She is known for her roles as Zhihua in My Fair Princess III, Empress Fuca in Story of Yanxi Palace and Mo Xiangwan in We Are All Alone.

Qin won a Golden Award in the Advertisement Model category of the 1999 National Nominate Newcomer Competition (全国推新人大赛).

In February 2003, when Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao and her team were holding auditions in Beijing, Qin was selected from a pool of 200 candidates to play a new character, Chen Zhihua in the television series My Fair Princess III.

[4] In 2013, she was shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress in the 7th Asian Film Awards for the role of Empress Lü Zhi in The Last Supper.

[8] Qin experienced a resurgence in popularity for her role as Empress Fucha in the 2018 hit historical drama Story of Yanxi Palace.