Chinese Short-Drama Actresses: Names, Photos & Dramas

A starting point for names and dramas

This guide pairs each actress’s photo, Chinese and English names, verified roles, and a first drama to try. The Chinese characters and linked title credits are the identity keys when romanization varies across platforms.

Start with the table, then open the actress page for aliases and the current filmography. If none of these names is the one you want, browse the full Chinese short-drama actor directory.

Li Ke Yi (李柯以): from family fantasy to costume romance

Li Ke Yi’s actor page uses the Chinese name 李柯以 and the romanization Li Ke Yi. Her current filmography spans family fantasy, costume romance, and modern drama.

For a family-centered story with time-travel and female-growth elements, begin with The 18-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Arrives: Rebuilding Family Glory Part 2. The title record credits Li Ke Yi as Rong Yu (容遇) and lists 100 episodes. It is the most direct choice for viewers drawn to a capable heroine navigating family bonds, generational reversals, and a modern setting shaped by an impossible age premise. The official Hongguo title page supplies the corresponding cast and episode record.

Her credited role as Chu Li (楚狸) in She Is Actually a Woman moves into costume romance. Its catalog signals include a woman-disguised-as-a-man setup, courtly identities, and a relationship that develops over time. This is the better entry if mistaken identity and historical dress are more appealing than a contemporary family saga.

There is also Tender Night, where Li Ke Yi is credited as Wen Yan (温颜). The site classifies it as an urban romance with ordinary-life and second-chance elements. Taken together, the three pages make Li a useful actress to follow when you want range across family fantasy, costume plotting, and modern emotional drama. Her verified Weibo profile offers a first-party identity check outside the catalog.

Liu Nian (刘念): one focused route into a modern hidden-identity story

The searchable forms here are 刘念 and Liu Nian. The current catalog has one verified title for Liu Nian: South City Moon.

South City Moon is a 74-episode Hongguo drama in which Liu Nian is credited as Shen Yu Gui (沈于归). The catalog places it in modern romance while also tagging hidden identity, a strong female lead, hacking, corporate power, and a gradual relationship. Her hacking skill and agenda drive the plot alongside the romance.

With one verified title, the Chinese characters and official cast credit are the safest identity check. The official Hongguo page for South City Moon confirms the actress and character credit. Liu Nian also has a verified Douyin profile as an additional identity source.

Yu Yin (余茵): modern heartbreak or a historical comeback

余茵 is shown on SceneTrace as Yu Yin. Her three verified roles offer different starting points; choose by story type.

Yan Lu, Your First Love Is Back credits her as Gu Xing Wan (顾星晚). Its 76 episodes combine urban romance, reunion, a returning first love, and family elements. Old attachments re-entering adult life provide most of the emotional pressure. The cast connection can be checked on the drama’s official Hongguo page.

In What a Good Girl, Yu Yin plays Lu Ming Yu (鹿鸣于). This 88-episode drama stays in a modern, wealthy-family setting, with a heroine marked by both vulnerability and resilience. The lead’s difficult position remains central as affection develops.

For a sharper change of world, The Righteous Heiress credits Yu Yin as Nan Mo (南茉). The 60-episode record is built around household and palace-style conflict, rebirth, revenge, and female growth. Start here when historical costume, strategic retaliation, and a heroine rebuilding her position after being wronged sound more appealing than contemporary romance.

Han Yu Tong (韩雨彤): romance leads across modern and historical settings

The site writes 韩雨彤 as Han Yu Tong. You may also see the pinyin closed up as “Han Yutong” elsewhere, so the Chinese characters are the safest identity key. The Han Yu Tong actor page groups three credits that move from contemporary relationship drama into a historical household struggle.

Moonlight Rust is the cleanest modern introduction. Han Yu Tong is credited as Wen Zhi Yan (温栀妍) in an 80-episode story about urban romance, betrayal, healing, and a powerful-business setting. The title’s official Hongguo page shows the actress and character together.

If separation and return are the main attraction, try Nan Yin’s Second Promise. Han plays Xu Nan Yin (许南音), and the record points toward reunion romance, a Cinderella-style imbalance, pursuit, and school-era history. It offers a different emotional route from Moonlight Rust: less about exposing harm in public and more about whether an earlier bond can survive changed circumstances.

Her historical option is The Legitimate Daughter-in-Law: Storm in the Marquis’ Mansion, where she is credited as Xie Rong Ying (谢容瑛). Rebirth, household intrigue, reversal, and female growth place it firmly in the strategic-costume lane. Han’s verified Weibo account provides an additional first-party identity reference.

Wang Xiao Yi (王小亿): spies, doctors, and Republican-era fantasy

王小亿 appears on the site as Wang Xiao Yi. The spaces matter for display, but searches should also try “Wang Xiaoyi.” Three credits span distinct settings.

Start with Undercurrents if you prefer external danger to boardroom romance. Wang is credited as Tong Xue (佟雪) in a 60-episode Republican-era spy drama involving national stakes, secret identities, and a relationship between capable partners. Its official Hongguo record anchors the cast information.

Taming the Wild brings her into a modern 77-episode romance as Ji Shu Yu (季舒语). The catalog highlights a doctor, an age-gap relationship, long-held affection, reunion, and youth-era connections. It moves away from espionage and fantasy to put professional identity and relationship history in a contemporary city.

Then there is The Military Governor’s Wife Is a Debt Collector. Wang plays Tu Shan Jiu (涂山玖) in an 83-episode mix of Republican-era power, fantasy romance, mysticism, and a formidable heroine. It retains the period atmosphere of Undercurrents but replaces the spy framework with supernatural and romantic stakes. Her verified Douyin profile provides a first-party identity source beyond title credits.

How to choose what to watch first

Choose among the five by mood. For family reversal and a premise that crosses generations, Li Ke Yi’s The 18-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Arrives is the natural opening. Liu Nian’s South City Moon is the focused choice for a modern heroine whose technical ability and hidden identity matter to the plot. Yu Yin offers the quickest jump between reunion romance and historical revenge, while Han Yu Tong’s roles are well suited to viewers who want relationship history carried across either a modern or costume setting. Wang Xiao Yi provides the broadest move into spy and Republican-era genre stories.

Once one performance catches your attention, keep the actress’s Chinese name beside the English spelling. Open the linked title page, check the character credit, and then return to the actor profile for the next drama. That route—from name, to credited role, to the next title—turns a single discovery into an actual watchlist.