Liu Haocun

Liu Haocun (Chinese: 刘浩存; pinyin: Liú Hàocún) is a Chinese actress. Liu was born on May 20, 1998 ^[2]She finished high school in 2016 and was cast by Zhang Yi Mo in 2016. She trained to be in her acting debut Zhang Yimou's drama film One Second in 2016 and finished filming in 2018, however, the movie wasn't on screen until 2020^[3]), and has since gone on to appear in various films such as A Little Red Flower (2020) and Cliff Walkers (2021).

Liu was born on May 20, 1998 ^[4] studied at a high school attached to the Beijing Dance Academy. In May 2016, she was admitted to the Beijing Dance Academy for college, where she received first place in the art test at the Folk Dance Department.^[5][6]

During her sophomore year, she officially signed a contract with Zhang Yimou Studio. In May 2016, she graduated high school and passed three rounds of auditions and was cast as a heroine in Zhang's 2020 movie One Second, and then entered the preparatory group to start acting training. At first, Zhang had the idea of casting her in his 2018 movie Shadow, but due to the adjustment of the script, she was not cast. In December 2020, she played the role of an optimistic girl suffering from cancer in the movie A Little Red Flower (2020). She won accolades for her performance in One Second and A Little Red Flower.^[7][8][9]

On 25 January 2021, she won the 2020 Baidu Entertainment Best New Film Award. In February 2021, she participated in the Spring Festival Gala, where she sang songs 'Send the Night' and 'You are a Little Red Flower'. On the same month, she won the 2020 China Screen Billboard Annual Newcomer Actor Award sponsored by the film magazine China Screen.^[10][11]

In July 2021, Liu Haocun became the brand ambassador of Louis Vuitton. In October 2021, she won the Asian Film Award for Best Newcomer and the Best Young Actress Award in the New Generation Unit (Film Category) at the 8th WenRong TV Awards for her role of in the movie One Second. On the same year, she starred in Zhang Yimou's historical spy thriller film Cliff Walkers, which set in the Imperial Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s before the eruption of World War II.^{[12][13][14][15]}

On 2021, Liu was cast alongside Jackie Chan in the movie Ride On. In February 2022, she starred in the romantic-action movie Only Fools Rush In alongside Liu Haoran, which was directed by Han Han.^[16][17]

It’s been revealed ever since actress Liu Hao Cun’s debut that her passport showed her date of birth as 1998/5/20. Her team initially tried to use 2000 as her public birth year but faced backlash as her ID passport leaked her 1998 birth year after a lawsuit. It was also noted she started college in 2016 at the age of 18.^[18] In July 2021, Liu donated CN¥ 500,000 for the victims of 2021 Henan floods.^[5][19]

Other than Louis Vuitton, Liu has won endorsements from brands such as L'Oreal, ZTE, Oreo and Cartier.^[20]

• Liu Haocun at IMDb
• Liu Haocun on Weibo (in Chinese)