Popular Chinese actress and model Zheng Shuang gained notoriety for her role as Bei Weiwei in the 2016 hit television drama series Love O2O in China. The Chinese drama “Meteor Shower,” in which Zheng Shuang portrayed the character “Chu Yuxun,” debuted in 2009. She is the youngest actress to be nominated for a China TV Golden Eagle Award in the Best Actress category.
Bio, Education and Family
On August 22, 1991, Zheng Shuang was born in Shenyang, the most populous city in China’s Liaoning Province. The smallest, most populous, and southernmost province in the region is Liaoning, a coastal province in northeastern China. Shenyang, her hometown, is where she was raised and completed her elementary schooling. Zheng Shuang came into the entertainment industry after receiving her degree since she had always desired to work in the industry since she was a little child. Beijing Film Academy awarded Zheng Shuang a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2011, with a performing arts concentration.
Relationship
While filming a reality show in May of 2018, Zheng Shuang got to know producer Zhang Heng. The couple launched a business together and acknowledged dating in August 2018. In the US, the couple exchanged vows on January 19, 2019. But in December 2019, they made their breakup public. Zhang disclosed on January 18, 2021, that he had been left behind in the United States for more than a year in order to care for two children. On December 19, 2019, and January 4, 2020, respectively, US-based surrogate mothers gave birth to the two children. Since then, Zhang and Zheng have both acknowledged that they were the children’s parents. Zhang claimed that Zheng had broken up with the woman and left the two kids behind, refusing to sign the legal documents that would have allowed the kids to visit China. Zheng refuted the accusations, claiming instead that Zhang had left for China in September 2019 to cheat on her. According to reports, Zheng owes the fertility clinic US$68,000 for the successful surrogacy. Zheng’s request to end the pregnancies at the seventh month, which was turned down, was allegedly confirmed by the clinic as well. The clinic also claimed that rather than wishing to return the kids to China, she intended to pay them on a monthly basis to raise them in America.
Additionally, she and her family asserted that she had been preparing to fight for custody since 2019 and had not abandoned the kids. Zheng’s father disclosed in a video recorded on January 23, 2021, that the online conversation originated from a recent breakup between Zheng and Zhang; rather than not wanting the children, the family was simply trying to find a way to take Zhang out of Zheng’s life. Zheng’s father also said that Zheng’s work-related health issues led to the couple’s decision to use surrogacy to have children, and he expressed regret for “not advising Zheng’s decision-making process correctly.” Zhang was granted full custody of the two children by the American court in May 2021 because the youngsters acknowledged Zhang as their only parent. Simultaneously, the court directed Zheng to receive treatment for six months in order to stabilise her mental health, and Zheng was required to interact with the children three times a week in order to foster a sense of familial connection. Zhang claimed in January 2023 that Zheng had hurt the kids, and that month, both would appear in family court to discuss custody disputes.
Career
Zheng Shuang debuted in Hunan TV’s 2009 adaptation of the popular Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden, titled Meteor Shower. Zheng became instantly famous after the drama became a huge sensation in China. In addition, she dropped the single “Love Waltz” for the OST. Zheng became the youngest actress to receive a nomination when she was announced as the 25th China TV Golden Eagle Award’s Best Actress nominee. After that, Zheng returned to the show for its second season, which aired in 2010.
Zheng received the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild Award for Best New Actress in 2011 for her role in Gordon Chan’s fantasy film Mural. She starred in the historical romance drama War of Desire and the action comedy picture No Limit that same year. Zheng played Princess Taiping and Princess Andingsi in the historical drama Secret History of Princess Taiping in 2012. She starred in the follow-up to the 2011 critically acclaimed drama, The Queen of SOP 2, a fashion romantic drama, in 2013.
Zheng played a fox spirit in the popular fantasy action drama Swords of Legends, which debuted in 2014. Zheng received fresh notoriety as a result of the drama’s popularity, and at the 13th Huading Awards, she took home the Audience’s Favourite Actress title. Zheng made her stage debut in Tong Hua’s first-period drama, The Cage of Love, in 2015. At the 19th Huading Awards, she was named Best Actress in the Revolutionary-Era drama category for her performance. In the same year, she joined the travel-reality show Divas Hit the Road and starred alongside Jing Boran in Love Weaves Through a Millennium, a version of the South Korean time-travel romance drama Queen In-hyun’s Man.
Zheng took home the Popular Actress award at the 1st China Television Drama Quality Ceremony thanks to her widespread media attention and commercial success. Zheng had the lead role in the historical melodrama Chronicle of Life (2016), which was adapted from Fei Wo Si Cun’s book Lonely Courtyard in Late Spring. Later, she played Ding Yuehua in the historical mystery drama The Three Heroes and Five Gallants, which was adapted from the same-titled classic novel by Charles Dickens in the 19th century. Based on Gu Man’s book of the same name, Zheng and Yang Yang co-starred in the romantic comedy-drama Love O2O that same year. The drama was a huge hit both at home and abroad, which helped Zheng gain more notoriety.
Rush to the Dead Summer, a teenage melodrama based on Guo Jingming’s book of the same name, featured Zheng and Chen Xuedong in 2017. The movie received accolades for both its exquisite cinematography and its accurate depiction of youth and college life. Additionally, she co-starred in Wu Kong, her first fantasy-adventure movie in six years. Zheng and Luo Jin costarred in the romantic drama My Story for You in 2018. She took part in writing the script for the science fiction romantic drama “Hi, I’m Saori” that same year. Zheng was featured in Forbes China’s 30 Under 30 Asia 2017 list, which featured 30 significant individuals under 30 who had made a significant impact.
Zheng appeared in Zhao Baogang’s female-focused youth drama Youth Fight in 2019. In the same year, she co-starred with Ma Tianyu in the romantic melodrama River Flows To You, which was adapted from Guo Jingming’s book Cry Me A Sad River. Zheng was slated to play a dual role as a Japanese spy and an undercover agent in the spy drama Secret Keepers. The release of Secret Keepers was scheduled on September 5, 2020; however, on September 2, 2020, it was abruptly suspended and postponed indefinitely. The postponement resulted from Zhao Lixin, a co-actor, being placed on a general blacklist by state regulators, forcing the production team to remove Zhao from the drama.
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