3rd Beauty!!! ~RainIe YAnG~

Profile Of RaINiE YaNG
English Name: Rainie Yang
Chinese Name: Yang Cheng Lin (杨丞琳)
Birthday: June 4, 1984
Height: 161cm
Weight: 42kg
Measurements: 32B, 24w, 33h
First love: 16 years old
People most loved: mother and older sister
Motto: Trying doesnt mean success, but not trying will definitely not succeed
Qualities looked in a boy: motivated, respect elders, athletic, healthy, good physique, 175cm or taller
Favorite artist: Tony Leung
Favorite singer: Beyonce
First thing to do in the morning: drink 500cc of water
Profession if didn't enter showbiz: kindergarten teacher or make-up artist
Favorite hairstyle: bangs
Favorite attire in private: pantsuits (must be feminine), refuse to wear skirts no matter what (other than when it's required for work)
Favorite things: cute or creative stickers, things that sprinkle/shine
Least favorite things: dolls, stuffed animals, or things that are too girly
Favorite food: Taiwanese fried chicken, Chinese bbq, Japanese food, Italian food
Least favorite food: things that have to do with grinded meat like dumplings and buns, Chinese sausages
Favorite color: black, white, gray
Favorite fruit: other than kiwi, like everything
Favorite signs: heart and music note
Singers whose songs most be sung when at KTV: Stephanie Sun, Namie Amuro, Yvette Liang.

Rainie Yang (traditional Chinese: 楊丞琳; simplified Chinese: 杨丞琳; pinyin: Yáng Chénglín; born June 4, 1984) is a popular Taiwanese singer, actress, and talk show host.







Career

She started her career when she was 14 and started appearing in Hong Kong movies and commercials. At 15, she auditioned for a girlband to be launched by BMG Records called 4 in Love and passed with flying colors. From then on, she was called “Rainie” to fit in with the weather-based named girls; she was originally named Lily. She moved to Taiwan, and pursued her acting career as she lived with her co-band members under one roof. She starred in various dramas starting with the mega blockbuster Meteor Garden where she played a supporting yet pivotal role, the cute Xiao You (Hana Yori Dango’s “Yuki” Chinese counterpart). The rest is history as she proceeded on to be a much-loved leading lady by respectable men and starred in more bankable dramas. Unfortunately, late 2002, the group's popularity in the music industry was mediocre and they achieved limited success. After the group disbanded, Yang continued to pursue a career in the entertainment industry as a TV host, hosting shows such as the "Guess Guess Guess" variety show. After playing supporting roles in several dramas (including the mega hit Meteor Garden), she landed the lead role (as Qi Yue) in the CTV drama Devil Beside You opposite Mike He. Devil Beside You proved to be very popular, allowing Rainie's career to take off.. Windie and Sunnie proceeded with their studies and Cloudie pursued to be a stewardess. Rainie was left in the E-circle and now as a solo artist resuming with her career and reaching new heights and levels with a new alternative- as a host. She had discovered her hosting skills with the hosting jobs she did left and right. She did that without wrecking her acting career where she also received many projects. She continued singing by performing on the OSTs of her dramas. 2005 was the breakthrough year for Rainie, her leading TV mini series “Devil Beside You” (恶魔在身边) with Mike. He has brought her song Ai Mei a complete success. The same year, she released her debut album, My Intuition, featuring her hit songs "Ai Mei" and "Li Xiang Qing Ren", which were both from Devil Beside You. She holds the record as the first Chinese Newcomer to achieve platinum status in her debut album My Intuition Ai Mei. My Intuition made Chinese entertainment history as the only debut album to reach platinum status, selling 1.5 million copies in South-East Asia.
In 2006, she released her follow-up album, Meeting Love, which also sold very well. On September 7, 2007, she released My Other Self (otherwise known as Anywhere Door). It features "Que Yang" and "Wan Mei Bi Li," both from her 2007 drama Why Why Love, which also stars her Devil Beside You co-stars Mike He and Kingone Wang. Hoping to portray herself as a "serious" actress, Yang co-starred in the arthouse and lesbian-related film Spider Lilies alongside Isabella Leong.
On January 8, 2007, Yang recorded her last "Guess Guess Guess" show due to her busy schedule and focus on her music career.[1] She is also set to star in the pilot of a romantic-comedy tentatively titled as Fresh Tomato for Sauce alongside Cyndi Wang, Elva Hsiao and Roy Chai.
On April 23, 2008, while filming the idol drama The Bad Campus Belle in Sanchih, Yang fell heavily from the stairs, and was sent to Mackay Memorial Hospital. The stairs were located between the third floor, where the dressing room was located, and the first floor, where the film set was located. The crew originally thought the falling object was a light frame, but upon hearing a groan, they realized it was her. After an X-ray examination, doctors diagnosed Yang's injury as a spinal contusion. After leaving the hospital, producer Angie Chai took Yang to a Chinese massage therapist.
Criticism
In 2003, Yang mistook the eight-year Second Sino-Japanese War as having been eleven years in length during a television program. After learning the actual length of the war, she responded with "Only eight years?" This response generated anger in mainland China, leading to the boycotting of Hunan Satellite Television's airing of Devil Beside You, in which she acted. Upon learning of the widespread boycott, Hunan TV replaced the show's airtime with Green Forest, My Home.

Discography

Albums
Album # Album information

1st My Intuition
(曖昧) Ai Mei (My Intuition) (Also called Ambiguous)
• Released: September 9, 2005 (Worldwide)
• Language: Mandarin Chinese
• Label: Sony BMG
• Genre: Mandopop



2nd Meeting Love
(遇上愛) Yu Shang Ai (Meeting Love)
• Released: March 19, 2006 (Worldwide)
• Language: Mandarin Chinese
• Label: Sony BMG
• Genre: Mandopop

















3rd My Other Self
(任意門) Ren Yi Men (Anywhere Door)
• Released: September 7, 2007 (Worldwide)
• Language: Mandarin Chinese
• Label: Sony BMG
• Genre: Mandopop




























Dramas and Movies

Dramas

TV Shows
• Superstar Express (in production)
• Miss No Good (CTS, 2008)
• Why Why Love (CTS, 2007)
• Devil Beside You (CTV, 2005)
• Liao Zhai Zhi Yi A Bao (2004)
• City of Sky (CCTV, 2004)
• The Legend of Speed (2004)
• Love Bird (GTV, 2004)
• Original Scent of Summer (CTV, 2003)
• Sweet Candy
• Godfather in Pink (CTV, 2003)
• Lavender 2 (2003)
• White Lilies
• Tomorrow (CTV, 2002)
• Sunshine Jelly
• Meteor Rain (CTS, 2001)
• Meteor Garden (CTS, 2001)

























TV Show Theme Songs
• Wan Mei Bi Li (完美比例) Perfect Comparison, Why Why Love (2007)
• Que Yang (缺氧) Oxygen Deprived, Why Why Love (2007)
• Ai Mei Ambiguous, Devil Beside You (2005)
• Li Xiang Qing Ren Ideal Lover, Devil Beside You (2005)
• You Ni Zhen Hao, Tomorrow (2002)

Movies
Year Title Role
2001 Merry Go Round 《初戀喳麵》 Carlily Pang
2007 Spider Lilies 《刺青》 Xiao Lü (小綠)/Jade




























Reality TV Shows
• Wo Cai Wo Cai Wo Cai Cai Cai (Guess Guess Guess) (CTV) - 2002 [2002.09.30] - 2007 [2007.01.08]
• ASOS 100% Entertainment - 2005
• Azio Entertainment News - 2002 - May 2004
• TVBS Game Show - 2003
• Jacky Live! - 2003







































As usual, I will provide some website for anybody who is interested after reading this blog and want to find out more about her.
1. Asia Fanatics
2. Lot of news related to Rainie
3. Lot of COOL photos

Last but not least, still, RainIE YanG.... Wo ai Ni Yo....

~ncal~