Cao was born and raised in Jinhua, Zhejiang, where she attended the Zhejiang Arts School, majoring in music and dance. Cao entered Central Academy of Drama in 2004, majoring in acting, where she graduated in 2008.

Filmography

• Half Truth — Meng Shengnan
• 2025Listening to the Wind — Chen Huiying
• Sniper Butterfly — Shen Yun
• The Miracles — Zhang's wife
• She and Her Girls — Fang Qiong
• In Spite of the Strong Wind — Huang Yirou
• Love Like the Galaxy — Consort Yue
• Modern Marriage — Jiang Jing
• Our Times — Fang Jie
• 2020How Deep is Your Love
• New Face — Chen Wan
• Legend of the Phoenix — Zheng Shu Jun
• 2018Dream Breaker — Mo Lü
• Our Glamorous Time — Grace
• Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace — Chen Wanyin
• 2017To Kill a Watermelon — Reporter
• 2016Return of Zhu Bajie — Chang Ye
• The 38th Parallel — Wang Changfang
• Little Beast Flowershop
• The Nanny Man — 马舒儿
• Waiting for You — Xia Bailu
• 战鼓擂 — He Xiang
• 当婆婆遇上妈之欢喜冤家
• 裸嫁时代 — 苏小唐
• 野鸭子 — Ye Yazi
• Allure Snow
• Flower in the War — Shen Junyi
• 2011Under the Sky of Urumqi — 贾如云
• 大丽家的往事
• 野鸭子 — 野鸭子
• Three Kingdoms — 蔡氏
• Five-Star Hotel — 杨悦
• Hong Kong Sisters — 朱秀玲
• 悲伤时唱首歌
• 行走的鸡毛掸子
• 六女当铺
• 上有老

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2021河南卫视中秋奇妙游 — Self