Ariel Lin

Ariel Lin Yi-chen (Chinese: 林依晨; born 29 October 1982) is a Taiwanese actress and singer. She rose to fame for her role as Yuan Xiangqin in the Taiwanese drama It Started with a Kiss (2005) and the Chinese fantasy drama The Little Fairy (2006). Lin won Best Actress at the 43rd and 47th Golden Bell Awards for her roles in They Kiss Again (2007) and In Time with You (2011) respectively.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.
Ariel Lin
林依晨
Lin in 2008
Born (1982-10-29) 29 October 1982
Yilan, Taiwan
Alma materNational Chengchi University
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation
  • Actress
  • Singer
Years active2002–present
AgentZhouzi Entertainment (present)
Spouse(s)
Charles Lin
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(m. 2014)​
Children1
Musical career
GenresMandopop
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsAvex Taiwan (2009–2010)
Chinese name
Chinese林依晨
Websitelinichen.net

Career

2004: Beginnings

Lin was first discovered in a Taiwanese beauty contest. She made her debut in the television drama True Love 18 (2002).[1] Lin also starred in her first film Love Me, If You Can (2004),[2] which earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 40th Golden Horse Awards.[3] She gained more popularity after starring in the idol drama series My Secret Garden II and Love Contract opposite Mike He.[4][5] She also sang the theme song for Love Contract, titled "Alone in the northern hemisphere", which topped the KTV and ring tone charts for 12 weeks.[6]

2005–2007: Breakthrough

Lin rose to mainstream popularity for her role as Yuan Xiangqin in the popular Taiwanese idol drama It Started with a Kiss (2005).[7] The series topped ratings in Taiwan, and was a hit across Asia.[8][9]

Lin then starred in her first Chinese drama, The Little Fairy (2006) where she played the Seventh Fairy Maiden.[10] The series was extremely popular and had high ratings, marking her successful foray into the Chinese market.[11] The same year, she starred in Tokyo Juliet alongside Wu Chun.[12]

Lin reunited with Joe Cheng in They Kiss Again (2007), the sequel of It Started with a Kiss.[13] The drama had an average rating of 3.43, becoming one of the highest rated idol dramas. Lin's performance in the drama won her the Best Actress award at the 43rd Golden Bell Awards, making her the first actress in history to win the award with an idol drama.[9] The same year, she released the single "Adventure of Lunia" as the theme song for the video game Lunia: Record of Lunia War.

2008–2013: Continued success and Singing career
Lin and frequent co-star Joe Cheng at the 2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition.

Lin starred in the 2008 adaptation of Louis Cha's novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes.[14] She plays Huang Rong, opposite her The Little Fairy co-star Hu Ge, who plays Guo Jing.[15] She also starred in the Taiwanese drama Love or Bread, her third collaboration with Joe Cheng.[16]

In 2009, Lin signed a three-year and three-album contract with Avex Taiwan.[17] She released her first album, Blissful Encounter, which sold 20,000 copies within 2 days.[18] The same year, she starred in her first theater play, The War and Peace between Men and Women.[19]

Lin then starred in romance drama In Time with You (2011), co-starring Bolin Chen.[20] It was the highest rated Taiwanese idol drama of the year and was extremely popular across Asia.[21] Lin won her Golden Bell Award for Best Actress trophy for her performance in the series.[22] She then starred alongside Feng Shaofeng in the historical drama Prince of Lan Ling (2013).[23] In 2013, she was listed by Forbes as the 85th most influential celebrity in China.

2014–present: Films

Following her television career, Lin focused on films. In 2014, she starred in the crime caper Sweet Alibis alongside Alec Su.[24] It was chosen as the Most Popular Taiwanese Film at the 6th Straits Film and Television Awards.[25] Lin then starred in Go Lala Go 2 (2015), the sequel to the 2010 hit film Go Lala Go!.[26] However unlike its predecessor, it was a critical and commercial flop.[27]

Lin turned to the thriller genre in The Mysterious Family (2017), playing a rape victim who becomes psychologically scarred after the incident.[28] The same year, she was cast in the television drama Old Boy alongside Liu Ye, marking her small-screen comeback after 4 years.[29]

In 2018, Lin was cast in the historical drama I Will Never Let You Go as the protagonist.[30]

Personal life
Lin in 2015.

Lin was born in Yilan, Taiwan to a middle-income family. She has a younger brother. Her parents separated when she was very young and divorced when she was in high school. (Lin helped reconcile them in 2014.[31]) Lin was raised by her mother and lived in poverty for many years. She began taking care of the family in her second year of high school after her mother suffered a cerebellar stroke.[32] At age 18, she entered a beauty competition because she wanted to win the prize money and buy her brother a new computer. She won first place.[33] She was also accepted to National Chengchi University, a top university in Taiwan.[34] She graduated with a BA in literature while working as an actress part-time. When she filmed in China, several of her classmates copied notes for her.[35]

Lin is severely myopic (-7.0D) and wears contact lenses.[36] In June 2008, Lin was diagnosed with a 2 cm cyst on her pituitary gland, following which she had an operation in February 2009.[37]

In 2013, she decided to take a break from her career. She went to England and obtained a Master of Arts (MA) in Acting for Screen from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London in 2014.[38]

On 24 December 2014, Lin married businessman Charles Lin. The couple were introduced by mutual friends.[39][40] On 29 September 2021, Lin announced her pregnancy hours after media broke the news. She gave birth to a girl on 18 October that year.[41][42] She wrote a book during her pregnancy, which topped Books.com.tw's bestseller lists (both print and e-book) when it was published in January 2022.[43]

Filmography

Film
YearEnglish titleOriginal titleRoleNotes
2003Kung Fu Girls空手道少女組Ye Lizhu/Juliet-Zhuliye
2004Love Me, If You Can飞跃情海Lin Xiaoying
Free As Love飞跃情海之浮生若夢Lin Xiaoying
2005Herbie: Fully LoadedN/AMaggie PeytonTaiwanese version, voice
2011Memory Loss忆世界大冒险Hsiao-taVoice
Love Sick恋爱恐慌症Liang Ruoqing[44]
2014Sweet Alibis甜蜜杀机Gao Yiping
2015Another Woman234说爱你Jian Peiyan[45]
Go Lala Go 2追婚日記Du Lala
2016Love Is Frozen爱情冻住了Tseng Mei-bao[46]
Trippin' in Taipei迷途台北Hye
  • Short film
  • Also producer[47]
2017The Mysterious Family神秘家族Miao Miao
A Choo不倒俠Xinxin[48]

Television series
YearEnglish titleOriginal titleRoleNotes
2002True Love 1818岁的约定Xia Xiaotong
Purple Corner紫色角落StacyCameo
2003Friends名扬四海Xiao Yanru (Little Yanru)Cameo
Secret Garden我的秘密花园Fan Xiaomin
Seventh Grade七年级生Wu Yali[49]
2004Secret Garden II我的秘密花园 IIFan Xiaomin[50]
Love Contract爱情合约Cheng Xiaofeng/Xiaofeng
2005It Started with a Kiss恶作剧之吻Yuan Xiangqin
2006The Little Fairy/Fairy From Wonderland天外飞仙Seventh Fairy/Long Guangbiao/Yu Xiao Qi
Tokyo Juliet东方茱丽叶Lin Laisui/Stephanie Lin
2007They Kiss Again恶作剧2吻Yuan Hsiang-chin
2008Love or Bread我的亿万面包Zeng Shanmei
The Legend of the Condor Heroes射雕英雄传Huang Rong
2011In Time with You我可能不会爱你Cheng Yu-ching
2013Prince of Lan Ling兰陵王Yang Xuewu
2018Old Boy老男孩Lin Xiao'ou
2019I Will Never Let You Go小女花不弃Hua Buqi

Theater
Year English title Original title
2009–2010Man and Woman, War and Peace男人與女人之戰爭與和平

Discography

Studio albums
YearEnglish titleOriginal titleReleased dateLabel
2007Adventure of Lunia路尼亞戰記19 November 2007
2009Blissful Encounter幸福遇見10 July 2009Avex Taiwan
2010A Wonderful Journey美好的旅行21 August 2010Avex Taiwan

Singles
YearEnglish titleOriginal titleNotes
2003Kung Fu Girls空手道少女組Kung Fu Girls original soundtrack
2004Cha ChaMy Secret Garden II original soundtrack
Lonely Northern Hemisphere孤單北半球Love Contract ending theme song
2005The Way Home歸途April Snow original soundtrack (Chinese version)
2006It Had to Be You非你莫屬Tokyo Juliet ending theme song
2007You你They Kiss Again ending theme song
Record of Lunia War路尼亞戰記主題曲Lunia: Record of Lunia War theme song
2008The Taste of Bread麵包的滋味Love or Bread ending theme song
2010Guardian Star守護星Prius Online theme song
2011Wings翅膀In Time with You original soundtrack

Music video
  • Believe - 相信 (May day - 五月天) 2001
  • Lonely Flight - 寂寞飛行 (Maggie Chiang - 江美琪) 2001
  • Nunchuks - 雙截棍 (Jay Chow 周杰倫) 2001
  • Paper Flight - 紙飛機 (Sandy Lam - 林憶蓮) 2001
  • MAKE A WISH (Vic Chou - 周渝民) 2002
  • Love Guardian 鎮守愛情 (Power Staton - 動力火車) 2002
  • Angel (David Tao - 陶吉吉) 2002
  • Friends 名扬四海 - Rainbow (You Chiu-Hsing 尤秋興 of Power Station 動力火車) 2003
  • She's having my baby (Tension) 2003
  • Secret Garden II 我的秘密花園 II - Innocent Faces (Zhang Jian) 2004
  • Cha Cha (Secret Garden II OST - 我的秘密花園 II 電視原聲帶) (Ariel Lin - 林依晨, Cheryl Yang - 杨谨华, Yolin Liang - 梁又琳, Michelle Lin - 林立雯, Marcus - 张天霖 và Daniel Lee - 李岳) 2004
  • Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶-孤單北半球 2004 (Ariel Lin - 林依晨) 2004
  • Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶-中間 (Fish Leong - 梁静茹) 2004
  • Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶 - Shinning (丸子) 2004
  • Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶 - 失去 (A-Yue 張震嶽) 2004
  • Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶 - 關於我們之間的事 (A-Yue 張震嶽) 2004
  • Love Contract 愛情合約原聲帶 - 中間（鋼琴版）(潘協慶) 2004
  • 孤單北半球 (Ariel Lin - 林依晨) 2004
  • Waiting for You - 字幕歌词 (Asnon Hu - 胡彦斌) (Love Contract MV) 2004
  • 白月光 (Jeff Chang - 张信哲) 2004 (Ariel Lin dub Korean for the girl in the MV)
  • It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - Say you love me (Jason & 温岚) 2005
  • It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - Meet 遇到 (方雅賢) 2005
  • It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - Come A Little Closer 靠近一點點 (梁心頤)
  • It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - Can We 能不能 (Jason Wang 王威登 & Lady Wen 溫嵐) 2005
  • It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - The Whole World Could Hear 全世界的人都知道 (王俞勻) 2005
  • It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - Regret 後悔 (何書宇) 2005
  • It Started with a Kiss 惡作劇之吻 - 惡作劇 (王藍茵) 2005
  • Born in A Troubled Time - 亂世浮生 (May day - 五月天) 2005
  • 惡作劇 (王藍茵) 2005
  • The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 一眼萬年 (S.H.E) 2006
  • The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 千年淚 (Tank) 2006
  • The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 天亮以後 (Hu Ge - 胡歌) 2006
  • The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 古靈精怪 (吳艾倫 & 林靜) 2006
  • The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 月光 (Hu Ge - 胡歌) 2006
  • The Little Fairy 天外飛仙 - 棋只 2006
  • Tokyo Juliet 东方茱丽叶 - 逆風 (花園精靈) 2006
  • Tokyo Juliet 东方茱丽叶 - It Had To Be You 非你莫屬 (Ariel Lin - 林依晨) 2006
  • Good friend - 好朋友 (Alan Luo - 羅志祥) 2006

Bibliography
YearEnglish titleOriginal titleNotes
2005Ariel's Blog林家女孩依晨的青春部落格ISBN 9576799775
2008Ariel Lin's New York Bagel Diary林依晨的紐約貝果日記ISBN 9789868414341
2010Ariel's A Wonderful Journey美好的旅行ISBN 9789866606991
2022Be Yourself, Why Do You Say Sorry?做自己，為什麼還要說抱歉？ISBN 9789570861471

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
200340th Golden Horse AwardsBest ActressLove Me, If You CanNominated
200843rd Golden Bell AwardsBest ActressThey Kiss AgainWon
201247th Golden Bell AwardsIn Time with YouWon
201413th Huading AwardsBest Actress (Ancient drama)Prince of Lan LingNominated
201510th Seoul International Drama Awards[51]Asia Star Grand AwardN/AWon

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