Crystal Liu, Chinese Martial Art TV Star

Return of the Condor Heroes Crystal Liu (Yifgei Liu)

Her Chinese name is Yifei Liu, well known in China because of her role as a star in the TV series Return of the Condor Heroes, which is based on the novel of Jinyong.

Yifei Liu was born on August 25, 1987. Her father is a university professor, and her mother a dancer. At age 10, her parents divorced and she came to the United States with her mother to study.

Crystal Liu and Her Mom In 2002, she returned to Beijing and passed the entry test of the Being Film Academy. She was soon discovered by a producer, Jianming You, who featured her in his film and predicted that she was going to be a rising star.

The prophecy came true when Yifei Liu took the role as Xiao Long Nu in Return of the Condor Heroes, who was a beautiful, skilled Kung Fu master and was free from all the worldly traits.

Besides her natural gifts and hard work, Yifei Liu has received much help along her way, among which is the help of her mother Xiaoli Liu (Picture at left), who basically a mother-agent.