Jiang entered Zhengzhou City's Children Arts Group at the age of 7 and Henan Children Arts Group at the age of 8. At the age of 9, Jiang began acting in television series. She later graduated from the Henan Vocational College of Art with a major in performance. Jiang first became known after starring in
Zhang Jizhong's 2003
television adaption of
Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. However over the next few years, none of her roles resonated with the audience, and Jiang remained relatively unknown. Jiang rose to fame in 2012 for her role as
Consort Hua in the critically acclaimed historical drama,
Empresses in the Palace. One of her lines in the series, "Jian ren jiu shi jiao qing" (贱人就是矫情), which literally means "bitches are hypocrites," was particularly popular and went viral on the internet. Jiang won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 2012
China TV Drama Awards. Jiang then teamed up with veteran actors
Chen Baoguo, Ma Yuanzheng and Niu Lin in the literacy period drama
The Old Farmers (2014), playing a selfish and scheming village woman. Her performance earned her one nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the
Shanghai Television Festival. In 2015, Jiang starred in the fantasy romance drama
Hua Xu Yin : City of Desperate Love, a television depiction of the fictional universe
Novoland. Her portrayal of the proud and valiant heroine earned her the Best Actress award in the ancient drama genre at the
Huading Awards. The same year, she featured in the hit dramas
The Journey of Flower and
The Legend of Mi Yue. In 2016, Jiang co-starred in the metropolitan romance drama,
Ode to Joy, which depicts the stories of five young women who comes from different social and educational backgrounds, but share a common goal. The series was a critical and commercial success, and Jiang received positive reviews for her portrayal of Fan Shengmei, an insecure and realistic career woman. She was nominated as Best Actress at the
Huading Awards and
Magnolia Awards. She reprised her role in the
season 2 of the television series, which started airing in 2017. In 2017, Jiang made her big-screen debut in the comedy film
Super Teacher. == Personal life ==