Xu (1974. 04 16-) was born in Beijing and his ancestral home was in Hunan. She studied calligraphy as a child and graduated from the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy. She is an actress and director in China. She became an instant hit because of the first idol drama "Love to the End" in the Mainland, and she was called the four Hua Dan's with Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun and Zhao Wei. The film Letter from an Unknown Woman won the best director at the Sebastian International Film Festival, so it is known as a talented woman in mainland film and television circles. In 20 10, the director's fourth film, Du Lala's Promotion, made a box office of over 100 million in Chinese mainland, becoming the first female directors in Chinese mainland to break 100 million.