Ruby Lin facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Ruby Lin
|
|
|---|---|
| 林心如 | |
Lin at the 57th Golden Bell Awards in October 2022
|
|
| Born | January 27, 1976 |
| Occupation |
|
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Wallace Huo
(m. 2016) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Full list |
| Chinese name | |
| Chinese | 林心如 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lín Xīnrú |
| Jyutping | Lam4 Sam1-jyu4 |
Ruby Lin Xin-ru (Chinese: 林心如; pinyin: Lín Xīnrú; born January 27, 1976) is a famous Taiwanese actress, TV and film producer, and singer. She is known for her many roles in popular TV shows and movies. Ruby Lin started her career as a model in 1993. She became very famous across Asia for playing Xia Ziwei in the hit TV series My Fair Princess (1998-1999).
After this success, she starred in other popular TV series. These included The Duke of Mount Deer (2000) and Romance in the Rain (2001). She also appeared in films like The House That Never Dies (2014). As a singer, she released six albums, starting with Heartbeat in 1999.
In 2009, Ruby Lin started her own company. This allowed her to produce TV shows and movies. She often starred in these productions herself. Her first show as a producer, The Glamorous Imperial Concubine (2011), won her an award for Best Producer. Her first Taiwanese drama, The Way We Were (2014), won Best Television Series at the 50th Golden Bell Awards.
Ruby Lin has been one of Taiwan's highest-earning actresses. She was ranked among the top celebrities in China by Forbes several times.
Contents
Early Life and First Steps in Acting
Ruby Lin was born and grew up in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Her English name, Ruby, came from her mother's love for the jewel. She is the oldest of four children. Her parents divorced when she was seven years old. Ruby lived with her mother after the divorce.
When she was seventeen, a talent agent discovered her. She was still in high school at the time. Ruby started working as a part-time commercial model. Her first TV commercial was for a tea brand in 1994.
At first, her parents did not want her to work in entertainment. But after she appeared in several commercials, they agreed. She officially joined an entertainment company on her 20th birthday.
Starting Her Acting Journey: 1995–1996
Ruby Lin had her first acting experience in 1995. It was a small role, but it made her love acting. Directors noticed her after her first TV commercial. She got her first film role in School Days.
From 1995 to 1997, Ruby acted in several Taiwanese TV series. People started to notice her work. In 1996, she went to China for the first time to film. She saw this as a valuable learning experience.
"I was in my second year of high school when I first got involved in film & TV industry. I thought there would be other opportunities for me to study abroad, but one does not bump into the opportunity to be in a film every day. So, I just went and had a try. I told myself that if my filming career didn't work out, then I could still go back to school. But things are not always as they may have appeared to be."
Becoming a Star: 1997–2001
After playing smaller roles, Ruby Lin was chosen for a main role. This was in the TV drama My Fair Princess. It was a big show made by both mainland China and Taiwan. The show became incredibly popular. It was a huge hit in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. Ruby Lin became famous very quickly.
"After it was decided that I played the role of Ziwei, I got the script only three days before I had to leave for filming. And that was also the first time I was leaving my native place for such a long time for filming and I had to overcome the challenges of being in an unfamiliar environment. (Taiwan Cover story Interview in 2001)"
After My Fair Princess, Ruby starred in many successful TV series. In 2000, she played Princess Jian Ning in The Duke of Mount Deer. This role showed her acting skills, as it was different from her sweet image. The next year, she starred in Romance in the Rain. This show was also very successful. For two years, Ruby Lin was named one of the Top Ten Most Famous Asian Superstars.
Ruby also started acting in films. In 2000, she appeared in three Hong Kong films. These included the action movie China Strike Force. These films helped her enter the Hong Kong movie market.
Continued Success: 2002–2005
From 2002, Ruby Lin focused on her career in mainland China. In 2003, she starred in three series. One was Half Life Fate, based on a famous novel. This was a challenging role for her. Her performance in this series made her even more famous.
She also starred in the romantic TV series Boy & Girl. This show had the highest ratings on CCTV in 2003. Ruby was chosen as one of the Top 10 actresses of the year. She was the only Taiwanese actress on that list. She also appeared in her first martial arts series, Flying Daggers. In this show, she played a cold assassin, which was a new type of role for her.
Even though she focused on TV, Ruby continued to act in films. These included Life Express and Love Trilogy. In 2004, she starred in Amor de Tarapaca, a show made with a Korean actor. She also appeared in Magic Touch of Fate, which was a very expensive TV series for its time.
After almost ten years of non-stop filming, Ruby wanted to go back to school. In late 2004, she studied language and acting in New York City for three months. She returned to Taiwan in 2005 with a new passion for acting. She then starred in Paris Sonata and Sound of Colors. In Sound of Colors, she played a blind radio DJ. Her performance received good reviews.
New Achievements: 2006–2009
In 2006, Ruby Lin starred in Ancestral Temple. This role helped her expand her acting skills even more. In June 2006, she won the Most Popular Actress in Taiwan award. She was also often listed as one of the Top 10 contemporary Chinese actors.
At the end of 2006, Ruby signed with Huayi Brothers, a large film and TV company in China. In 2007, she guest-starred in the historical drama Su DongPo. She played the first wife of the famous poet Su Dongpo.
Ruby took on more challenging roles. In late 2007, she played Daji in The Legend and the Hero 2. Daji was known for her beauty and cruelty. Ruby's performance received positive comments from the media. She often said, "comparing with other people is meaningless, I just wants a breakthrough from past looks, to surpass myself."
In 2008, Ruby returned to Taiwan for the series Love in Sun Moon Lake. She played an aboriginal woman. She was also cast as Sun Shangxiang in the new Romance of the Three Kingdoms TV show, Three Kingdoms. This series aired in May 2010 and was very popular.
In 2009, she starred in Fallen City, playing a rebellious woman during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In July 2009, Ruby played Empress Dou in the historical drama Beauty's Rival in Palace. This series became a huge hit when it premiered in March 2010. Ruby received great reviews. Beauty's Rival in Palace was also very popular in Korea and Japan. This show was another big step in Ruby Lin's career.
New Challenges and Producing: 2010–2011
In May 2010, Ruby Lin performed in her first stage play, Sweet Sweet Love. It was based on a romantic film. The play toured several cities in China.
In June, Ruby played a psychiatrist in the film You Deserve To Be Single. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 2010 Shanghai International Film Festival. She also won the 2010 Vietnam DAN Movie Award for Favorite Taiwanese Actress. After that, she starred in the film Driverless. Critics praised her performance, saying she showed a wonderful range of emotions.
2010 was a very successful year for Ruby Lin. She won the Most Popular Actress award at the 5th Seoul International Drama Awards. She was voted best actress by online users in Asian countries. She also won Favorite Actress of the Year at the annual TV Drama Awards Made in China. Korean media called her Taiwan's number-one actress.
In January 2011, Ruby started her first project as a producer, The Glamorous Imperial Concubine. This series had excellent ratings. Ruby won the "Best producer of the year" award for it. She also returned to films, playing a mother in the horror film Blood Stained Shoes. This film was one of the top-grossing Chinese horror films.
In October 2011, Ruby began her second production, the Taiwanese drama Drama Go! Go! Go!. This series was released in November 2012. Her performance was well received, and the show was highly anticipated.
Producing More Hits: 2012–2018
In March 2012, Ruby Lin was named Most Influential TV Actress. She also received a nomination for Best TV Actress for The Glamorous Imperial Concubine.
She then filmed The Patriot Yue Fei, a historical drama. Ruby played the wife of General Yue Fei.
On April 27, 2012, Ruby announced her third project as producer and main actress. This was the TV film Forgotten. She played a married woman whose marriage was falling apart. Critics praised Ruby's performance in Forgotten. News agencies called her one of the most promising producers.
In August 2012, Ruby was honored as Best Producer for The Glamorous Imperial Concubine. In December 2012, she was named one of the highest-paid Chinese celebrities. She earned a lot of money through her own studio.
In August 2013, Ruby won Most Favorite Actress at the 8th Beijing Film Festival. She spent a lot of time preparing for her drama Singing All Along.
In April 2014, Ruby won the Outstanding Actress award. In May 2014, she produced and starred in the TV film Mother Mother. She played an aggressive mother in this film. Ruby said she would continue to film one Taiwanese series each year.
The same year, Ruby starred in The Way We Were. This drama marked her return to Taiwanese television after ten years. As both actress and producer, Ruby received great feedback. The series had high viewer ratings. It was also chosen as one of the most popular Taiwanese dramas of 2014. It quickly gained millions of views online.
In 2015, Ruby Lin became a brand ambassador for Estée Lauder Companies in Taiwan. She also became a spokesperson for HTC. She was nominated for Best Actress at the Asian Television Awards and Golden Bell Awards for her role in The Way We Were.
In early 2016, Ruby won Best Actress in a TV Series at the Huading Awards. She also won the Woman's Media Award for Most Influential Woman of the Year. In April 2016, she starred in Magical Space-time, a time-travel TV series. Ruby also acted in the adventure film The Precipice Game.
In March 2017, Ruby returned to work after having her baby. She played a loving mother in the mystery-thriller The Devotion of Suspect X. This film was based on a Japanese novel. In May, Ruby announced her return to Taiwanese dramas with the romance TV series My Dear Boy, which she also produced.
In November 2018, Ruby's new project, Miss Andy, won an award at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards. This was her first time producing a movie. Filming for Miss Andy took place in Malaysia. Ruby also played a Vietnamese illegal worker in the movie.
Recent Work: 2019–Present
In 2020, Ruby Lin starred as a special guest in the Taiwanese Netflix series The Victims' Game. The series was very popular and received high ratings. Critics praised Ruby's performance, calling her role complex and disturbing. One reviewer said she "sheds her smooth and pretty image completely, in an impressively somber and chilling turn."
In 2020, Ruby Lin starred in and produced the modern drama The Arc of Life. She was ranked among the highest-paid Taiwanese actors of 2020.
In 2021, Netflix bought the rights to Light the Night. This was a three-part series set in Taipei in 1988. Ruby was one of the producers and also one of the main actresses in this series.
Ruby Lin Studio
In 2009, Ruby Lin started her own production company, Ruby Lin Studio (林心如工作室). This company handles all parts of her career, including acting, singing, and film roles. By 2016, her studio had two artists and one director.
Being a producer gives her more control over TV projects. She can oversee scripts, hire people, and choose the cast. Ruby said, "I just kept getting offered the same type of role. Being an actress, you cannot really do much. Actresses can only wait for the roles to come." She added, "Now I can choose everything myself... I feel much more in control over what I get to do."
Her first production was a big success. It won several awards, including "TV series of The year" and "Best producer." Ruby also won "Best Producer" and "Best Actress" awards for it. Even with her success as a producer, she says acting is still her "top priority."
I will be producing more and more but I still love acting so much, so that will still be my main focus. There is something wonderful about getting yourself in the head of the characters that you play and being able to perform for viewers. It's just that now I also get to create characters that I really want to play."
In July 2021, Ruby Lin's studio in mainland China closed its business registration. Since 2020, she has been based in Taiwan and moved all her operations there.
Personal Life
Ruby Lin dated Taiwanese actor Jimmy Lin from 1995 to 1997. They met while filming School Days. They later said that distance caused their breakup.
On May 20, 2016, Ruby Lin confirmed her relationship with Taiwanese actor Wallace Huo. They had been friends for over 10 years after working together in Sound of Colors in 2005. They reportedly started dating around Ruby's birthday in January 2016.
Ruby married Wallace Huo on July 31, 2016, in Bali. Many famous celebrities attended their wedding. They also had another wedding reception in Taipei on August 2, 2016. Their daughter, Amelia, was born in Taipei in January 2017.
In 2019, Ruby enrolled in a business program at Shih Hsin University in Shanghai. Due to the pandemic, she transferred to the Taipei campus in 2020. She graduated in June 2021 and received an award for Outstanding Achievement.
Charity Work and Endorsements
Ruby Lin is very involved in charity work. She supports many different causes.
- In 1999, she helped raise money after the 1999 Jiji earthquake.
- In 2003, she became a sponsor for a Vietnamese boy through World Vision.
- Since 2005, she has been a spokesperson for a fashion company. She also set up a fund to help poor people in China.
- In 2007, she received an award for her charity contributions. She also filmed a short movie for a charity TV program with a blind girl.
- After the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Ruby donated money. She also recorded a song for the earthquake relief efforts.
- In 2008, Ruby funded a school for children in rural areas. She gave money to the Chinese Red Cross Foundation to build an elementary school. The Red Cross made her a philanthropic ambassador.
- In 2009, Ruby became an ambassador for a campaign to provide daily nutrition to children. She visited a KFC restaurant to encourage more people to donate. She also became a sponsor of 'Ruby Lin benevolence primary school'.
- In 2011, she received the "Charity star of the year" award.
- In 2012, Ruby became a spokesperson for the Maria Society Welfare Foundation. She used her social media to raise money for children.
- In 2018, Ruby flew to Zambia for World Vision's Sponsor-A-Child program. She met her sponsored child there. She also sponsors children from Cambodia and Honduras.
- For many years, Ruby has supported the Linfen red ribbon school. This school provides education to children living with HIV.
Endorsements
Ruby Lin is also very active in commercial work. In 2001, she was chosen as Taiwan's most popular advertisement star. She was a spokesperson for Coca-Cola and Esprit. She has endorsed many well-known brands over the years. These include Mentholatum, Pantene, Christian Dior watches, and HTC.
In 2009, Estee Lauder chose her as their "My Cover Girl" for China and Taiwan. In 2010, Ruby was a spokesperson for over 20 brands. Media called her the "commercial queen." She also won the Most Charming Actress of the Year award.
After her daughter was born in 2017, Ruby became an ambassador for children's brands like Fisher-Price. In 2019, Nuna signed her as their first Asian brand ambassador. In December 2020, Ruby became the new spokesperson for Estee Lauder's Re-Nutriv Ultimate Diamond Collection in Taiwan.
Filmography
Discography
Albums
- 1999: Heartbeat (心跳)
- 2001: Double Faced Ruby Lin (雙面林心如)
- 2001: Pala Pala (趴啦趴啦)
- 2004: Eighteen Springs New and Best collection (半生缘新歌和精选)
- 2004: Possessing Ruby Lin (拥有林心如)
- 2008: New Rubyology (新如主义)
Soundtracks
- 1999: My Fair Princess Original Soundtrack (还珠格格音乐全记录)
- 2004: Amor de Tarapaca Original Soundtrack (紫藤戀電視劇原)
Ambassadorships
- 2023 Ambassador of The Genesis Social Welfare Foundation (G.S.W.F)
- 2020 Charity Ambassador of the TVBS Foundation 'Infinite Love' fundraising campaign
- 2020 Charity Ambassador of Shiatzy Chen's charity activity
- 2018 Ambassador of China Foundation for Poverty Affiliation 'Donate One Yuan Campaign'
- 2018 Ambassador of World Vision Taiwan's Sponsor-A-Child programme
- 2017 Ambassador of Child Welfare League Foundation
- 2017 Save the Children Goodwill Ambassador
- 2016 Ambassador of Tourism in Hawaii
- 2016 Qiong Yao Culture Foundation
- 2014 Estee Lauder Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
- 2012 Ambassador for the Maria Society Welfare Foundation in Taiwan
- 2011 Trend Health - Find most beautiful& healthy body of china
- 2010 Raily Good and Healthy Life campaign
- 2010 Sohu "EasyGo China" charity campaign
- 2008 China Music Radio Kappa Project
- 2009 World Food Programme(WFP)'s "Donate $1, Offer Compassion, Deliver Nutrition"
- 2009 Estee Lauder Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
- 2009 Ambassador of Tourism in Seoul, Korea
- 2008 China Red Cross elementary-school building project
- 2007 Beijing Olympics public-service promotional campaign
- 2007 Anti-Depression Ambassadors of China for its campaign, including a concert
- 2005 Promoter of Annapurna Conservation Area Project
- 2004 Chinese Culture Festival in Seoul, Korea
- 2001 Promoter of Hong Kong Community Chest Walkathon
- 1999 Ambassador of Hong Kong Anti-Drug and -Crime Campaign
Awards and Nominations
See also
In Spanish: Ruby Lin para niños
