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Yang Caiyu

Yang Caiyu

Born: 1992-09-28 • 中国湖北省武汉市

Caiyu Yang is a Chinese actress, and singer.

Yang made her debut by sing "the Legend of Nezha," the finale of "Young Hero Nezha" in 2003. But she then went to the United States for high school in Northfield Mount Hermon.

In 2011, Yang was admitted by five US universities, including the University of Southern California and Boston University, but she chose to go back to China and study in Beijing Film Academy for Performance Studies.

In 2014, Yang played in the Hollywood 3-D movie "Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon" directed by Eric Styles. In 2015, she starred in the film "Love in the 1980s" and was nominated in the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival. In 2016, she worked with Zitao Huang for "Edge of Innocence".

2017 was a big year for Caiyu Yang. She played in the prestigious director Xiaogang Feng's feature film "Youth (Fanghua)"(2017). She was awarded the "Best Supporting Actress" in Symbian International Film Festival.

In the same year, She received an offer from Columbia University for MFA, making her the 3rd Chinese candidate admitted to the Master of Fine Arts Program in Columbia University.

In 2018, she is the leading actress for two highly-anticipated TV shows, Seven Day's Alive (2018) and Sniper (2019)

Filmography
Mostly Sunny poster
Mostly Sunny
2025 • Xiaoxue
The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell poster
The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell
2023 • Noon
Only Cloud Knows poster
Only Cloud Knows
2019 • Luo Yun
Youth poster
Youth
2017 • Lin Dingding
I Dedicate My Youth To You poster
I Dedicate My Youth To You
2017
Edge of Innocence poster
Edge of Innocence
2017 • Xia Yingying
Love in the 1980s poster
Love in the 1980s
2015
Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon poster
Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon
2013 • Bai Xi