Name: A Familiar Stranger
Genre: Romance, Costume & Period
Released: 2022-09-23
Rating: 9.4
Cast: Ke Ying, Song Zhao Yi, Wang Ze Xuan, Ryan Cheng

Ke Ying is a Chinese actress who was born in Changsha, Hunan Province, China, on January 26, 1998. She made her screen acting debut in the film “The Girl Setting Behind Me” in 2020 and moved into the world of dramas in 2021, when she appeared as one of the lead characters in the series “Hello Debate Opponent 2.” She has since gone on to star in the dramas “As We Wish” and “A Familiar Stranger” (both 2022).

Ke Ying

Song Zhao Yi, also known as Kay Song and formerly known as Zhao Xi, is a Chinese singer and actress who was born in Zibo, Shandong Province, China. She graduated from Southwest Jiaotong University. She appeared in the music-themed, audition-style TV shows “Produce 101 China” in 2018” and “Youth With You Season 2” (2020). In 2022, she transitioned into acting, and appeared in the drama series “A Familiar Stranger.”

Song Zhao Yi

Wang Ze Xuan is a Chinese actor who was born on March 25, 1994. He graduated from Zhejiang Media University and made his debut in the 2019 series “Hello Debate Opponent.” He also appeared in “Miss Truth” (2020) before reprising his 2019 role in the sequel drama series “Hello Debate Opponent Season 2” (2021).

Wang Ze Xuan

Ryan Cheng, also known as Cheng Lei, is a Chinese actor. He was born on December 18, 1994, in Guangdong, China, and made his acting debut in 2018. Since then, he has appeared in various films and television dramas, including “My Husky Boyfriend” (2021), “The Queen of Attack” (2021), and “The Queen of Attack 2” (2021).

Ryan Cheng

Shi Qi (Ke Ying) is a talented and good-natured artist who, during one of her painting assignments, learns of an affair between the chancellor’s cruel and exploitative daughter, Shen Qin (Kay Song), and the ruler of the realm, King Ning (Wang Ze Xuan). Shen Qin, however, is engaged to marry the powerful general Xiao Han Sheng (Ryan Cheng). But when Shi Qi accidentally witnesses deadly and nefarious goings-on at the court, she finds herself drawn into trouble. Shen Qin devises a way to enlist a magician to swap her face with that of Shi Qi – so that she and the painter can “switch” identities.

As such, Shi Qi ends up “engaged” to Xiao Han Sheng, while Shen Qin takes up the painter’s identity. But the “real” Shi Qi has already crossed paths with Xiao Han Sheng many years ago – even though he has no idea who she truly “is” now. King Ning, meanwhile, is still keen to continue his relationship with the woman he believes to be Shen Qin. As the two women begin to live each others’ lives, though, both King Ning and Xiao Han Sheng begin to suspect that the women they are with have undergone enormous personality changes. Could something be amiss, they ask themselves. Will the truth come out? And will Shi Qi and Shen Qin ever regain their “true” faces?

“A Familiar Stranger” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Zeng Qing Jie.

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