ZHAO LUSI
赵露思
Anglicised Name:
Rosy Zhao
Birthdate:
November 9, 1998
Star Sign | Chinese Zodiac:
Scorpio | Tiger
Birthplace | Nationality:
Chengdu, Sichuan Province | Chinese
Height | Weight:
Civil Status:
Occupation:
Single
Actress | Model | Singer
1.61 cm | 41 kg
Zhao Lusi, also known internationally by her English name Rosy Zhao, born on November 9, 1998, in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, is a highly celebrated Chinese actress and singer who stands out as a leading icon of the "Post-95" generation. Rosy attended The Affiliated Middle School of Southwest Jiaotong University. Later, she studied in the Department of Fashion Styling at Mingdao University. Rosy loves spicy food very much. While studying in Taiwan, China, she often cooked hometown dishes for her classmates, and eventually even operated a wonton shop in the school's food street. During this period, she studied as an exchange student in Los Angeles, USA.
Long before her formal debut, a selfie she took as a 12-year-old student went viral online. Unbeknownst to her at the time, her face was being used by thousands across China as avatars and wallpapers on the QQ messaging network. Rosy possesses a unique combination of vitality and purity, and her temperament is also outstanding. In a set of portrait photos, Rosy, facing the camera, reveals a natural and fresh smile, with cute and playful movements that are refreshing.
Health wise in 2019, Rosy experienced depressive moods. In 2021, she felt as if bugs were crawling on her body accompanied by allergies. In 2023, she suffered from conditions including pneumonia, pulmonary emphysema, pityriasis rosea, urticaria, night sweats, and sensorineural hearing loss, and was impacted by events such as Rosy's father was diagnosed with cancer and underwent chemotherapy. She did not return home during his chemotherapy, only seeing him once after her grandfather passed away. In 2024, she experienced somatic symptoms including frequent dry heaving, dizziness, joint pain, and cervical pain. On December 18, 2024, Rosy suddenly fell ill, unable to walk or speak, and was immediately sent to the hospital, suspending all subsequent work. After treatment and rest, she gradually regained her ability to speak and began to stand up for rehabilitation training. On January 24, 2025, Rosy publicly discussed her struggle with depression in the Global Times, stating that her condition had significantly improved and her dissociative symptoms had largely recovered. In March 2025, Rosy revealed on the variety show Little Courage that she has panic disorder.
Her debut was in November 2016, she participated as an intermediate agent in the recording of the light situational sci-fi variety show Mars Intelligence Agency Season 2, which premiered on Youku. On July 1, 2017, she participated in the recording of the light situational sci-fi variety show Mars Intelligence Agency Season 3, which premiered on Youku; later, she starred in the fantasy comedy film Altar Angel: A Journey to the West Story; on September 29, the comedy film City of Rock was released nationwide, in which Rosy played a young nurse responsible for caring for an investment tycoon, with the two eventually embarking on a romantic travel journey together. On January 14, 2018, the historical romance drama The Phoenix in the Cage, starring Xiaotong Guan, Song Weilong, and others, aired, in which she played Ma Xueyun, who was deeply in love with Rong Zhi but never received his affection in return; on April 23, the food-themed historical romance drama Cute Wife, Food God premiered on Tencent Video, where she played the gentle and lovely songstress Liu Yiyi; on the 25th, the historical romance idol drama Oh My Emperor, in which she played the lead role, premiered on Tencent Video. In the series, she portrayed the female lead Luo Feifei, who enters a parallel world where zodiac sign abilities are the standard of judgment by chance, and experiences a series of both hilarious and touching inspirational stories with characters of different zodiac signs; concurrently, she sang the insert song As If Falling into a Sea of Love for the drama with Jason Koo.
On January 12, 2019, she received the Annual Web Potential Actor Award at the 3rd Golden Bud Web Film and Television Ceremony; on the 28th, the youth healing web series The Best Sound, in which she co-starred with Wang Yilun, premiered. She played the female lead Bei Erduo, a sound engineer with a magical hearing talent; on February 14, the urban romance film Autumn in My Heart was released nationwide, in which Rosy played Eun-seo, whose fate was tragically misplaced; on May 30, the Republican-era fantasy drama The Blue Whisper premiered on Youku. Rosy played Ye Yunshang, who comes from a family of medical practitioners, and roams the mortal world with the Shenmu clan youth Mu Xingchen to heal the world; on July 5, the historical romance drama My Girlfriend is an Alien aired, where Rosy collaborated again with Li Hongyi. She played Chunhua, a girl who time-travels to a fictional martial arts world to experience love and develops feelings for two young men representing opposing sides; on November 8, she participated in the recording of the acting skills variety show The Actors, which aired on Youku.
On January 25, 2020, she performed a medley of Jin'er Ge Zhen Gaoxing, Calorie, and Jiankang Ge with Kevin at the 2020 Jiangsu TV Spring Festival Gala; on March 19, the historical xianxia drama Three Thousand Crows Kill, starring Rosy and Zheng Yecheng, premiered on Mango TV. In the series, Rosy played Tan Chuan, who transforms from an innocent princess into a resilient princess bearing the burden of restoring her kingdom; on May 18, the historical romance drama The Romance of Tiger and Rose premiered on Tencent Video. Rosy gained more attention for her role as Chen Qianqian and won the 7th Hengdian Film and Television Wenhong Award Best Actress and the Tencent Video Star Awards 'Annual Breakthrough TV Actor' Award; on July 25, the song Compulsory Course of Youth, a duet with Lu Yupeng, was released; on September 15, the urban romance drama I Like You premiered on Tencent Video. Rosy played Gu Shengnan in the series, and she also performed the theme song I Like You; on the 20th, the results of the 7th "China TV Good Actor" online voting organized by the China Television Artists Association's Actor Committee were announced, and Rosy received the China TV Good Actor Outstanding Actor Award (Web Series Group, Actress); on November 11, Rosy won the 29th Huading Award Best New Actor for Chinese Top 100 TV Series and received a nomination for Best Actress in Chinese Costume Drama for her role in The Romance of Tiger and Rose; on December 31, she performed the song My Future Is Not a Dream with Gao Weiguang on the program Setting Sail 2021 – China Media Group New Year's Eve Gala; on the same day, she joined the Zhejiang TV New Year's Eve Gala and performed the song Grain in Ear.
On March 31, 2021, the historical inspirational drama The Long Ballad premiered on Tencent Video. Rosy played the gentle yet strong Li Leyan in the series and won the 16th Seoul International Drama Awards 'Asian Star' for this role; concurrently, she also performed the insert song How I Wish You Were My Eternal Song for the drama; on May 20, the urban idol drama Accidentally Picking Up Love aired, in which Rosy played Gu Anxin, a delivery courier with a dream of becoming a comic artist; on July 1, the historical war film Nineteen twenty one, in which she made a guest appearance, was released. She played Liu Qingyang in the film; on September 22, the historical romance comedy A Female Disciple Arrives at the Imperial Academy premiered on Tencent Video and Youku. She played Sang Qi, the only daughter of the Grand Minister of War Sang Gong; in the same year, she participated in the reality show Please Take Care of My Refrigerator Season 7.
On April 18, 2022, the historical wuxia romance drama Who Rules the World, starring Rosy and Yang Yang, premiered on Tencent Video. In the series, she played Bai Fengxi, a renowned heroine in the martial arts world who is also the Princess of Qingzhou, Feng Xiyun; on July 5, the historical family drama Love Like the Galaxy, starring Rosy and Wu Lei in a reunion collaboration, began airing on Tencent Video. Rosy played Cheng Shaoshang, the daughter of the Cheng family, and she won the 18th Chinese American Film Festival Annual Outstanding Young Actor Award for this role; on September 25, the television series Hutong aired. Rosy played the female lead "Tian Zao" in the first chapter; on December 31, she performed the song It's You at the Dream Fulfillment in the East · 2023 Dragon TV New Year's Eve Gala.
On February 5, 2023, she participated in the "Four Seas Celebrate Spring" 2023 Global Chinese New Year Cloud Gala; on May 14, the realistic drama The New Generation premiered on Dragon TV. Rosy played Sun Toutou, the sole inheritor of the strongest secret technique in traditional Chinese medicine, the "Jiang Family Needle Method"; on June 20, the modern youth romance drama Hidden Love premiered on Youku. Rosy played the rebellious teenager Sang Zhi; in addition, she performed the opening song Just Want to Hide You Secretly and the ending song I Have Someone I Like for the drama; on August 16, she participated in the recording of the variety show F.I.Y, which premiered on Tencent Video and Youku; on November 3, the talk show variety program MARS intelligence agency, in which she participated, aired on Youku; on December 11, the xianxia inspirational romance drama Gods in Hiding aired, with Rosy in the lead role playing the water condensing beast A Yin; on December 31, she participated in the 2023-2024 Hunan TV Mango TV New Year's Eve Gala and performed the song Crescent Bay.
On June 22, 2024, the film Moments We Shared, in which she co-starred with Yuchang Peng and Zhou Ye, was released nationwide. Rosy played Cherry, a coffee shop owner; on October 11, her released song You R was launched; on October 12, she participated in the program 2024 Douyin Wonderful Magical Night, performing the song You R; on November 1, the historical legend drama The Story of Pearl Girl premiered. Rosy played Duanwu, a pearl diver slave who escapes the pearl farm to avoid humiliation and eventually grows into a generation of female merchants; on November 5, she received the Weibo Vision Conference Annual Youth Role Model Actor Award. On February 28, 2025, Rosy was shortlisted for the "2024 Top 10 Stars in Commercial Value". On March 27, she participated in the humanities documentary variety show Little Courage, which aired on Hunan TV and Mango TV. On May 1, she released the self-written song Look Yourself. On September 26, the urban romance drama Love's Ambition, in which she co-starred with William Chan, aired; she played the role of Xu Yan. On November 2, her new single Don't Wanna Know was released on NetEase Cloud Music.
Throughout her career she has also done some investing. On August 26, 2025, according to information from Qichacha, Chengdu Maning Limited Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. was registered and established, with Rosy holding a 90% stake. The legal representative of this company, Zhao Jun, is associated with Chengdu Negative Negative Get Zhao Enterprise Management Co., Ltd., which was established in April 2025 and has registered copyrights for artistic works related to Rosy, such as "doedian" and "ROSYDOEDIAN".
In December 2025, Rosy established a new company named Zhaodezhu, with its business scope including enterprise management, professional design services, and organizing cultural and artistic exchange activities.
On January 17, 2026, Wang Hedi's D. PARTY Concert was held in Macao, China, with special guest Rosy presenting a collaborative stage. On March 28, the variety show she participated in, If Not Funny, Sleep on the Street, aired. On March 31, 2026, Zhao Lusi Studio officially announced the Bangkok concert: 'StayRomantic' would commence on May 9!