Chen Yao, or Sebrina, as she's also known, is a Chinese actress. She was born October 31, 1994 and made her acting debut in 2015 with the role of Yue Qi Luo in the popular 2015 fantasy adventure drama, “Wu Xin: The Monster Killer”. Since then, she has appeared in several other television dramas including the 2016 soccer romance, “Go! Goal! Fighting!”.

Chen Yao

As a hardened police detective, there wasn’t much that could phase Zhang Da (Richie Ren). But when his son Xiao Jie is kidnapped by a group of human traffickers. Zhang Da’s tough exterior crumbles in an instant.

Determined to save his son, Zhang Tu begins his investigation. But tracking down a group as elusive as this one soon proves to be next to impossible. After running into one dead end after another, Zhang Tu catches a much-needed break when fate brings Qin Maung Su (Chen Yao) into his life. Having been taken by human traffickers as a child, Maung Su has exactly the sort of insight Zhang Tu needs to find his son.

With Manung Su’s help, Zhang Tu relentlessly tracks the traffickers across thousands of miles. With Manung Su’s help, will Zhang Tu be able to take down an international human trafficking group and bring his son safely home?

An emotional thriller, “Fierce Cop” is a 2022 Chinese action film directed by Chan Tai Li.

Fierce Cop

The fierce team

Tencent

It is the sixth century CE and the Qi Kingdom, in what is now Eastern China, is a land at war.

The young teenage prince Pei Yan Zhi (Zhang Ling He), a prodigal young military talent, is sent to ward off a force of invaders. Although he makes a valiant effort, his army is ultimately ambushed and defeated in a decisive battle.

An opportunist foe at the imperial court takes advantage of the situation, forcing Pei Yan Zhi to step down as head of the army – and manages to get a young subservient candidate to take the throne.

Pei Yan Zhi feels he was betrayed. He vows to get to the bottom of the intrigue and goes undercover to investigate, pretending to be a commoner to help him work undetected. On his quest for the truth, he meets a remarkably smart and resourceful young female detective named Su Ci (Chen Yao).

Together, they form a close bond. They team up with two other quick-witted young sleuths and make a joint bid to discover the scale of the scheming that has undermined the Imperial Palace.

“Maiden Holmes” is a 2020 Chinese period drama that was directed by Li Xiao Jiang.

Maiden Holmes

Dear Watson Team

iQIYI

Sang Tian (Chen Yao) is an aspiring figure skater. On the day she turns 18, she vows to her family that she will be accepted to the same university that her mother once attended.

To get in, she must pass a test, which she – an exceptionally competent skater and student – expects to ace.

However, things do not go according to plan for Sang Tian and she fails the exam.

Undaunted, Sang Tian decides not to give up, and in desperation, she dresses as a male ice hockey player and joins in a trial match for the college team. She unexpectedly shines, and is selected as part of the men’s ice hockey program.

Things get even more complicated for her when she realizes that Wen Bing (Darren Chen), a young man she has crossed swords with in the past, is also part of the team. Worse still, she finds she must share a dormitory with him, and struggles to keep her true identity a secret.

On the ice, Sang Tian and Wen Bing prove to be the catalysts for their team’s newfound success, and the team finds itself in with a shot at the championship.

As the two students start to get to know one another, they develop a mutual respect for one another…but could that one day turn to love?

“My Unicorn Girl” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Wang Xiao Hui.

My Unicorn Girl

Love On Ice ⛸️💖

Dragon TV, ZJTV

Liu Zi Guang (William Chan) returns to his hometown after an accident that has left him with no memory of the past eight years. While he’s been away, his father had been attacked and is now in hospital. Liu Zi Guang wants to get to the bottom of what happened, and while he conducts his own inquiries, he meets the woman charged with leading the police investigation, Hu Rong (Sandra Ma). At first, the two clash – but things get complicated when they start developing feelings for each other and then come up against a fearsome crime boss.

"Age of Legends" is a 2018 Viki Original Chinese drama directed by Liu Xin. It is based on a hit novel by author Xiao Qi Xiao.

Age of Legends

The Legendary Team

Li Wan

Dragon TV

What can lure a retired coach back into the game? Mu Qi (Hu Ge) is a retired soccer coach who is having financial problems because of his past gambling habit. When he is asked to come back to the sport and coach the Yan Cui Ying High School’s losing soccer team, it doesn’t take too much arm-twisting to take the job. There, Mu Qi meets the passionate Pei Duo (Maggie Jiang), a math teacher who has been coaching the soccer team but sorely needs help whipping the group of misfits into shape. When Mu Qi and Pei Duo can’t agree on their philosophy for coaching the team, is there any hope of turning the losing team around and making it to the annual championships? “Go! Goal! Fighting!” is a 2016 Chinese drama series directed by Li Guo Li.

Go! Goal! Fighting!

The Goalkeepers

Tang Qiqi

Hunan TV

Long coveted for its ability to grant wondrous powers to whoever eats it, the Mei fruit of Qing Qiu has been under the protection of the fox clan for generations. But when the precious fruit is stolen, the sole witness, Fei Yue (Jiang Kai Tong), and her family members are thrust into a series of adventures, in a desperate attempt to bring the fruit back to its rightful home.

As members of the fox clan journey forth to find the missing fruit, the obstacles before them are great. Often entangled in the affairs of humans, the cunning foxes must do all they can to survive; but the humans are the least of their worries. Pitting their wits against powerful families, wolf demons, and a goddess, the fox clan will do whatever it takes to bring the precious Mei fruit home for good.

But will the efforts of a single clan be enough when it seems both Heaven and Earth are against them?

A collection of tales based on Pu Songling’s “Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio”, “Legend of Nine Tails Fox” is a 2016 action, adventure, fantasy drama directed by Liu Yufen, Gao Linbao, and Xu Huikang.

Legend of Nine Tails Fox

Legend Fox Nine

Sohu TV

An immortal soul, with the ability to communicate with spirits that roam the earth, yet doomed to spend eternity in deepest poverty, Wu Xin (Elvis Han) wanders the world hungry, penniless, and alone. Desperate to escape this miserable life, he heads to the mountains in search of a place to rest. Falling asleep at some point during the Qing dynasty, Wu Xin wakes to find the world around him changed dramatically, in more ways than one.

Making her way to the mountains in a desperate attempt to escape an arranged marriage with the most unpleasant man, Li Yue Ya (Jin Chen) stumbles across sleeping Wu Xin. After Yue Ya falls asleep next to Wu Xin, the immortal wakes to find himself lying next to a beautiful woman, nearly fifty years in the future. Taking pity on this lost soul, Yue Ya offers Wu Xin her food, which he accepts gladly. 

In exchange for her kindness, Wu Xin takes Yue Ya under his wing. Under the guise of a monk and his sister, the pair sets out into the world, to make their fortune as monster hunters. Taking jobs as they come, the unlikely duo fights some of the world’s most vile creatures, finding adventure, fortune, and love along the way.

Based on Ni Luo’s novel of the same name, “Wu Xin: The Monster Killer” is an action-packed 2015 fantasy drama directed by Lin Yufen and Gao Linbao.

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