Lin Yun also known by her English name Jelly Lin is a Chinese actress She is known for her role as the female lead in the 2016 film The Mermaid Lin was born Fei Xia ?? in Huzhou Zhejiang on April 16 1996 Her father Fei Jianhua ??? is a porter and her mother is a housewife She studied at the Huzhou No 12 Middle School and then attended a performing arts school in Beijing At the age of 18 and with little acting experience Lin was cast as the female protagonist in the 2016 film The Mermaid directed by Stephen Chow The Mermaid was the highestgrossing film in China and launched Lin to fame The same year Lin featured in the fantasy epic film LORD Legend of Ravaging Dynasties directed and written by Guo Jingming Lin starred in another Stephen Chow film Journey to the West Conquering the Demons 2 2017 where she played the White Bone Spirit She was also cast in the Disneymade romantic comedy The Dreaming Man as well as historical epic Genghis Khan In 2018 Lin starred in her first television series Battle Through the Heavens a fantasy wuxia drama based on the novel of the same name She also starred in Beautiful Reborn Flower a romance melodrama based on the novel of the same name by Anni Baobei and musicthemed romance drama Cantabile Youth based on the Japanese manga Nodame Cantabile In 2019 Lin starred as the female lead in the romance film Fall in Love at First Kiss a remake of the Taiwanese series of the same name She also reprised her role in the second installment of the film The Mermaid In 2017 Yun briefly dated Song Weilong her costar in Beautiful Reborn Flower