Gong Li | |||||||||
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 Gong in 2016 | |||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1965 | ||||||||
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| Education | Central Academy of Drama (BA) | ||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Actress, model | ||||||||
| Years active | 1987–present | ||||||||
| Works | Filmography | ||||||||
| Spouses | |||||||||
| Awards | Full list | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 巩俐 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鞏俐 | ||||||||
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Gong Li (simplified Chinese: 巩俐; traditional Chinese: 鞏俐; born 31 December 1965) is a Chinese Singaporean actress. Regarded as one of the best actresses in China today, she is known for her versatility and naturalistic performance.[4] She starred in three of the four Chinese-language films that have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
Gong was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, and grew up in Jinan, Shandong. She enrolled at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, from where she graduated in 1989. While a student at the Academy, she was spotted by director Zhang Yimou and debuted in Zhang's Red Sorghum in 1987. Gong and Zhang's professional and personal relationship received much media attention in the Chinese-speaking world, as they continued to collaborate on a string of critically acclaimed movies, including the Oscar-nominated features Ju Dou (1990) and Raise the Red Lantern (1991). For her role in the Zhang-directed The Story of Qiu Ju (1992), Gong won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival.
Gong also starred in the Chen Kaige-directed Oscar-nominated Farewell My Concubine (1993), for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. In English-language films, she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), directed by Rob Marshall. Other notable appearances include Flirting Scholar (1993), To Live (1994), Chinese Box (1997), The Emperor and the Assassin (1998), Breaking the Silence (2000), Zhou Yu's Train (2003), Eros (2004), Miami Vice (2006), Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) and Saturday Fiction (2019).
Gong was head of jury at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival and the 2002 Venice Film Festival, the first Asian person to hold such position at both events. Over the course of her career, Gong has won several accolades, including four Hundred Flowers Awards, a Hong Kong Film Award, two Golden Rooster Awards, a Berlin Film Festival, two Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival honors and a David di Donatello Award nomination. She was appointed as a Commander (Commandeur) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the government of France in 2010.[5]
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"Quotes from Gong Li, China's first lady of film" 華人女星縱橫國際影壇第一人！金馬55評審主席鞏俐的霸氣語錄. Harper’s Bazaar TW. 7 September 2018. - ^ "L'Expo de Shanghai vue à travers les yeux de Gong Li". People Daily (in French). 5 May 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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