Right after actress Ly Canh Hy, born in 2000, won the Best Actress (Best Actress) award at the 37th Golden Rooster Awards, many viewers protested the result.
They said that Ly Canh Hy's acting in the movie "We Shake the Sun Together" was good enough, but not good enough to win the Golden Rooster Award this year, against strong opponents like Ma Le and Truong Tu Phong.
On the Chinese social network Weibo, the topic related to Ly Canh Hy - "a celebrity thanks to relationships" is being hotly discussed.
The blogger listed notable milestones in Ly Canh Hy's career, proving that she had a smooth journey and received many favorable resources, even though she was just an amateur actress and did not attend a formal school.
Li Gengxi was born in 2000 and is a young artist supported by the famous actress Xu Jinglei. Xu Jinglei is a high-ranking figure in the powerful Jingquan group (the circle of artists in Beijing), so Li Gengxi's career is believed to be closely related to resources from Jingquan.
In 2013, Li Gengxi went abroad to study middle school. In 2016, while in her second year of high school, Li Gengxi dropped out to return home to participate in Xu Jinglei's film project "200 Million Year Old Classmate", which was also her first role, at the age of 16.
It is reported that Li Gengxi's father and Xu Jinglei knew each other. When he mentioned his daughter's love of acting, Xu Jinglei felt that Li Gengxi had the same temperament and demeanor as himself when he was young, so he accepted her into the Xianhua Shengkai Film Company.
Li Gengxi trained for 10 months to play the female lead in “200 Million Years Old Classmate.” The film was a hit, although Li Gengxi’s performance was controversial.
Next, Ly Canh Hy participated in the big TV project “Tieu Hoan Hi” in 2018, with the supporting role of Kieu Anh Tu. This project gathered many talented actors including Dao Hong, Hai Thanh, Huynh Loi, Sa Dat, Vinh Mai.
In 2019, Li Gengxi starred in the movie "Violent Rabbit" with Wan Qian.
Chinese media commented that Li Gengxi is often given good scripts, deep roles, full of emotions and climax scenes to show off her acting. That is one of the reasons her career is so successful.
A typical example is the emotional crying scene in "The Unlucky Rabbit" that helped Ly Canh Hy be compared to "little Chau Tan".
In addition, Ly Canh Hy was assigned the main role in many other big and important projects such as "Sieu Viet" (2021) broadcast in prime time on CCTV1, co-starring with famous stars Ho Quan, Sa Dat, Ma Le; or "Tuyet Trung Hanh Dao Hanh" (2020), "Hoa Noc Trang Nhuoi Tron" (2021), "Mua Long Dang Dang" (2021), "Ky Thi Dai" (2022), "We Shake the Sun Together" (2023)...
Even in the movie "Instant Murder" (2023), Ly Canh Hy plays the main role, while Huynh Hieu Minh only plays a supporting role.
However, in contrast to the praise in the film industry, Ly Canh Hy's roles in historical TV series such as "Tuyet Trung Han Dao Hanh" and "Hoa No Trang Nhuat Tron" caused controversy in both appearance and acting.
Before the Golden Rooster Awards, in September 2024, Ly Canh Hy was ridiculed for surpassing her senior Chau Tan to win the Best Actress award at the Golden Deer Awards, China Changchun Film Festival (also for her role in the film "We Shake the Sun Together").
Currently, in the Chinese entertainment industry, Li Gengxi's group of friends, including Zhuang Dafei and Xiang Hanzhi, are called the "Jingjue Three Sisters", referring to young actors supported by the Beijing film industry.
Among them, Ly Canh Hy is known as "little princess Kinh Khuyen" with the most enormous resources.
