Ruby Lin

Lin Xin Ru (born January 27 1976, in Taipei) also known as Ruby Lin is a Taiwanese actress, pop singer and producer. Her English name is from her mother's love of the jewel. Lin made her acting debut in a TV commercial in Taiwan. When she received her first experience in front of the camera in 1995, for a minor role, she started to develop a passion for acting. In 1997, after playing supporting roles in various Taiwanese TV dramas, she took her breakout role as a leading actress in the television series Princess Pearl and its sequel, Princess Pearl II. In 1999, after Princess Pearl was broadcast, she also began a singing career with her first album, a five-track EP. Following the success of Princess Pearl, Lin has acted in a variety of major roles, such as the sassy Jian Ning princess in Duke of Mount Deer 2000, the cruel assassin Cai Yue in Flying Daggers (2003), the gentle-natured Man Zhen in Half Life Fate (2003), benevolent & intelligent queen in Schemes of a Beauty (2010) and spunky tomboy Sun Shangxiang in Three Kingdoms (2010). For her achievements in films and television series, Korean media dubbed her Taiwan's number-one actress and goddess of ancient Chinese series. In 2010 Ruby Lin announced the establishment of her own company, Ruby Lin Studio. Taiwan media reports that the company will deal with all aspects of the actress's career, including acting, singing and film roles.

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The Mirror (1999)

The grandson of a rich widow returns to Hong Kong with his girlfriend. They are charmed by an antique mirror at the grandmother's home. The mirror used to belonged to a famous courtesan in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Siu Wing
CAST:  Nicholas Tse  •  Ruby Lin  •  John Cheng  •  Helena Law Lan

The grandson of a rich widow returns to Hong Kong with his girlfriend. They are charmed by an antique mirror at the grandmother's home. The mirror used to belonged to a famous courtesan in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Siu Wing
CAST:  Nicholas Tse  •  Ruby Lin  •  John Cheng  •  Helena Law Lan

Fallen City (2011)

Shubei town, southeast China, the present day. Five years after he fled with RMB 800,000 from a bank robbery, Liu Chuan returns incognito to the town. Policeman Wang Laoshi, who was on duty at the time of the robbery and was demoted for letting Liu escape, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Huang Hong
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Huang Jue  •  Ding Yongdai

Shubei town, southeast China, the present day. Five years after he fled with RMB 800,000 from a bank robbery, Liu Chuan returns incognito to the town. Policeman Wang Laoshi, who was on duty at the time of the robbery and was demoted for letting Liu escape, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Huang Hong
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Huang Jue  •  Ding Yongdai

My Lucky Star (2013)

My Lucky Star is a 2013 Chinese romance film directed by Dennie Gordon and starring Zhang Ziyi and Leehom Wang. The film also serves as a prequel to the 2009 film Sophie's Revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennie Gordon
CAST:  Zhang Ziyi  •  Ruby Lin  •  Yao Chen  •  Singh Hartihan Bitto

My Lucky Star is a 2013 Chinese romance film directed by Dennie Gordon and starring Zhang Ziyi and Leehom Wang. The film also serves as a prequel to the 2009 film Sophie's Revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennie Gordon
CAST:  Zhang Ziyi  •  Ruby Lin  •  Yao Chen  •  Singh Hartihan Bitto

Blood Stained Shoes (2012)

This film is set in the 1930s, and starts with a strange murder in a beautiful Jiangnan river delta. At the scene, all that is left is an exquisite pair of embroidered shoes. An innocent seamstress is suspected and put to death, but the bloody murders do not stop..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Yip Wai-Man
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Kara Wai Ying-Hung  •  Monica Mok  •  Daniel Chan Hiu-Tung

This film is set in the 1930s, and starts with a strange murder in a beautiful Jiangnan river delta. At the scene, all that is left is an exquisite pair of embroidered shoes. An innocent seamstress is suspected and put to death, but the bloody murders do not stop..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Yip Wai-Man
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Kara Wai Ying-Hung  •  Monica Mok  •  Daniel Chan Hiu-Tung

You Deserve To Be Single (2010)

Li Zheng and Li Ying are two brothers the owners of a dating agency called "True Love Club". The business is going very well, but everything changed when Xiao Feng is passed by a sweet love, who is interested in the agency to prove the relationship with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cai Xin
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Mike He  •  David Wu  •  Wang Gang

Li Zheng and Li Ying are two brothers the owners of a dating agency called "True Love Club". The business is going very well, but everything changed when Xiao Feng is passed by a sweet love, who is interested in the agency to prove the relationship with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cai Xin
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Mike He  •  David Wu  •  Wang Gang

Driverless (2010)

Driverless is about three love stories that are intertwined by a car accident. It deals with several relationship issues, including the infamous seven year itch, reuniting with a first love, one night stands, an old husband with a young wife, and extramarital affairs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yang
CAST:  Liu Ye  •  Gao Yuanyuan  •  Li Xiaoran  •  Chen Jianbin

Driverless is about three love stories that are intertwined by a car accident. It deals with several relationship issues, including the infamous seven year itch, reuniting with a first love, one night stands, an old husband with a young wife, and extramarital affairs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yang
CAST:  Liu Ye  •  Gao Yuanyuan  •  Li Xiaoran  •  Chen Jianbin

School Days (1995)

Hui Chi-Ho (Jimmy Lin) is a secondary college student, coming from a rich family. It causes the dissatisfaction of "Crow", the big brother in the class, and he always finds ways to challenge Ho. Then enters a new student, , "Eagle" (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who takes Hui ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chin Ao-hsun
CAST:  Jimmy Lin Chih-Ying  •  Takeshi Kaneshiro  •  Franco Chiang  •  Ruby Lin

Hui Chi-Ho (Jimmy Lin) is a secondary college student, coming from a rich family. It causes the dissatisfaction of "Crow", the big brother in the class, and he always finds ways to challenge Ho. Then enters a new student, , "Eagle" (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who takes Hui ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chin Ao-hsun
CAST:  Jimmy Lin Chih-Ying  •  Takeshi Kaneshiro  •  Franco Chiang  •  Ruby Lin

Winner Takes All (2000)

Winner Takes All is a Hong Kong comedy starring Karl Maka and Ricky and Samuel Hui  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clifton Ko Chi-Sum
CAST:  Sam Hui Koon-Kit  •  Ricky Hui  •  Karl Maka  •  Nicholas Tse

Winner Takes All is a Hong Kong comedy starring Karl Maka and Ricky and Samuel Hui  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clifton Ko Chi-Sum
CAST:  Sam Hui Koon-Kit  •  Ricky Hui  •  Karl Maka  •  Nicholas Tse

Life Express (2004)

Foreign - A child dying of leukemia needs a bone marrow transplant immediately. With only 24 hours, the doctors must fight the usual red tape bureaucracy and political obstacles in order to retrieve the marrow and carry out the transplant before time runs out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blackie Ko Shou-Liang
CAST:  Richie Jen  •  Ruby Lin  •  Blackie Ko Shou-Liang  •  Jiang Shan

Foreign - A child dying of leukemia needs a bone marrow transplant immediately. With only 24 hours, the doctors must fight the usual red tape bureaucracy and political obstacles in order to retrieve the marrow and carry out the transplant before time runs out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blackie Ko Shou-Liang
CAST:  Richie Jen  •  Ruby Lin  •  Blackie Ko Shou-Liang  •  Jiang Shan

China Strike Force (2000)

A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Tong
CAST:  Aaron Kwok  •  Norika Fujiwara  •  Coolio  •  Mark Dacascos

A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Tong
CAST:  Aaron Kwok  •  Norika Fujiwara  •  Coolio  •  Mark Dacascos

One Stone and Two Birds (2005)

During the reign of Emperor Jia Jing of the Ming Dynasty, the evil court official Yan Song relies on the emperor favoritism towards him, becoming overbearing and domineering. An honest official Zhang Ying Long impeaches Yan Song with a Ten Cimes Five Deceits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chu Yen-ping
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Xue Cun  •  Ng Man-tat  •  Eric Tsang

During the reign of Emperor Jia Jing of the Ming Dynasty, the evil court official Yan Song relies on the emperor favoritism towards him, becoming overbearing and domineering. An honest official Zhang Ying Long impeaches Yan Song with a Ten Cimes Five Deceits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chu Yen-ping
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Xue Cun  •  Ng Man-tat  •  Eric Tsang

Comic King (2001)

Two popular comic writers who are good friends start a comic publishing company but fall in love with the secretary, simultaneously, creating a rivalry that threatens to split their friendship and destroy their business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  O Sing-Pui
CAST:  Nicholas Tse  •  Julian Cheung  •  Eason Chan  •  Ruby Lin

Two popular comic writers who are good friends start a comic publishing company but fall in love with the secretary, simultaneously, creating a rivalry that threatens to split their friendship and destroy their business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  O Sing-Pui
CAST:  Nicholas Tse  •  Julian Cheung  •  Eason Chan  •  Ruby Lin

The House That Never Dies (2014)

Story based on the legendary mansion at No. 81 on Chaoyangmennei Street in Beijing, which local legend says is haunted by the ghost of a Kuomintang official's wife, who committed suicide in the home around the time of the Cultural Revolution. The film follows Xu ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Yip Wai-Man
CAST:  Francis Ng  •  Ruby Lin  •  Monica Mok  •  Elaine Jin

Story based on the legendary mansion at No. 81 on Chaoyangmennei Street in Beijing, which local legend says is haunted by the ghost of a Kuomintang official's wife, who committed suicide in the home around the time of the Cultural Revolution. The film follows Xu ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Yip Wai-Man
CAST:  Francis Ng  •  Ruby Lin  •  Monica Mok  •  Elaine Jin

The Precipice Game (2017)

Liu Chenchen, a free-spirited young woman, rebels against her wealthy family and elopes with her boyfriend to join a cruise-bond treasure hunt. But what began as an innocent game with promises of great reward soon turns into a battle for survival when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wang Zao
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Peter Ho  •  Jin Shijia  •  Gai Yuexi

Liu Chenchen, a free-spirited young woman, rebels against her wealthy family and elopes with her boyfriend to join a cruise-bond treasure hunt. But what began as an innocent game with promises of great reward soon turns into a battle for survival when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wang Zao
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Peter Ho  •  Jin Shijia  •  Gai Yuexi

Phantom of the Theatre (2016)

A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show - and bring in new victims.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Yip Wai-Man
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Tony Yang  •  Simon Yam  •  Jing Gangshan

A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show - and bring in new victims.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Yip Wai-Man
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Tony Yang  •  Simon Yam  •  Jing Gangshan

The Wonderful Wedding (2015)

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DIRECTION:  Huang Chao-liang
CAST:  Chu-Ko Liang  •  Ruby Lin  •  Lin Mei-shiu  •  Li Dongxue

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DIRECTION:  Huang Chao-liang
CAST:  Chu-Ko Liang  •  Ruby Lin  •  Lin Mei-shiu  •  Li Dongxue

Sophie's Revenge (2009)

Dumped by her fiance just two months before their wedding, comic strip writer Sophie hatches an elaborate plan to get her Jeff back and punish the movie star, Joanna, who seduced him away. She finds herself a partner, Gordon, an ex-lover of Joanna's. The two start ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eva Jin
CAST:  Zhang Ziyi  •  Fan Bingbing  •  So Ji-sub  •  Peter Ho

Dumped by her fiance just two months before their wedding, comic strip writer Sophie hatches an elaborate plan to get her Jeff back and punish the movie star, Joanna, who seduced him away. She finds herself a partner, Gordon, an ex-lover of Joanna's. The two start ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eva Jin
CAST:  Zhang Ziyi  •  Fan Bingbing  •  So Ji-sub  •  Peter Ho

The Devotion of Suspect X (2017)

Based on Keigo Higashino’s award-winning novel, THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X follows a professor (Wang Kai) assisting in a murder investigation, only to find that a longtime rival and friend (Zhang Luyi) from his early university days may be involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alec Su
CAST:  Wang Kai  •  Zhang Luyi  •  Ruby Lin  •  Ye Zuxin

Based on Keigo Higashino’s award-winning novel, THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X follows a professor (Wang Kai) assisting in a murder investigation, only to find that a longtime rival and friend (Zhang Luyi) from his early university days may be involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alec Su
CAST:  Wang Kai  •  Zhang Luyi  •  Ruby Lin  •  Ye Zuxin

Bad Girl Trilogy (1998)

This is a collection of three films by emerging Taiwanese directors all revolving around the theme of strong, young women involved in mayhem of some sort. In all of them the theme of alienation within the crowded streets of Taiwan runs strong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lin Jing-Jie  •  Ying-Yu Chan  •  Yao-ting Wen
CAST:  Ken Chang  •  Zhang Shi  •  Alyssa Chia  •  Wallace Chung

This is a collection of three films by emerging Taiwanese directors all revolving around the theme of strong, young women involved in mayhem of some sort. In all of them the theme of alienation within the crowded streets of Taiwan runs strong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lin Jing-Jie  •  Ying-Yu Chan  •  Yao-ting Wen
CAST:  Ken Chang  •  Zhang Shi  •  Alyssa Chia  •  Wallace Chung

Dragon's Love (2002)

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DIRECTION:  Alice Wang
CAST:  TAE  •  Ruby Lin  •  Ben Ng Ngai-Cheung  •  Pang Ching-Fung

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DIRECTION:  Alice Wang
CAST:  TAE  •  Ruby Lin  •  Ben Ng Ngai-Cheung  •  Pang Ching-Fung
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