Sina reported that once considered one of the leading beauties of the Chinese entertainment industry, few people know that Dilireba also had a period of 20 years full of self-doubt and hardship when she first entered the profession.
According to shares from personal posts in her youth, the actress is not always confident with her outstanding appearance. On the contrary, the beauty imbued with "foreign" features once caused her to be rejected many times when auditioning.
Born into an artistic family in Xinjiang, Dilireba went to dance school at the age of 9. After 6 years of hard training, she became a professional dancer when she was only 15 years old. However, instead of choosing a stable path, she decided to switch to acting.
At the age of 18, she left Xinjiang alone to Shanghai, took the entrance exam to the Academy of Drama and started learning acting from scratch. Without an acting background, a standard voice with a strong Xinjiang accent, and living far from her family, the young actress at that time fell into a state of confusion and loneliness.
At the age of 20, Dilraba Dilmurat continuously took auditions but did not achieve results. Without fame, without relationships, she was just an ordinary student among hundreds of other candidates.
What is noteworthy is that her face is full of foreign features, sharp five senses, which are her advantage today, but at that time it was her biggest weakness. Many directors even frankly commented: "The face is too foreign, acting is still limited, not suitable for mainstream roles".
While her classmates gradually got roles, Dilraba Dilmurat at that time continuously failed, even failing to win small supporting roles. The pressure made the actress fall into a spiral of self-doubt, whether giving up dancing to pursue acting was a wrong decision.
Despite facing many difficulties, Dilireba does not give up. The foundation of discipline from her years of learning to dance helps her persistently practice acting, improve skills and seize every opportunity, even the smallest one.
At the age of 21, she officially debuted with a role in the movie "A Na Nhi Han". To fully transform, she accepted to wear bare face, sunbathe, experience real life and perform many hard scenes herself. This seriousness and effort helped her gradually be recognized for her abilities, instead of just being noticed for her appearance.
A turning point came to Dilireba when she made her mark through outstanding roles, especially in the movies "Diamond Lover" and "Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms". Continuous successes have made her one of the leading stars.
Notably, it is the appearance that once made Dilireba self-conscious at the age of 20, that finally became her own mark, the confusion that once caused her to collapse, and became the foundation for the breakthrough.
