Cai Ming (Chinese: 蔡明; pinyin: Cài Míng; born 21 October 1961) is a Chinese singer, actress, and sketch comedy performer.[1][2][3]
Cai is notable for performing sketch comedy in CCTV New Year's Gala since 1991.
Cai was born into an educated family in Beijing on October 21, 1961, and she is of Hui ethnic group, the daughter of Tian Hua (Chinese: 田华), a doctor, and Cai Yuping (Chinese: 蔡毓平), a professor at Capital University of Economics and Business.
After graduating from junior high school, Cai entered the Beijing Film Studio Troupe.
In 1973, she starred in Xie Tieli's film Haixia (Chinese: 海霞), and this made her become famous overnight.
Cai performed sketch comedy in CCTV New Year's Gala since 1991.
Since July 2020, she has been working as a voice actress for Virtual YouTuber Nanako, who belongs to VirtuaReal Star.[4][5]
At the age of 22, Cai met her husband Ding Qiuxing (Chinese: 丁秋星), who is a Chinese director, they married in 1985, their son, Ding Ding (Chinese: 丁丁), was born in July 1986.