Actress Liu Tao recently shared photographs of her celebrating the birthday of her friend and Taiwanese actress, Ruby Lin.

The 37-year old actress posted snaps of her with Lin on her Weibo account.

Tao and Lin became friends after working together on the CCTV hit drama, Dali Princess.

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Birthday girl, Ruby Lin was born on January 27,1976 with the name Lin Hsin-Ju.

The now popular actress first started as a commercial model in Taiwan and became an Asian superstar overnight after she was cast for the role of Xia Ziwei in the hit TV drama My Fair Princess, which also starred Vicki Zhao. Since then Lin has starred in numerous films such as The Duke of Mount Deer, Romance in the Rain, Boy & Girl, Flying Daggers and Affair of Half a lifetime. 

Aside from acting, Ruby Lin also took on singing and in 1999 she released a five-track album that she called Heartbeat.

As of 2015, the now 40 years old actress insists that she is single, saying "In this business, sometimes it's really, really hard, even for myself, to determine if a relationship is really true love or a romantic relationship due to convenience."

She was last rumored to have been in a relationship with Hong Kong based director Stanley Tong.

According to Apple Daily, Lin is currently the third-highest paid Taiwanese drama actress in 2011 and was hailed the top earning actress for the years 2012 and 2013. She is reported to have a net worth of $40 million. 

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