In 2010, Zhou Dongyu, a little-known post-90s actor, played the role of the heroine "Jingqiu" in the costume drama "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" directed by Zhang Yimou. This is the first film and television work of her acting career. At first, director Zhang Yimou racked his brains for the role of Jingqiu and did not find a suitable candidate. 
One day, the staff showed him a piece of Zhou Dongyu's **, and Director Zhang took a fancy to her at a glance, feeling that her facial features were delicate and her face had a bit of a fresh and refined taste. What's even more rare is that she has no acting foundation and acting experience at all, just a blank sheet of paper, which is in line with Director Zhang's style of always liking to discover newcomers. So, this post-90s girl changed her life against the sky and became the heroine of Director Zhang's new film with one face. "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", released in 2010, is a pure and sad love story about the ** period. This is Zhou Dongyu's first work, and her acting career has begun. And the pure, lovely, intelligent and clever Jingqiu she created also instantly convinced the hearts of countless audiences. After becoming popular overnight, Zhou Dongyu has received unprecedented attention and attention. Director Zhang publicly praised her as "the future of Chinese films", and her identity jumped from a small actor to the most proud "Mou girl" in Director Zhang's mind. She also became the most popular post-90s star of that era for the first time. 
In 2016, Zhou Dongyu was already a well-known popular flower. She has not only won numerous awards for theatrical performances, but also often appears in various lace news and hot events. The image has changed from the initial innocence to becoming more three-dimensional and plump. This year, she successively won the Leap Forward Actress Award and the Best Actress Award at the Huabiao Film Award for her two hit dramas "Monster Hunt" and "Lao Paoer", and was officially crowned the "Three Golden Queens". Standing at the pinnacle of his acting career, Zhou Dongyu seems to have omnipotent capital and strength. However, it was in this year that some unknown past events hidden behind her scenery were also all **. makes her in the real life of the actress not as glamorous as in front of the camera. In a drinking party in 2016, Zeng Zhiwei, who was drunk and hazy, accidentally said "I dived Zhou Dongyu". This sentence seemed like an unintentional joke, but it made major entertainment headlines the next day. Zhou Dongyu and her brokerage team have tried their best to explain and deny it, but the ** with different opinions has already set the tone. 
The paparazzi began to frantically rummage through Zhou Dongyu's historical black materials and scandals like chicken blood. The ambiguous love affair between her and a series of male stars such as Dou Xiao, Lin Gengxin, and Chen Xiao was all shaken out one by one. Especially in 2013, the scandal with Taiwanese male god Ruan Jingtian was identified as a junior by the other party's girlfriend Xu Weining, which eventually led to the two breaking up. The popular actress Zhou Dongyu not only plays a variety of roles on the screen, but her behavior outside the camera is also quite complicated. Facing the camera, she can be a pure and lovely campus girl, or she can be an uninhibited and rebellious queen. But in reality, her mind and way of doing things seem to be too immature**. In 2012, director Zhang Yimou had a conflict with producer Zhang Weiping. As Director Zhang's most proud closing door**, Zhou Dongyu should have stood up to support his mentor;But not only did she not express her position, but soon fell to Zhang Weiping's side. When Director Zhang fell into the whirlpool, Zhou Dongyu not only did not help, but established a new cooperative relationship with Du Qifeng, which caused great discussion in the industry. In 2016, when she and her friend Ma Sichun won the award together, they said something like this on stage: "It is really glorious to be able to win the Golden Horse Award, because there are no people in this circle in my family." In the face of Ma Sichun's elated appearance, the contempt in her words was obvious and shocking. 
During the recording of a variety show, she also openly called the names of senior actors Wang Xun and Sun Honglei. Not to mention juniors to seniors, even between ordinary friends, it is rare to call each other's names directly. Zhou Dongyu's behavior really made many viewers question her etiquette and conduct. In 2022, Zhou Dongyu and the new student Liu Haoran were photographed dating many times, and there seems to be some kind of indescribable relationship between the two. According to the analysis of industry insiders, Zhou Dongyu is hyping the so-called "sister and brother love" to consolidate his status as the queen. Indeed, in just a few years, Zhou Dongyu has climbed to the top of the film and television industry with a newcomer's face. From the debut of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" to the current "Three Golden Queens", she has passed such a level perfectly with strength and luck. The acting skills have also matured in the experience of different types of roles, and they have been able to control all kinds of complex characters with ease. However, just when her career was in full swing, her various performances in front of the public gradually showed her feet. disrespects his predecessors, and his jokes ruthlessly hit his friends, and he forced all the crew to shave their heads behind the camera to foil themselves. All indications show that Zhou Dongyu's inner world is somewhat out of touch with his successful external image. 
As a representative of the post-90s first-line actresses, she is entering the peak of her career. But if you want to continue to gain a firm foothold in the complicated place of the entertainment industry, it is far from enough to rely on a beautiful face and the blessing of a few trophies. She must show a more objective, rational and mature side off-camera, and establish a literacy and morality that matches her status and status, so as to win more respect and support from the audience. This will also be the main topic of her next development. Zhou Dongyu's growth trajectory is a shortcut that many new-generation actors dream of. However, her various words and deeds also sounded the alarm for the juniors behind her. 
In the film and television industry, the most important thing is personal traffic and appearance. Zhou Dongyu relied on his outstanding basic conditions and coincided with a good opportunity to make a blockbuster. But just because of what she has achieved so far, we can't simply assume that she is fully mature and qualified to criticize other artists or staff. For most young actors who have just entered the industry, Zhou Dongyu is a successful model and a negative teaching material. She made the younger generations understand that a good skin is not enough to gain a foothold in this circle;Acting skills, emotional intelligence and character are the keys to determining how far an actor can go. Therefore, when the day comes when you become popular, you must not be empty-eyed, talk about people and talk nonsense. We must know how to respect our predecessors, cherish our partners, and maintain humility and good behavior in order to make our career last. Zhou Dongyu's inspiration to everyone is that after becoming popular, you can't be confused.