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The series was broadcast in Taiwan and achieved a rating of 5.69, becoming the highest-rated Chinese drama in Taiwan. The same year, she was chosen by Zhang Jizhong to play Wang Yuyan in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, an adaptation of Louis Cha's wuxia novel of the same title. The series achieved the highest ratings on CCTV, and positive reviews from audience. Her first television appearance in 2003 was in the period romance drama The Story of a Noble Family (金粉世家), based on Zhang Henshui's novel of the same name.
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Immediately after her admittance into the Beijing Film Academy, Liu received offers to star in various television series. Several weeks after returning to China, Liu was accepted into the Performance Institute of Beijing Film Academy at age 15 and graduated in 2006.Ĭareer 2003–2006 Rising popularity In 2002, she returned to China to pursue an acting career and took the stage name "Liu Yifei" ( 刘亦菲). She lived in Queens, New York City where she attended Louis Pasteur Middle School 67. In 1997, when Liu was 10 years old, she and her mother immigrated to the United States. That same year, she adopted her mother's surname and changed her name to "Liu Ximeizi" ( 刘茜美子), Her godfather is Chen Jinfei ( 陈金飞), the Chairman of Beijing Tongchan Investment Group. Her parents divorced when she was 10 years old and she was raised solely by her mother. Her father is An Shaokang ( 安少康), a 1st Secretary in the Chinese Embassy in France and a French language university professor from Beijing, and her mother is Liu Xiaoli ( 刘晓莉), a dancer and stage performer from Hubei. Liu was born in Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei as An Feng ( 安风), followed her father's surname An.