从《非你不可》的苏岩，到《小鱼儿与花无缺》的江玉燕，再到《蝴蝶飞飞》中的钟小印，杨雪凭借青春靓丽的外形以及多面化的角色形象，逐渐地让观众熟悉起来。眼下《蝴蝶飞飞》的旋风还没过去，近日又刮起了“小公主”杨雪的另一阵旋风：她与夏雨、陈道明主演的《浪淘沙》以及和柳云龙、河沿的《变脸》，与好姐妹韩雪“双雪合璧”出演的《明天我不是羔羊》等连续剧轮番在各卫星电视台播出，杨雪成为近日荧屏上一位活跃的明星。
　　喜欢杨雪的观众都喜欢叫她“小公主”，即便她扮演一些如江玉燕般恶毒的人物，观众也会不自觉地为她开脱，所以如此，也许这与杨雪纯真秀美的外表有关。我见到杨雪，是在《万历首辅张居正》剧组下榻的宾馆房间里。这是间很普通的双标间，墙壁上贴着很多电影海报，还有韩国女星李英爱的写真，床上安静地“躺”着的她的“男友”小熊维尼，诺基亚最新款手机、佳能数码相机等随意地摆放在桌上，房间的一角是满柜的零食，还有羽毛球拍和琵琶。
　　杨雪是个地道的北京人，有北京人身上特有的诚实，偶尔还有点冷幽默。回忆起从艺道路，杨雪说：“我从小到大的学习成绩都不是优秀的那种，连一般都不算，只能算二般、三般。高考没考上不知道该怎么办，后来我妈帮我报了北京电影学院的进修班。我这个人从来不会为自己的事操心，都是妈妈帮忙打理。这可能是很多北京孩子的缺点，总觉得有优越性而不会有危机感。我之前除了拍过一些广告外，几乎没有任何表演经验，也没有表演欲望，在进修班的一年多时间里，基本上每堂课都缺席，因为我害怕上表演课。十三四岁的时候，我特别羡慕穿制服的工作，后来又想做模特，因为有免费的漂亮衣服穿。但是我身高不行，只能做平面模特。之前我以为娱乐圈是个很混乱、很阴暗的圈子，我怕娱乐圈把我带坏了，后来才知道这个圈子没有像我想象中那么可怕，我碰到的都是好人。”
　　2001年杨雪和陈坤、林心如搭档演了她的第一部电视剧《非你不可》。“那是我第一次演戏，直到戏拍完了我都不知道自己做了什么，懵懵懂懂的。”当时，陈坤和林心如的名气很大，在剧中杨雪和陈坤又有大段感情戏，这给了她很大的压力。为了塑造好精神医生苏岩这个角色，杨雪自告奋勇地到北京第一精神病医院“实习”了一段时间，有了生活底子。杨雪说：“任何事情第一次很重要，我很庆幸自己碰到了他们，是他们给我不断的鼓励，让我决定了自己要不要继续在演戏这条路上走下去。”
　　2003年，杨雪主演了她至今唯一一部电影《一百万》。这部电影获得了2004年美国纽约国际独立电影节最佳外语片奖。对此，杨雪表现得异常平静。“当时是在拍《蝴蝶飞飞》，我正在被导演‘训话’，我朋友打电话过来跟我说，你去年演的那什么什么获国际大奖了。我心里正难受着呢，他跟我讲了，我回说，‘噢，获奖了，我知道了。’当时，真没太大激动。我妈比我高兴多了，不过她也告诫我，别骄傲，这是大家共同努力的成果。我妈知道我容易翘尾巴。”
　　经过两年的磨练，杨雪的演技有了质的飞跃。2004年对杨雪来说是个忙碌年，她一连主演了《小鱼儿与花无缺》《蝴蝶飞飞》《浪淘沙》《拿什么爱你》，角色从温柔体贴的坚强女孩到充满仇恨的恶毒女，杨雪不仅过足了戏瘾，也让其他人见识到了她并非是个“徒有虚表”的人。在演《小鱼儿与花无缺》时，导演王晶把江玉燕的戏份一加再加就足以看出，导演对她是很欣赏的。“这个角色非常有挑战性，我是从众多的选择中挑中杨雪的，她的演出也很合乎我的要求，作为一个新人来讲，她的表演非常出色。所以后来为她专门加了很多戏，让她更有发挥的空间。”导演说。
　　当初在接演江玉燕这个角色的时候，很多人都劝杨雪仔细考虑一下，因为这样一个不讨好的角色很容易毁了玉女的形象。但杨雪认为，“我是个不认潮流只认戏的人，我特别不喜欢演相同的角色，我希望能塑造各式各样的人物，因为现实中，你不可能去尝试那么多。”后来的事实证明，杨雪非但没有为“江玉燕”所累，反而因其多面化的表演赢得了更高的人气。
　　2006年，对“雪迷”来讲发生了一件很意外的事，他们似乎很难接受杨雪要演一段16岁的女孩和60岁老者的忘年恋。不过，杨雪的想法刚好相反，“春节前我看《张居正》一稿剧本时，就下了要演这个角色的决心，《张居正》最吸引我的是与张居正（由唐国强饰）的那段忘年恋。塑造这样一个心理跨度极大的角色，对我的演技是一个提高，因此我推掉了三部时装戏。”虽然历史上并没有玉娘（杨雪饰）这个人物，但是编剧为了增强可看性与戏剧张力，塑造了这样一个人物，“玉娘”和“张居正”都觉得，“这段感情起码在道理上说得通，因为两个人太多的相同经历最终走到一起看上去非常‘顺理成章’。”自从演了玉娘这个角色，杨雪表示对年龄差异比较大的感情也不排斥了。
　　
　　虽然杨雪现在还没男朋友，不过她依旧对自己的另一半充满期待，“我没有太多的要求，只希望他是个好人，能带给我平静的生活。讲道理，有爱心，千万不能是个‘暴君’，他要有爱好，能让我产生崇拜感。呵呵，苦苦寻觅中……”她说。
　　面对娱乐圈的纷繁复杂，杨雪说自己的排解方式是吃饭、看碟还有写文字。杨雪说，希望自己30岁后能像刘若英那样，不论是在气质、个性还有才华上有个飞跃。
　　几年前曾采访过杨雪的一位记者说：“杨雪比以前开朗、健谈多了，也漂亮多了。看来演戏真的教会了她成长与包容。”
　　
　　A Budding Star
　　By Zhao Handan
　　
　　Yang Xue, a television sensation on rapid rise into stardom, is winning the heart of fans across the country after appearing in a batch of television hits over the past few years.
　　Her fans fondly dub her's etite princess? Their mania has never abated a bit even after seeing she portray herself as a spiteful girl.
　　Recently I had an interview with Yang Xue during the shooting of a historical television series named Zhang Juzheng, a top-ranking Ming Dynasty minister who masterminded and implemented a political reform for a period of ten years (1573-1582).
　　I met the young star in a hotel room. The walls had posters presenting the stars she admires. On the bed was her dear boyfriend: a tiny teddy bear named Winnie the Pooh, accompanied by a latest Nokia mobile phone and a Cannon digital camera. Inside a cabinet in a corner was a secret storage of her favorite between-meal nibbles. Also in the corner was a pair of badminton rackets and a pipa, which is a traditional Chinese musical instrument.
　　
　　A Beijing local who grew up in the ambiance of the local culture, Yang Xue has the same signature honesty and a cool sense of humor as characterized by the Beijing residents. Recalling her brief actress career, Yang says that her school years were nothing but average. After she flunked in the annual college entrance examination, her mother enrolled her in an acting performance course at the Beijing Film Academy. Before that, all her acting experience added up to a few appearances in some commercials. Though perfect as a model for the flat media, the 1.69-meter-tall girl was not tall enough for the T-stage. Yang was not a highly motivated student at the course and absented herself from almost all the training sessions. In fact, she somewhat dreaded the acting class and the rumors about the messy and dark downside of the showbiz life sounded very scary to her.
　　But the showbiz life has turned out all right for her and it is better her expectation. She believes it is because she has luckily met good-hearted people. Her first showbiz role was her appearance in Only You, a television series. She is one part of a triangle romance. The other two stars were highly experienced and encouraged her, strengthening her determination to be a good actress.
　　In 2003, Yang Xue starred as the heroine in One Million, the only film she has made so far. The film received the best foreign language feature film award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in 2004. Yang was not excited. Actually, when the news reached her, she was being lectured by the director for her performance in a television series called Butterfly.
　　Yang's budding career saw a great leap forward in 2004 when she appeared in four high-profile television series. In Kongfu Brothers, She was a beautiful but spiteful she-devil. Some of her fans were worried that the role might ruin her good-girl image. She rose to the challenge and her brilliant acting convinced the director so much that he augmented her part in the play.The series was widely acknowledged as a breakthrough in her career.
　　The year 2006 sees Yang play a role as a 16-year-old who falls in love with a 60-year-old court minister in Zhang Juzheng. Some fans abhorred this lopsided love affair. Yet, Yang was attracted to the challenge. She grabbed the chance to broaden and enrich her experience. To portray the girl, Yang declined offers for three other television series. She comments that the role has changed her attitude toward a May-December romance.
　　No, she says she does not have a boyfriend now. Her dream about Mr. Right is simple: above all, he should be a good man who is reasonable and compassionate so that they can lead a peaceful life. She says that she dislikes a tyrant. She dreams that she wants to love a man whom she can admire.
　　While enjoying the new fame under spotlight, she prefers a life in simplicity. Her daily routine offstage is no more than writing and watching DVDs as well as enjoying gourmet food. She wishes to become an eminent actress at 30.
　　(Translated by David)