Asia's Most Famous Celebrity Celebrity Stats NAME Liu Yifei NATIONALITY China DATE OF BIRTH Aug 25, 1987 (34 years old) HEIGHT 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) PROFESSION Actor, Model, Dancer, Singer COUNTRY China Liu Yifei is a Chinese-American actress, singer, and model. She has appeared multiple times on Forbes ' China Celebrity 100 list, and was named one of the New Four Dan actresses of China in 2009. She is widely known as "Fairy Sister" in China. In 2020, Yifei became known to international audiences for starring as the titular character in the Disney live-action film Mulan . The role earned her nominations for a Critics' Choice Super Award , a Kids' Choice Award and a Saturn Award . Early life Liu was born in Tongji Hospital in Wuhan , Hubei as An Feng ( 安风 ), followed her father's surname An . She is an only child. Her father is An Shaokang ( 安少康 ), a 1st Secretary in the Chinese Embassy in France and a French language university profe