Born in Beijing in 1997, Guan Xiaotong began acting as a child and quickly became one of mainland China's most familiar screen faces. She stole scenes as a young girl in Chen Kaige's Together (2002) and went on to star in the school romance Never Gone (2016) and the wuxia epic The Great Wall (2016) opposite Matt Damon. On television she led the hit dramas Age of Legends (2018) and the historical Novoland: Eagle Flag (2019). Trained at the Beijing Film Academy, she pairs a poised, well-mannered leading-lady quality with a childhood-star pedigree that keeps her in the front rank of mainland romantic and youth cinema. Read more