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TV starlet hits silver screen

Updated: 2011-08-10 10:53

(China Daily)

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Actress Yang Mi, who rose to overnight fame after appearing in the lead role in the popular time travel-based TV series Palace, will star in four blockbuster films.

The 25-year-old's cinematic debut, Mysterious Island, has brought in 85 million yuan ($13.22 million) since July 8. The filming of two of the films, a kungfu flick and a spy thriller, will start in October. She will also play the lead in a horror film adapted from a novel by Can Jun and a film version of the opera Turandot.

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