Angelababy (English name: Angela; birth name: Yang Ying) is a Chinese model, actress, and singer born in Shanghai to a Shanghainese mother and a father from Hong Kong, who is of half German and half Chinese descent. She is one of the "New Four Dan Actresses". Her father runs a fashion business in Shanghai. She gained an interest in fashion as a child under her father's influence.

Angelababy moved to Hong Kong when she was thirteen, and signed a modelling contract with Style International Management at the age of 14. She speaks English, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Japanese, and Cantonese.