Tong Yao (Chinese: 童瑶; born 11 August 1985), also known as Tanya Tong, is a Chinese actress, best known in film for portraying Chen Shu in A Big Deal (2011), May in Snowfall in Taipei (2012) and Annie Yang in To Love Somebody (2014), and has received critical acclaim for her television work, particularly as Meng Xizi in Militia Ge Erdan (2012), Zhou Xiaobei in Three Bosom Girls (2014),[1] Song Renping in Like a Flowing River (2018) and Gu Jia in Nothing But Thirty (2020).

[2][3] In 2002, Tong made her television debut in Tracks In The Snowy Forest, playing a health worker in the Northeast Democratic United Army named Bai Ru.

[4] In 2006, Tong amassed a member of television credits namely My Sun, Walking Duster, and Life of Dragon and Tiger.

[7] Tong had a cameo appearance in Moonlight Lady (2007), a historical television series based on the real life on Song dynasty poet Li Qingzhao.

[14] And she starred as May, reuniting her with co-star Chen Bolin, who played her romantic interest, in Snowfall in Taipei, a film adaptation based on the Japanese novel of the same name.

[22][23][24] In 2018, Tong starred as a key supporting role in the historical drama Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, alongside Wallace Huo and Zhou Xun.

[44] On October 1, 2019, Tong Yao and Wang Ran, CEO of private investment bank CEC Capital, married in an ancient castle in Italy.