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