Jia Ling

贾玲

1982 – Present

Region
East Asia
Heritage
China

Biography

Jia Ling is a comedy actress, director and screenwriter from Mainland China. She graduated from the Central Academy of Drama's crosstalk professional training college.

Selected Filmography

Selected Recognition

Yolo

2024
  1. Nominee

    Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Asian Film (2025) · Nominee

  2. Box office

    RMB 3.46 billion box office (approx. $472 million) — China's highest-grossing film of 2024 — made Jia Ling the first woman director to top China's annual box office

  1. Winner

    Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award · Best Film (2023) · Winner

  2. Winner

    Huabiao Award · Outstanding Feature Film (2023) · Winner

  3. Box office

    RMB 5.41 billion box office (approx. $841 million) — the 2nd highest-grossing film in Chinese box office history at the time

  4. First

    Highest-grossing film by a solo woman director in world history — at the time of release, surpassing Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman; the record stood until Barbie (2023)

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