Wan Peng (Chinese: 万鹏; born 20 August 1996) is a Chinese actress under Easy Entertainment. She made her debut with the drama When We Were Young (2018), and gained significant fame for her performances in My Girlfriend is an Alien S1&S2 , First Romance, Crush, Meeting You, and Sword and Fairy 6.
Early life
Wan Peng Graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy. Although she studied classical dance in college, she has always been interested in acting.[2] Wan Peng, who did major in acting, received one year of acting training at Easy Plus Entertainment, where she learned various professional skills and later made her official debut.[citation needed]
Career
On November 22, 2018, Wan Peng made her debut in the coming-of-age youth drama When We Were Young opposite Hou Ming Hao, for which she received positive reviews and became known for her role. [3][4] She received the Best Newcomer award at the 4th China News Entertainment Awards 2018 and the Outstanding Actress award at the 7th China Internet Radio and Video Convention.[5][6]
On April 18, 2019, Wan Peng had Guest Appearance in the period detective drama "Detective L" On March 17, she participated in a Variety show "Me And My Agent" as guest appearance, and on August 19, she starred as female lead in the hit romantic comedy My Girlfriend is an Alien opposite Xu Zhi Xian (Bie Thssapak Hsu), by the end of the show, the drama had been viewed over 1 billion times on Tencent Video, her international popularity increased after this drama and for this drama she attend Fan Meeting in Jakarta (Indonesia) with her co-star Xu Zhi Xian (Bie Thssapak Hsu), [7][8] and she was awarded Most Promising Television Actor at the 2019 Tencent Video All Star Awards.[9] On November 25, she played supporting role in medical rescue drama "Rush Into Danger".[10]
On September 14, 2020, Wan Peng starred in the campus youth romance dramas "First Romance" opposite Riley Wang, which was broadcast on Youku, and on October 13, she starred in another youth romance drama "Meeting You" opposite Guo Yun Chen. which was broadcast on Mango TV. The number of views of the drama has remained high since its release, exceeding 100 Million in just two days and exceeding 200 million in five days. [11][12]
On April 11, 2021, she starred as the female lead in the historical drama "Love Like White Jade" opposite Zhang Yao, which was broadcast on Mango TV.[13] On May 4, she starred in unit drama "Faith Makes Great : Stargazing", which was broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV, and on May 15, she participated in Variety show " The Great Arts" for promoting her drama "Love Like White Jade" which was broadcast on Mango TV with her co-star Zhang Yao,[14] and on August 3, she starred in romance drama "Crush" opposite Lin Yan Jun, which was broadcast on IQIYI, after broadcasting this Drama received positive response from netizens and became one of the successful Drama of her, this drama was always trending on IQIYI and always get TOP1 position on trending list. she also sung the title song of this Drama "Meeting You" along with Lin Yan Jun.[15]
On April 11, 2022, she starred as the female lead in the Urban Drama "A Year Without A Job" co-starring with Nicky Li and Zhai Zi Lu, which was broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV and Mango TV simultaneously, The drama won the first place in the five provincial satellite TV networks upon its premiere, topped the Weibo drama hot list and 4th position on Douban real-time hot TV list, and received more than 75 hot searches on the entire network, She also sung OST of this drama "Trouble of Modern People'' with the cast.[16] and On September16, she starred in well received Fantasy Drama My Girlfriend is an Alien 2 opposite Xu Zhi Xian (Bie Thssapak Hsu), upon broadcasting this drama continue trending on We TV and received lots views on Youtube and became the most viewed drama of 2022 on We TV Youtube channel. Also in the same year on October 10, she starred in Unit Drama "Our Times: Night Banquet of Tang Palace", where netizens delighted to see her Chinese classical dance skills.
On July 9, 2023, she starred as the supporting role in the Crime Suspense Drama "The Lost 11th Floor" playing the role of a serial killer, she gets positive response from netizens for this role and the drama gets mixed review from netizens for its storyline. On November 17, she participated as contestant in a Martial arts based Variety Show "Duel Of Kung Fu", which was broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV and Mango TV simultaneously, upon airing the variety show, she gets a lot of attraction from netizens for her fighting skills and dancing skills. also same year in December, On December 31, she participated in a Beauty Variety Show "Wo Shi Da Mei Ren( I am a Big Beauty)" as a Guest.
On January 18, 2024, she starred as one of main lead in a game based historical drama "Sword And Fairy(Chinese Paladin 6)" which is based on Sixth season of the game The Legend of Sword and Fairy, which was broadcast on Tencent Video and Zhejiang Satellite TV simultaneously, where she portrayed the role of "Luo Zhao Yan" one of the most favorite character of this game, for this role she gets positive response from audience. On February 3, she participated in the 2024 Hunan Satellite TV Spring Festival performing the poetry and creative show along with Luo Yun Xi and others, In March she participated in Game based comedy Variety Show "Hello, Saturday 2024" as guest for promoting her drama "Sword and Fairy(Chinese Paladin 6)" along with her cast of the drama. On April 10, she attended Ami Paris Brand Event Party in Suzhou, China. On April 22, she starred in a Romance drama "Will Love in Spring" as Guest Appearance, which gets much response from netizens. In May she participated in a Game based Variety Show "Funny Team(2024)" as a guest contestant for two episodes. On June 24, she participate in "Tencent Video 2024 Drama Party" where she promoted her upcoming Urban elite drama "Dear Enemy".
Wan Peng Upcoming Project is Urban Aviation Academy Based Drama "Light My Way" , urban elite drama ''Dear Enemy" and Romance drama "Love's Ambition", which is currently shooting in Beijing.
