Actress who played the title heroines of the palace dramas 甄嬛传 (Empresses in the Palace, 2011) and 芈月传 (2015); lines from the first are still internet memes. She is married to the actor 邓超.
'Empresses in the Palace', starring Sun Li, was extremely popular.
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The drama's ornate court speech spawned 甄嬛体, 'Zhen Huan style': people wrote everyday posts in mock palace language, and even stars such as 蔡依林 joined in.
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She was born 孙丽: the stage name swaps 丽 'beautiful' for its homophone 俪 'pair, married couple'. At 15 she joined the Shanghai Garrison's army song-and-dance troupe, and served in it for three years.
