Choenyi Tsering (Tibetan: ཆོས་དབྱིངས་ཚེ་རིང་; Chinese: 曲尼次仁; born 15 May 1986) is a Chinese actress and singer of Tibetan descent.^[1][2] Choenyi Tsering was best known for her roles as Princess Aliya on Love Yunge from the Desert (2013) and Zhang Lihua/ Zhu Gui'er on Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties (2013) and also starred in a number of films, including Zhanian Instrument (1999), Women Who Know How to Flirt Are the Luckiest (2013), Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2014), and Soul on a String (2017).

Choenyi Tsering was born in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on 15 May 1986. She aspired to act from an early age. She graduated from Tibet University.^[3]

At the age of 13, Choenyi Tsering appeared in an advertisement for a Tibetan medicine. It was her first ever advertising campaign as a model.^[4]

Choenyi Tsering made her film debut in Zhanian Instrument (1999), playing Gesang. The film was produced and distributed by CCTV-6.

In 2002, she attended the Tourism Ambassador of Tibet trials and won the Champions. In the fellowing year, she got the first place in the "Fifty-six Golden Flower Beauty Pageant of National Minorities" contest.

After playing minor roles in various films and television series, Choenyi Tsering received her first leading female role in a series called Changpiao Zhuangge (2008).

In 2009, she won the top place in Come on! Oriental angel (《加油！东方天使》), a Talent Show program aired on Dragon Television.^[5][6]

In 2010, Choenyi Tsering became the Penghu Islands Tourist Image Propaganda Ambassador. That same year, she appeared uncredited in the biographical historical television series Huang Yanpei as a journalist.

Choenyi Tsering's first major film role was in Wuye Paimen (2011). It was released on 26 August 2011.

In 2013, she had key supporting role as Princess Aliya in Love Yunge from the Desert. She was praised for her role.^[7] The series was produced by Yu Zheng and stars Angelababy, Du Chun, Lu Yi, Chen Xiao and Yang Rong. That same year, she was cast as Zhang Lihua/ Zhu Gui'er in Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties, which was produced by Zhejiang Yongle Film & TV Production. The series is an adaptation based on Chu Renhuo's historical novel Sui Tang Yanyi. She had a minor role as Jia Jia in Pang Ho-Cheung's Women Who Know How to Flirt Are the Luckiest, a romance film starring Huang Xiaoming, Zhou Xun, Sonia Sui and Evonne Xie.

In 2014, Choenyi Tsering appeared as Du Juan in the shenmo television series New Mad Monk. It is a sequel to The Legend of Crazy Monk. The television series earned critical acclaim. She got a small role as a Western beauty in the fantasy action adventure film Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal. The film is directed by Peter Pau and Zhang Tianyu and stars Chen Kun, Li Bingbing, Winston Chao, Yang Zishan, Bao Bei'er, and Jike Junyi.

In 2016, she had a cameo appearance in Ice Fantasy, adapted from Guo Jingming's bestselling novel of the same title. It is directed by Ju Jue Liang, and stars Feng Shaofeng, Victoria Song, Ma Tianyu, and Zhang Meng. The series was broadcast in July 2016 on Hunan Satellite Television. At the end of that same year, she sung a song with Tashi Dhondup on the CCTV New Year's Gala.^[8]

In 2017, Choenyi Tsering co-starred with Kimba and Siano Dudiom Zahi in Soul on a String as the Qiong, a Tibetan shepherdess.^[9] It is based on the short stories Tibet: Soul on a String (《西藏，系在皮绳结上的魂》) and On the Road to Lhasa (《去拉萨的路上》) by Tashi Dawa. The film premiered at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival on 15 June 2016, and opened in China on 18 August 2017.