Top C-drama actress Yang Mi celebrated her birthday this week on September 12th and many of her industry friends and her huge fandom were there to wish her well. She turned 38 which is putting her in veteran actress category but one can’t stay young forever. It’s wild to me that I remember her at 19 years old and fresh-faced playing Guo Xiang in the 2006 version of Return of the Condor Heroes and basically stealing the show IMO. She was perfect – the looks, the acting, the innocent youth full of conviction and feelings, capturing one of Louis Cha’s most adored supporting female leads across all his novels. To think that is almost two decades ago haha, and I’ve lived through even more decades worth of fresh-faced ingenues like Mi Mi growing up and new ones arriving. Wishing her a happy birthday and a better year for her in terms of getting her drama and movie picking groove back.