Career
She is sometimes credited as Shui Ling (simplified Chinese: 水灵. Traditional Chinese: 水靈), a stage name given to her by Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao while she was involved in the production of the television series Tears in Heaven. She graduated from the academy four years later and joined Beijing Film Studio.
In 1997, she starred in Tears in Heaven, an adaptation of a novel by Chiung Yao. Following that, she played a number of tragic roles, including Gu Manlu in Affair of Half a Lifetime (2002), Mu Nianci in The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003), and Niu Hongmei in A Loud Slap (2004). Jiang married actor Chen Jianbin on February 22, 2006, whom she co-starred with in Qiao's Grand Courtyard.
Their son was born on January 8, 2007.