in 2017, dilraba played the leading role in romantic comedy drama "pretty li huizhen", a remake of south korean drama "she was pretty". the series was popular during its run and has over 7 billion views online. she won the best actress award at the china tv golden eagle award for her performance. she also starred in fantasy romance drama "eternal love" as a fox fairy. the drama gained explosive popularity in china as well as internationally, and led to increased recognition and popularity for dilraba. she was nominated for the best supporting actress award at the shanghai television festival for her role. the same year, she had her first big screen leading role in romantic comedy film "mr. pride vs miss prejudice". her performance earned her the best new actress award at the 2016 china britain film festival. she then starred in the historical romance drama "the king's woman", and fantasy film "namiya", the chinese adaptation of japanese novel "miracles of the namiya general store". dilraba won the newcomer award at the golden phoenix awards for her performance in "namiya".