Meng'er Zhang | |||||||||
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| 张梦儿 | |||||||||
 Zhang in 2021 | |||||||||
| Born | Zhang Meng'er April 22, 1987 | ||||||||
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| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||
| Spouse | Yung Lee (m. 2021) | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 张梦儿 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張夢兒 | ||||||||
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Meng'er Zhang (Chinese :张梦儿; pinyin :Zhāng Mèng'er; born April 22, 1987) [1] is a Chinese actress best known for portraying Xu Xialing in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings .
Zhang is the daughter of an actor and a stage designer. She grew up heavily-devoted to theater arts in order to follow in her mother's footsteps. Prior to becoming a professional actress, she starred in stage and musical productions in Nanjing, where she was born and raised, and Shanghai. In 2009, she graduated from Nanjing University of the Arts with a bachelor's degree. [2] She attended the East 15 Acting School in Essex and the Russian Institute of Theater Arts in Moscow. [3]
In 2009, Zhang participated in China's Super Girl TV singing contest and was amongst the top 20 participants nationwide before withdrawing as her parents had arranged further schooling overseas for her. [4] [5] She later starred in numerous theatre productions. [6] In 2013, in a Chinese stage adaptation, titled Finding Destiny (寻找初恋), of the Korean musical, Finding Mr. Destiny , Zhang played the female lead Luo Yan. [7] [8] In 2017, she starred in the Chinese musical adaptation of The Street of Dawn (黎明之街) where she played Nakanishi Akiba (仲系 秋叶), [9] and in Oliver Twist where she played Dodger. [6] [10] In 2019, she was in In the Mood for Sorrow (马不停蹄的忧伤) where she was nominated for the Best leading Actress Award at 13th Daegu International Musical Festival. [11] [12]
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the ten Rings was her debut mainstream film role. Before being cast, she sent an audition-tape for an unknown role in an unknown film for women who could speak both Mandarin Chinese and English. After being cast for Shang-Chi, she received intense martial arts stunt training. [13] During production of Shang-Chi, she took advice from co-star Ben Kingsley on the distinction between stage- and camera-acting, [14] and director Destin Daniel Cretton also coached her in on-screen acting as she had little experience working with camera framing. [6] Her casting in the film was revealed at the Disney Investor Day 2020 in December of that year. [15] Zhang joined the cast of The Witcher for its third season as a human hunter named Milva. [16]
On May 10, 2021, Zhang married Yung Lee, an action designer on Shang-Chi, whom she met on the set of the film. The Shang-Chi cast and crew, including her costars Simu Liu and Awkwafina, hosted a surprise wedding reception for them at Disneyland. [17] [18] [19]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Xu Xialing | [15] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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| 2023 | The Witcher | Milva | Season 3; Recurring | [20] |
| 2024 | What If...? | Xu Xialing (voice) | Episode: "What If... 1872?" | [21] |
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes | Ref |
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| 2013 | Finding Destiny 《寻找初恋》 | Luo Yan 骆颜 | [7] | |
| 2014 | The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | [22] | ||
| 2016 | The Moon and Sixpence | [23] | ||
| 2017 | The Street of Dawn 《黎明之街》 | Nakanishi Akiba 仲系 秋叶 | [9] | |
| 2017 | Oliver Twist | Dodger | [6] [10] | |
| 2019 | In The Mood For Sorrow 《马不停蹄的忧伤》 | Lin Baosheng 林宝笙 | Nominated for Best Leading Actress Award at 13th Daegu International Musical Festival | [11] [12] |
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