Wen Yang was born in a pear garden family in Hunan. He studied Hunan ancient painting and drama since childhood and developed a finely crafted voice. However, parents and grandparents who are opera actors are reluctant to let Wen Yang engage in performing arts, because they know the hardships of this road. However, the long-term artistic edification made Wen Yang full of love for the stage, and she felt that she could have a broader development besides opera. So, Wen Yang kept his parents in the dark, and entered the Shangxi Performance Department.

Like many art college graduates, Wen Yang is also faced with the choice after graduation. At that time, only undergraduates could stay and work in Shanghai, and Wenyang only had a junior college degree. Just when her future was uncertain, a performance by Shanghai Drama Art Center made Yang, the head of Shaolin Temple, discover her talent and make an exception to admit her. Not only that, Wen Yang became the only actor in the Drama Center who signed a 10-year contract.

Wen Yang said she was lucky. But a person's success is not just luck. Wen Yang is not the youngest and most beautiful one in the Shanghai Theatre Art Center where beautiful women and talented women abound, but she is proficient in "singing, writing, reading and acting" and has a profound foundation in traditional Chinese opera. Wen Yang is usually the best choice for any dramatic actor who needs singing skills. With his outstanding artistic talent and unremitting efforts, Wen Yang has created many excellent works, and has successively appeared in Dating in this Life, Love to Lose Weight, Pretending to Be Deaf, Sylvia, The Fifth God, Don't Go Home in the Dark, Its Beautiful Days, The Gadfly and the musical I Love You.