- Born
- Sep 6, 1990
- From
- Jinan, Shandong
- Active since
- 2016
- Agency
- 众星时代 (Star Times)
Li Yitong (born 6 September 1990 in Jinan, Shandong) entered the Shenzhen Art School at twelve and studied Chinese folk dance at the Beijing Dance Academy. She made her debut as the lead of the web series Demon Girl (2016) and was cast as Huang Rong in the 2017 adaptation of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, followed by Bloody Romance (2018), Royal Nirvana (2019), Sword Dynasty (2019), Court Lady (2021), The Knockout (2023) and A Dream Within a Dream (2025). In 2026 she leads A Prophet and The Vanishing Beauty.
Dramas
The Vanishing Beauty
美人余
2026 · 28 episodes · Tencent Video
8 articles
A Prophet
我不是大师
2026 · 24 episodes · iQIYI, Tencent Video
6 articles
The Knockout
狂飙
2023 · 39 episodes · CCTV, iQIYI
2 articles
Love Between Fairy and Devil
苍兰诀
2022 · 36 episodes · iQIYI
1 article
Royal Nirvana
鹤唳华亭
2019 · 72 episodes · Youku
3 articles
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
射雕英雄传
2017 · 52 episodes
2 articles
Sword Dynasty
剑王朝
2 articles
Our coverage
The Vanishing Beauty Learned Short-Drama Speed, Not Trust
The Vanishing Beauty packs a reversal into almost every night of its run and swaps the mistress showdown for an asset settlement. It borrowed the pace of China's vertical short dramas and skipped the part a 28-episode drama exists for: making you believe its people.
Sword Dynasty: The Sword-Realm Revenge Drama That First Paired Li Xian and Li Yitong
A guide to the 2019 iQIYI wuxia series Sword Dynasty: a chronically ill wine-shop youth who sets himself against a royal house, a world organised around the sword and levels of cultivation, Li Xian and Li Yitong's first pairing, and a divided reception.