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| Birth Name(s) : 林心如, Lin Xin Ru |
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Full Ruby Lin Biography
Ruby Lin (Chinese: 林心如; pinyin: Lín Xīnrú; born 27 January 1976 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actress and singer. She made her acting debut in a TV commercial in Taiwan. In 1996, after several supporting roles in Taiwanese TV dramas, she was a lead actresses in the television series Princess Returning Pearl and its sequel, Princess Returning Pearl II. In 1999, after Princess Returning Pearl was broadcast, she also began a singing career with her first album, a five track EP.
After shooting her 1st TV commercial, she got the attention of various TV and film directors and many companies started soliciting her for jobs.In 1995, after shooting some commercials, Ruby finally received her first film, School Days, with Jimmy Lin and Takeshi Kaneshiro. That same year, she was also casted in some Taiwanese TV dramas in some supporting roles. From 1995-1997, Ruby had roles in a few Taiwanese TV series and people started to take notice of this new face.In 1996, Ruby went to China for the first time to do filming. Ruby thinks that this was a period of valuable experience and a time that she just started to learn about acting.“"I was in my second year of high school when I first got involved in film & TV industry. When I first got the script of the film "School Days", I couldn't sleep for days. 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. Only when the actual filming started, did I realize that it wasn't as easy as I had thought. At that time, it was a film taking place in a school. I played a leader of my class. In a scene, I needed to sort of give a command to my classmates, stand up, stand at attention (with the rest of the class) and salute to the teacher. It took about 10-20 tries ! I was so scared and worried that the director might scold and shout at me. The feeling of frustration was quite big." (FTV Interview in Taiwan in 2003)”
That same year, Ruby participated in a modern romantic TV series Boy and Girl. This series was broadcasted to the whole of China by CCTV and got the highest view rating among all series aired in 2003. Her fame was further enhanced through this popular TV series. With this series, Ruby Lin was selected Top 10 actress of the year and among those 10 actresses, she was the only actress from Taiwan. Also in the the same year, Ruby participated in an ancient martial arts TV series Flying Daggers which was based on Gu Long's novel. In it, Ruby not only acted in a martial arts series for the first time, but also greatly changed the type of character she usually portrayed, changing from a gentle damsel to a cold assassin. Those 3 TV series above were released in 2003 in various countries, proving to be a successful year for Ruby.
In February 2005, coming back home (Taiwan) with a new passion for acting, Ruby starred in four mega-produced Chinese Series, Paris Sonata, Sound of Colors, Star Boulevard , and Da Li Princess almost back to back. For her role in Paris Sonata, Ruby had to learn how to play piano more than 2 months before filming. Following her performance in Paris Sonata, Ruby selected TV drama Sound of Colors in a remake of Jimmy Liao's illustration as her next work and portrayed a blind radio DJ. Ruby's performance as a blind girl got many favorable comments from audiences. Some news reports and reviews even say that this is one of her best acting among all her previous works. This drama has already been broadcasted in many countries/regions including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam and United States. Other 2 television series Star Boulevard and Da Li Princess are expected to be released in 2007.
Although Ruby lin has attempted to keep her relationships private, the media has made many speculations about her personal life such as scandals with her co-workers and friends. After the start to her acting career, Ruby went out with Taiwan actor Jimmy Lin when they first filmed School Days movie in 1995 until when she was filming Princess Returning Pearl in 1997
"Each actor who cooperated with me, would afterwards shout loudly, "I have been deceived!" My screen image and & real-life image are completely different, they all said that I'm like a guy. When looking at the script they can fantasize, but when they see me, they don't fantasize anymore." (June, 2003 Chinatimes)
"I think that if actors want the audience to remember, then you must have your own style and characteristics. I'm also working diligently to create my own style." (Nov, 2005 Dushi Shi Bao) |
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