Education
In 2005 Yang Mi was accepted into the bachelor class of The Beijing Film Academy with the highest score among all students that year.
In 2005 Yang Mi was accepted into the bachelor class of The Beijing Film Academy with the highest score among all students that year.
In 1990, 4 year old Yang Mi started acting in Director Chen Jia Lin's TV series "Tang Ming Huang", this was her first step to being an actor. Later, alongside with studying she modeled for a famous magazine "Duan Li". Until Yang Mi was 18, she starred as a classic character "Guo Xiang" in a Chinese novel "Shen Diao Xia Lu" and became famous. In 2005, Yang Mi attended the casting for the CCTV drama "Wang Zhao Jun" and starred the lead role there as Wang Zhao Jun. Yang became famous for her roles in television series such as "The Return of the Condor Heroes" (2006) and "Chinese Paladin 3" (2009). In 2008, Yang Mi starred the lead role "Tang Xue Jian" in TV series "Xian Jian San". This Drama became Yang Mi's big turning point in her acting career. Her popularity increased after she starred as Luo Qingchuan in "Palace" (2011). Her increase in popularity from her performance in "Palace" helped land her a role in "Painted Skin: The Resurrection", a sequel to Gordon Chan's 2008 film "Painted Skin". In 2010 she participated in "Empires of the Deep", a Chinese-American co-produced film with a budget of US$100 million. In 2011 Yang starred in the horror film "Mysterious Island". In 2012 Yang stated that she will be producing for the first time in her career, and her project will be a Chinese version of the American television series "Gossip Girl", with "Chinese Girl" as a possible working title.