Young Briton finding her feet in new Chinese series

With her blonde hair and fair complexion, Isabella Charlton may have the Hollywood look, but those blue eyes are set on China.

"I think China is the ideal launching point to get into film and TV, there are opportunities here you might not get elsewhere," Charlton says. "Beijing is really where all the exciting action is in the film industry right now, and I can only see it getting stronger."

Charlton, originally from the United Kingdom, is a qualified barrister, but after a few years in the courtroom she decided her real ambition was to be in front of a camera. And the booming Chinese movie industry seemed an obvious choice for the fluent Mandarin-speaker.