Born on June 21, 1986 in Paris, France, Jinyu is a foreign female singer, actress and host in China. Since coming to China, Jinyu has bravely entered the variety entertainment industry and has quite an "entertainment fan". This American-French mixed-race girl has shined in many variety shows. Another big factor that Jin Xiaoyu is loved by the audience is the "elf changeable" style and acting skills. She is proficient in Chinese society, culture and etiquette, and the audience has given her multiple labels of "gentle + strong + academic bully + shrewd", and even the familiar anti-string characters Chinese can be mastered.
In 2003, he enrolled at Columbia University and began studying Chinese. A former Contributor to The New York Times, he was noticed by Chinese readers for an article about Guo Jingming. In 2008, Jin Xiaoyu was introduced by a friend to become a student of cross-talk actor Ding Guangquan.
In 2009, he participated in CCTV's "Walk of Fame". In the same year, he was invited to participate in the recording of the special program of the Spring Festival Gala of CCTV's "Little Cui Says Things". On March 24, he served as the host of Hunan Satellite TV's "Zhi Yong Da Chong Guan" and the on-site psychological counselor of the "Happy Girl" competition. In the same year, he served as the host of the opening ceremony party of "Chinese Bridge - World College Students Chinese Competition".
On October 31, 2010, he participated in the recording of CCTV's "Chia Tai Variety" program. In the same year, he served as the editor of the Chinese-English Oxford Dictionary. On January 9, 2011, he served as the host of Hunan Satellite TV's "The More Tao, the Happier". On January 11 of the same year, he co-served with Wu Dawei as the host of the Global Spring Festival Gala of Beijing Satellite TV. On June 20, he participated in the Nanning Fashion Expo and sang songs with the back string.
From March to May 2012, he served as the host of the program "Little Fish Private Room Music" on Hunan Satellite TV International Channel. On July 13, he released his single "Qing Dynasty Party". On June 11, the song "Young or never" was released with the band Qi YiGuo. On August 15, he and Li Qi participated in the recording of Hubei Satellite TV's "The Same Celebrity in the World". On September 26 of the same year, he collaborated with Wang Zhengliang on the song "Xiangyang Image". On December 20, he co-starred with Jackie Chan, Kwon Sang-woo, Zhang Lanxin and others in the action comedy movie "Zodiac", in which he played Michelle.
On March 11, 2013, the single "Love Buy and Sell + Respect" was released, and in April, he was a guest of "Star Diving Cube" with stars such as Sha Baoliang and Medina. On April 22 of the same year, the love single "Perfect Mistake" was released.
On February 19, 2014, the EP album "Finally Single" was released. On April 12, he co-starred in the movie "The Elderly, Children and Foreigners" with Huang Jingchun and Cui Hongli. On June 19, the red song album "Chinese Dream" was released. In September of the same year, he starred in the micro-film "Sana in Kunming". On June 26, he participated in the program recording of Guangdong Satellite TV's "Hello China".
On February 12, 2015, Jinyu and Huo Zun participated in the first "United Nations Spring Festival Gala in China" at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. On June 13, Jin Xiaoyu won the Most Popular Actor Award at the 2015 Hainan Film Festival for his role in the movie "The Elderly, Children and Foreigners". On September 13, he served as a judge and guest performer of the national finals of CCTV's "2015 Star of Hope English Style Competition".
On April 28, 2016, Jinyu served as the red carpet host of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 6th Beijing International Film Festival. In the same year, he participated in the program recording of Guizhou Satellite TV's "I Am Waiting for You in Guizhou".
In December 2017, he served as the host of the "2017 FINA Annual Awards Ceremony". In 2018, he was also invited to host the Spring Festival Gala in Henan Province and the Spring Festival Gala in Guizhou Province. In March, he participated in the recording of the program of Southern Satellite TV's "Global Travelers Play Quzhou".