Li first rose to fame with the 1998 movie
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, which won her Best Actress awards at the
Golden Horse Awards,
Paris Film Festival and the Deauville Asian Film Festival. At age 17, she was the youngest actress to win the Golden Horse Awards for Best Actress. She laid low for the next two years, but in 2001, was thrust back into the limelight with her role in the popular idol drama
All the Misfortunes Caused by the Angel (2001). In 2005, Li won the Best Actress award at the Romania International Film Festival for her performance in the Sino-Japanese film
About Love. In 2007, she co-starred in the youth series
Struggle. Based on the popular novel by Shi Kang,
Struggle gained unexpected acclaim and was seen as a breakthrough in Chinese TV production as it broke from the usual Chinese TV series focusing in traditional legends and series. Her role as the bratty and adorable Yang Xiaoyun was a hit with the audience and propelled her to a household name in China. Due to her popularity, Li was crowned the "
Golden Eagle Goddess" at the China Golden Eagle TV Art Festival, where she performed as the opening act to the ceremony. In 2011, Li starred in the ancient fantasy series
Beauty World (2011), her first period drama in six years. Li's subsequent roles in the family dramas
My Mom and My Mother-in-Law (2011),
AA Lifestyle (2012) and
We Love You, Mr. Jin (2012) cemented her image as the "Nation's Daughter-in-Law" in China. She won the Best Actress at the
Huading Awards for her role in
My Mom and My Mother-in-Law. In 2013, Li starred in comedy film
Personal Tailor directed by
Feng Xiaogang, playing multiple roles in the film.
Personal Tailor was one of the highest grossing films of the year. ==Personal life==