Gong Li
Chinese-born Singaporean actress whose international breakthrough came through landmark collaborations with director Zhang Yimou, reshaping global perceptions of Chinese cinema.
Gong Li - Personal Information
- Name: Gong Li
- Date of Birth: December 31, 1965
- Place of Birth: Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Executive Producer
Biography
Gong Li is a Chinese-born Singaporean film actress. Gong first came into international prominence through close collaboration with Chinese director Zhang Yimou and is credited with helping bring Chinese cinema to Europe and the United States.
She has twice been awarded the Golden Rooster and the Hundred Flowers Awards as well as the Berlinale Camera, Cannes Festival Trophy, National Board of Review, New York Film Critics Circle Award, and Volpi Cup.
She married Singaporean businessman Ooi Hoe Soeng in 1996, and became a Singaporean citizen in 2008.
Selected Filmography
A showcase of Gong Li's most notable screen performances across film and television.
- Saturday Fiction (2021) as Yu Jin
- Leap (2020) as Lang Ping
- Mulan (2020) as Xian Niang
- The Monkey King 2 (2016) as Lady White
- Coming Home (2014) as Feng Wanyu
- 最佳女主角 (TV - 2013)
- What Women Want (2011) as Li Yilong
- Shanghai (2010) as Anna Lan-Ting
- Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower' (2007) as Self
- Hannibal Rising (2007) as Lady Murasaki
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