Mardy Ma is a Chinese actress and entrepreneur born and raised in the countryside of Henan province, China. She went to college in Zhengzhou while owning and operated two restaurants. In 2000, after graduating, she sold her two restaurants and moved to Shanghai, China, where she studied acting at Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2000 and invested in other real estate properties. In the early 2000s, she signed on as the Asian deal closer and negotiator for Gary Goddard Entertainment (now Legacy Entertainment), an independent themed entertainment de…