Jia Ling

Jia Ling (Chinese: 贾玲; pinyin: Jiǎ Líng) whose full name is Jia Yu Ling is a Chinese xiangsheng performer, actress and comedian who rose to fame after appearing at the 2010 Spring Festival Gala. She was born in Xiangyang, Hubei Province. She founded the company called Big Bowl (大碗娱乐）in 2016 with Sun Ji Bin and Li Kun.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Jia.
Jia Ling
Birth nameJia Yuling (贾俞玲)
Native name贾玲
Born (1982-04-29) 29 April 1982
Xiangyang, Hubei, China
NationalityChinese
EducationCentral Academy of Drama
Genresxiangsheng

Biography

Jia was born 贾俞玲 (Jiǎ Yùlíng) in 1982 into a poor peasant family in Xiangyang, Hubei Province. After graduating from the Central Academy of Drama in 2003 where she studied Xiangsheng performance, she worked with crosstalk performer Feng Gong appearing a series of short sketches. In the same year she participated in China's National Comic sketch Tournament (全国相声小品邀请赛) winning first place.[2]

In 2010 she made her television debut during the 2010 CCTV New Year's Gala where she appeared in a segment called Gala Talk which was later voted the third favourite performance of the night.

She is one of the main guests invited by the TV show Your Face Sounds Familiar (Chinese version) S1 at Hunan TV in 2012, and continues to be one of the main guests for the next three seasons. [3]

In 2014, she is one of the MC of the TV show Lok Street which is about improv comedy. [4]

In 2015, she performed her sketch called Lok Street during the 2015 CCTV New Year's Gala. [5]

Later in 2015, she performed a controversial sketch of Hua Mulan where she implied Mulan to be a coward that was duped into joining the army. A controversial institute called Mulan Cultural Research Centre asked her to apologize. But a lot of Chinese netizens also support her and believe that her performance should be acceptable. The authority and reliability of the Mulan Cultural Research Centre are still controversial, and many people asked for enhancing the regulation of this kind of institutes. [6] [7]

In 2016, she and her team took part in a TV show of comedy competition called Comedy General Mobilization S1; her sketch Hi, Li Huan Ying was played in the first episode in the show which won the first place in the episode. [8]

In 2017, her company is the co-producer of the TV show Happy Theater which is about improv comedy. [9] She also took part in the TV show Comedy General Mobilization S2 in the same year and became one of the team leaders. [10]

From 2018 to 2020, she is one of the MC of the TV show Ace VS Ace at Zhejiang TV.[11]

In 2020, she is an MC of the TV show Youth Periplous 2 at Zhejiang TV. [12]

In 2021, the first Movie she directed called 你好，李焕英(translation: Hi, Mom (Li Huan Ying)) which was adapted from her sketch of the same name in 2016 will be released during the Chinese Spring Festival. She made this film in memory of her mother. [13]

In 2020, she ranked 93rd on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list.[14]

Film and television works

Drama (Not the full list)
  • Legend of the White Snake, new
  • Proposal Story
  • Talking about Shanghai Beach
  • Later in the future
  • Omnipotent performance
  • Open Sesame

Sketch (Not the full list)
  • Lok Street (2015)
  • Comedy!Comedy (2015)
  • A Smiling girl (2015)
  • A Chinese Ghost Story（skit) (2015)
  • Wronged Memory (2015)
  • Heavenly Sword Dragon Slaying Saber (skit) (2015)
  • A Chinese Odyssey (Skit) (2015)
  • Hi, Mom (Li Huan Ying) (2016)
  • Jiu Er (2016)

Movies

TV Drama (Not the full list)
  • Diors Man 2 (2013)
  • Crazy Neighbors (2013)
  • You are my eyes (2015)
  • Life is a little sweet (2016)
  • Happy Detectives (2016)
  • Happy Hunters (2020)

Variety Show
  • Your Face Sounds Familiar (Chinese version) (2012-2014)
  • Let's Laugh Together (2014)
  • Star Chef S1 (2014)
  • Lok Street S1 (2014)
  • Lok Street S2 (2015)
  • Real Hero (2015)
  • Run For Time (2015)
  • Comedy Class of Spring S1 (2015)
  • Top Funny Comedian S1 (2015)
  • Running Man (China) S4 (22 April 2016)
  • Happy Camp (21 May 2016, 28 May 2016)
  • Star Chefs arriving S3 (2016)
  • Comedy General Mobilization (2016)
  • Top Funny Comedian S2 (2016)
  • Comedy Class of Spring S2 (2017)
  • Running Man (China) S5 (12 May 2017, 19 May 2017)
  • Ace VS Ace S2 (7 April 2017)
  • Ace VS Ace S3 (2018)
  • Ace VS Ace S4 (2019)
  • Ace VS Ace S5 (2020)
  • Youth Periplous 2 (2020）

References
  1. "贾玲：说"酷口"的那个北漂(组图)". 北京晨报. 2009-12-02. Archived from the original on 2016-02-15.
  2. "The Exposure of Jiang Kun's Illegitimate Daughter". China Daily. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. "探班百变大咖秀：揭秘明星后台变身记". 新浪娱乐. 12 May 2013.
  4. "民间资本首投央视综艺节目《喜乐街》今晚开播". 央广网. 6 June 2014.
  5. "贾玲小品《喜乐街》被指嘲笑剩女胖子 网友吐槽". 中国日报网. 2015-02-21.
  6. "中国木兰文化研究中心:一个"国"字头文化机构的真相". 中国经济网. 31 July 2015.
  7. Teo, Cheng Wee (2 August 2015). "TV spoof on heroine sparks row in China". The Straits Times. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  8. "贾玲《喜剧总动员》玩穿越 追忆母亲令全民泪崩". 腾讯娱乐. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. "浙江卫视《开心剧乐部》 贾玲杨迪张小斐打造首档即兴喜剧节目". 蓝天下. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. "喜剧总动员第二季冠军是谁，魏大勋喜剧总动员2夺冠一脸懵！". 峰峰信息港. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  11. "《王牌对王牌4》定档！沈腾贾玲携新成员华晨宇、关晓彤摆擂讨教". 蓝天下. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  12. "《青春环游记2》收官，收视爆棚，网播量翻倍，周深贾玲功不可没". Sohu. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  13. "你好，李焕英，有个叫贾玲的人又想你了". Sohu. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  14. "福布斯中国发布2020名人榜，00后少年易烊千玺荣登榜首". Forbes China (in Chinese). August 27, 2020.
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