[3] Yang Ying moved to Hong Kong when she was thirteen,[3] and signed a modelling contract with Style International Management at the age of 14.

[3] Angelababy began her career as a model at 14, frequently collaborating with her agency mate Janice Man, presenting themselves as a twin-sister duo.

[7] In 2013, Angelababy starred in Tsui Hark's crime action film Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon, playing a beautiful courtesan.

[10] The same year, she starred alongside fellow Keep Running member Michael Chen in romance film Love on the Cloud,[11] which was a moderate success at the box office.

[14] She then starred in Mojin: The Lost Legend, based on the popular tomb raiding novel series Ghost Blows Out the Light.

[citation needed] The same year, she starred in her first television series, historical drama Love Yunge from the Desert based on Tong Hua's novel Song in the Clouds.

[25] Angelababy's career slowed down since her divorce from Huang Xiaoming in 2022 and was seriously derailed in October 2023, when she reportedly attended Lisa's Crazy Horse show in Paris, France.

Some Chinese netizens argued that Angelababy's attendance at such a show violated China's prohibitory regulations on entertainers from participating in activities involving pornography or obscenity, and thus called for her to be banned.

Subsequently, CCTV, China's state broadcatser, erased from its Weibo account videos of her performances at national galas, and she withdrew from the hosting group of the show Running Man after 10 years.

On January 30, 2024, Angelababy's accounts on Weibo, Douyin, and other platforms were unmuted, but she remained partially blacklisted in mainland China.

In 2005, 16-year-old Angelababy began a relationship with 20-year-old Hong Kong actor William Chan while both hosting children's show Viva!

On 27 May 2015, they obtained their marriage certificate in Qingdao, China[30] and their wedding banquet took place in Shanghai on 8 October 2015, with an estimated cost of US$31 million.

[36] Angelababy has invested in several businesses; including a nail parlour, a café (with fellow Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka-fai) and a lifestyle store.

She then bought shares in Chinese overseas purchasing e-commerce site Ymatou and beverage brand HeyJuice.