a day when you will survive.