Dandan Liu

Agent

• Martin Hancock
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Education

About me

I'm a bilingual actress based in London. I was trained at China Central Television (CCTV) in Beijing for seven years as a child actor, singer and voice-over artist, and performed regularly on TV and stage in 1990s. I graduated from Zhejiang University with BA (Hons) in Drama and Theatre Arts before moving to the UK. After gaining an MBA at Imperial College London, I worked in corporate finance for a few years before returning to acting as it had always been my passion. I re-trained as an actor with City Lit between 2014 and 2016; in the meantime I appeared in a number of corporate and commercials in both English and Mandarin. After City Lit, I've been working on various acting projects. In 2017, I played the leading role for Mark Lanegan's music video 'Beehive'. In 2018, I played Yi Di in From Shore to Shore - a play by Mary Cooper and M W Sun based on true stories of the Chinese community in Manchester, playing at associated venues of West Yorkshire Playhouse, Royal Exchange Manchester, Oxford Playhouse, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, and York Theatre Royal. I also appeared on Sky Arts for a poetry reading alongside Jemma Redgrave for a special programme about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at Royal Academy of Arts. In 2019, I played Jing Fei in James Soldan's short film Semi-Skimmed starring Tony Award winner Lee Sharpe - the film has been screened at various film festivals in Europe. In 2020, I starred in a Zee 5 original spy thriller London Confidential acting opposite Mouni Roy as Chinese spy Yuki. Most recently, I have been cast as Marie Yuen in BBC's Silent Witness Season 24 which will be released in September 2021. Showreel link: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/236452557

Additional Information

Short film Semi Skimmed by James Soldan here: https://vimeo.com/474649378
Short film Thief by Zhang Hui here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1y_OmVwIPbx13F9hULH1Cjc1BVEnmzxl2

Additional Skills

Singing

Skills

Skin Colour	Tanned
Hair Length	Shoulder Length
Native accent	Chinese, Mandarin
Accents (UK)	RP
Languages Spoken	English, Mandarin
Interested in	Comedy, Commercials, Corporate, Film (Professional), Film (Student), Modelling, Music Videos, Online, Presenting, Radio, Roleplay, Theatre (Professional), TV, Voice Over
Experienced In	Commercials, Corporate, Film (Professional), Modelling, Music Videos, Presenting, Roleplay, Voice Over
General Dance Skills	Hip-Hop
Accents (International)	Chinese, Japanese