Just yesterday, the much-anticipated 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards came to an end, and the most eye-catching one was not Tony Leung, who won the best actor again, but Yu Xiangning, the "little man" who won the actress with "Under the White Sun".
Few people who pay attention to the Hong Kong entertainment industry may be very unfamiliar with Yu Xiangning, but she is not an "unknown person", she has been nominated for the Academy Awards 3 times before this, although she is not famous, but her acting skills are greatly recognized.
Yu Xiangning was not born in an acting class, at first she was a "nine-headed body" model with a proud height of 175cm and a beautiful appearance, and later transformed into an actor, and also experienced a car accident and disfigurement.
Let's take a look at how this "little man" became the queen of the Golden Statue.
Yu Xiangning, born on July 5, 1993 in an ordinary family in Hong Kong, China, thanks to the good genes of her parents, Yu Xiangning and her sister are both tall and beautiful, and they were both engaged in modeling before they set foot in the entertainment industry.
After gaining a firm foothold in the modeling circle, she also relied on her "nine-headed body" advantage, and was fortunate to be signed by Louis Koo to sign her into the company, and while shooting commercials, she also began to transform into an actor.
In 2014, Yu Xiangning starred in the TV series "There is Always a Bright Future" and made her official debut, and met and fell in love with Chen Jiale of Emperor Entertainment during the filming, but this did not affect her development.
Next, she participated in works such as "Always Have a Chance to Come Out II" and "The Way of the Prison Police 2015", at the same time, she was well aware of her acting skills, and improved her acting skills through in-depth observation of life and comparison with other people's films.
In 2016, she finally got her first starring role - "Lingling" in "Bone Girl", and won the Best New Actor Award at the 1st Macao International Film Festival for this film.
When everything was going in a good direction, life hit her hard, and in 2017, on the way to pick her up from work by her boyfriend, she had a serious car accident, and although her life was not in danger, her face was damaged and her nasal bone burst and she was disfigured.
Fortunately, under the careful care of her boyfriend, she recovered intact, and this relationship also came to an end for various reasons.
In 2018, she was shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress at the 38th Academy Awards for "Uncle Against the Current" and "Extraordinary".
While her career is thriving, she has not forgotten to continue to improve herself, and returned to school in 2019 to study social psychology to obtain a university degree.
In the following years, she starred in excellent works such as "Flying Tiger: Thunder Battle", "Band of Seven", "Real Estate Boy", "Tianmu Crisis" and other excellent works, although her own fame has not improved much, but her acting skills are becoming more and more exquisite.
In 2020, she also ushered in a bumper harvest of her love, marrying her wealthy boyfriend Fengzi, who was 13 years older than herself.
In 2023, she will be nominated for Best Supporting Actress again at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards for "The Journey of the Mountains" Yu Xiangning.
In 2024, she won the Best Actress Award at the 30th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards and the Best Actress Award at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards for her superb acting skills in "Under the Daylight".
At present, she still has three unreleased films, "Undercover Retirement Life", "Under the White Sun", and "Heaven and Earth Split", as a new actress in Hong Kong, Yu Xiangning has an unlimited future.
After winning the award, she couldn't hide her excitement, tears in her eyes, thanked many people, she has a good saying: "No matter what stage you are in, you can chase your dreams".
She is a dreamer, she has proved with her own efforts that as long as you don't give up, everything is possible, and her words are also sent to all those who are still working hard - come on!