This Day, That Year – February 28

This day in history we feature Angelababy. A Hong Kong model, actress and singer was born on this day in 1989.

Trivia – Angelababy

Angela Yeung Wing better known by her stage name Angelababy. In 2013, she was chosen by Southern Metropolis Daily as one of the New Four Dan Actresses. In 2016, she won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the blockbuster film Mojin: The Lost Legend. She is a cast member of variety show Keep Running.

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Angelababy debuted as an actress in the movie Trivial Matters in 2007, where she had a 5-minute cameo appearance in the film. She then starred in numerous films as supporting roles, as well as appearing in music videos. Angelababy had her first leading role in the 2011 film Love You You. Her performance in First Time won her the Most Anticipated Actress award at the 13th Chinese Film Media Awards. In 2013, Angelababy starred in Tsui Hark’s crime action film Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon. She won the Most Popular Actress award at the 21st Beijing College Student Film Festival for the film. Angelababy was crowned “Weibo Goddess” and “Weibo Queen” for the year 2014. Angelababy made her Hollywood film debut in Hitman: Agent 47 with a minor role. She then starred in Mojin: The Lost Legend. The film became the highest-grossing Chinese-language IMAX film in China, with US$27.1 million. Angelababy won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 33rd Hundred Flowers Awards for her role. In 2016, Angelababy played a major supporting role in the Hollywood science fiction film Independence Day: Resurgence. The same year, she was listed as one of Forbes’ inaugural 30 under 30 Asian Celebrities under the film, music, television and sport category. Angelababy has invested in several businesses; including a nail parlour, a café and a lifestyle store. In 2015, she set up her own venture capital fund, AB Capital. She then bought shares in Chinese overseas purchasing e-commerce site Ymatou and beverage brand HeyJuice. In 2016, Angelababy entered the Hurun Philanthropy List, the youngest to be included. She and husband Huang Xiaoming donated US$2.6 million to a charity program initiated by Huang to help university graduates start a business or seek employment. In 2020, Angelababy and Huang Xiaoming donated CN¥200,000 to hospital relief efforts related to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in Hubei. In 2021, Angelababy invested in an entertainment company, Cool Style, which was set up by Media Asia and Louis Koo’s One Cool Group. Cool Style’s business scope includes artist management and related businesses aiming to cultivate new forces with abundant resources and platforms. In March 2021, Angelababy expressed her support for cotton from Xinjiang, after several companies stopped purchasing the cotton due to concerns about human rights violations.

Source – Wikipedia