China actress goes viral with ‘my uterus is not your business’ reply when urged to have kids
Qin Lan refuses to take on conventional roles of wife and mother in real life
Chinese actress Qin Lan has become a significant role model for women’s rights on the mainland after her powerful quote, “My uterus is none of your business,” went viral.
At 45, the star spoke out in a 2020 interview in response to comments urging her to marry and have children.
After beginning her studies in accounting at Shenyang University of Technology in her hometown in northeastern China’s Liaoning province in 1999, she discovered she did not enjoy it.
She won a beauty contest six months later, prompting her to launch an acting career that met with instant success.
She became a household name after portraying Zhihua, the concubine of Prince Yongqi, in My Fair Princess 3 (2003).
The story’s writer, Chiung Yao, hand-picked her for the role and remarked on her beauty with the poetic line: “A teardrop of Qin is a star in the sky.”