Chinese actress, director, screenwriter and producer, she has a number of popular works such as Suburban Birds, Home Away, Blind Massage, Blind Mountain, Between 2 Worlds and How to Describe a Cloud.

From Bai Xuemei in Blind Mountain to Xiaoman in Blind Massage and then the mother who is dying to find his son in Dog Days, Huang Lu dares to meet challenges in different roles in order to make further breakthroughs, hence the title “Queen of Literary Films”. With the unique style and outstanding skills, she has been widely recognized by the international film industry. She is one of the most favored Chinese actresses by directors around the world, and has participated in several international film festivals as jury member and producer.

Huang Lu is the only Chinese actress born in 1980s with starring films shortlisted in the Festival de Cannes, Berlin International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival. She was nominated as the Best Actress at the 60th Festival de Cannes for Blind Mountain in 2007, the Best Actress at the 66th Venice International Film Festival for Between 2 Worlds in 2009 and the Best Actress at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival for Blind Massage in 2014. In 2014, How to Describe a Cloud won the Best Actress at the 8th FIRST International Film Festival. In 2019, she was listed as a nominee for the Best Supporting Actress at the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards for G Affairs.