Beautiful Chinese actress
Gong Li was born on December 31, 1965 in Shenyang, China.
She made her acting debut in the 1987 Chinese film,
Red Sorghum. Based on a novel by Mo Yan, this film received international acclaim and won the Golden Bear at the 1988 Berlin International Film Festival.
Of course this thrust Gong into the spotlight.
She followed up her role in
Red Sorghum with roles in
The Empress Dowager and
Mr. Sunshine.
Her fourth film
Codename Cougar (1989) was regarded by critics as purely frivolous work, but for her role as Ah Li in the movie, Gong Li won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Her next two films brought her even more fame,
A Terracotta Warrior (1990) got her nominated for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress, and
Ju Dou (also in 1990) was the first Mainland Chinese film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Gong Li has gone on to appear in over thirty films, making her English speaking debut in 2005 as Hatsumomo in
Memoirs of a Geisha.
After that she appeared in
Miami Vice (2006) as Isabella and
Hannibal Rising (2007) as Lady Murasaki.
She is set to appear in the 2010 drama-mystery-thriller film
Shanghai with John Cusack, Chow Yun-Fat and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
Then it's back to China to appear in the comedy romance
What Women Want with Andy Lau.
By the way...did I mention that she was 45 years old?
You can see more beautiful Chinese actresses here:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Beautiful-Chinese-Actresses Gong Li - Beautiful Chinese Actress, posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/ on July 6th, 2010.
