Brigitte Lin
- Name: Brigitte Lin
- Native name: 林青霞
- Given name: Lam Ching-Ha
- Also Known as: Lin Qing Xia, Lin Ching Sia, Lin Ching Hsia, Lin Ching Tsar, Venus Lin, Brigette Lin, Lin Ching Yar, Lin Chin Hsia, Lin Chan Hsia, Lam Cheng Ha, Lin Ching Shya
- Nationality: Hong Konger
- Gender: Female
- Born: November 3, 1954
- Age: 70
Born in Taiwan, Lin attended Taiwan Chingling Girls' Secondary School in her early years and later enrolled at Tanjiang General Education College. After being spotted by a film producer on the streets of Taipei in 1972, Lin made her film debut in Outside the Window, though due to legal complications, the film went unreleased. It was through her role in Window that Lin would find real-life romance with co-star Chin Han, though Han's marital status prevented the couple from pursuing their relationship despite various rumors and insinuations. Her formal debut and initial exposure came with her second film, Yun Piao Piao (Floating Clouds), a few short years later. Moving to California in the late '70s to escape the rumor mill and attend some college courses, Lin was romanced by and engaged to Charlie Chin, though the relationship soon fell through, due in part to Chin Han's divorce. It was shortly after this time that Lin's roles began to shift from the romantic to the fantastic, most notably with her role in director Tsui Hark's masterful, standard-setting fantasy Shu Shan (1983) (Lin would again team with Hark for the acclaimed Peking Opera Blues in 1986).
Through the remainder of the '80s and into the '90s, Lin's career expanded as she became a staple of Hong Kong action/fantasy cinema. It was during this period that Lin made many of the films that would bring her familiarity to Western audiences. Her roles in the popular Swordsman films and as the striking title character in the art-house hit The Bride With White Hair and its sequel showcased an actress with dynamic abilities who could send shivers through audiences with her fearsome gaze. Lin won best actress at the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan for her role in Red Dust (1992) and also won acclaim for her role as Asia the Invincible in East is Red (1992).
1994 found Lin in the first of two collaborations with colorful Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai with her role in Ashes of Time and brought the publicly unexpected marriage of Lin to businessman Michael Zing. Though she appeared in a few more films, Lin stated that she was retiring from the entertainment industry to dedicate herself to her marriage and her newborn daughter, making her final career appearance as the mysterious woman in the blonde wig in Wong Kar Wai's Chungking Express (1994). Edit Biography
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Ashes of Time Redux
Hong Kong Movie, 2008,
Murong Yang / Murong Yin
(Support Role)
|
7.3
|
Ashes of Time
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
Murong Yang
(Support Role)
|
7.3
|
The Three Swordsmen
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
Ming Kim
(Main Role)
|
6.5
|
Chungking Express
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
{Story 1} [Woman in blonde wig]
(Main Role)
|
8.4
|
Fire Dragon
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
Ha / Fire Dragon
(Main Role)
|
6.8
|
The Dragon Chronicles - The Maidens
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
Lei Chau Shui | Lei Chong Hoi
(Main Role)
|
6.8
|
Deadful Melody
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
"Snow"
(Main Role)
|
7.2
|
The Bride With White Hair 2
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Lien NiChang
(Main Role)
|
7.4
|
The Black Panther Warriors
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Ching Ching
(Main Role)
|
7.0
|
The Bride With White Hair
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Lian Nishang
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
Boys Are Easy
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Ching Siu Ting
(Main Role)
|
7.1
|
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Third Princess
(Main Role)
|
7.3
|
The Swordsman 3: The East Is Red
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Dongfang Bubai/Invincible Asia
(Main Role)
|
7.0
|
Royal Tramp 2
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
Long Er [Divine Lady of Dragon Sect]
(Main Role)
|
7.5
|
Secret Love for the Peach Blossom Spring
Taiwanese Movie, 1992,
Yun Zhifan
(Main Role)
|
9.0
|
New Dragon Gate Inn
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
Yau Mo-Yan
(Main Role)
|
7.5
|
Royal Tramp
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
[Divine Lady of Dragon Sect]
(Guest Role)
|
7.7
|
The Swordsman 2
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
Dongfang Bu Bai / "Invincible Asia"
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
Handsome Siblings
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
(Main Role)
|
7.3
|
Red Dust
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
Shen Shao-Hua
(Main Role)
|
6.9
|
Web Of Deception
Hong Kong Movie, 1989,
Jane Lin
(Main Role)
|
7.7
|
Starry Is the Night
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
To Chui Mei
(Main Role)
|
6.6
|
Flag Of Honour
Taiwanese Movie, 1987,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
Sister Maria
(Main Role)
|
6.8
|
Lady In Black
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
May
(Main Role)
|
7.0
|
True Colours
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
May
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Peking Opera Blues
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
Tsao Wan/General Tsao's daughter
(Main Role)
|
7.8
|
Dream Lovers
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
Cheung Yuet-heung
(Main Role)
|
6.5
|
Police Story 1
Hong Kong Movie, 1985,
Salina Fong
(Main Role)
|
7.7
|
The Other Side Of A Gentleman
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
Jo Jo
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
Lover and Sword
Taiwanese Movie, 1984,
Ling Er
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
Golden Queen's Commandos
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
Black Fox
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Big Surprise of 1938
Taiwanese Movie, 1983,
"Robber Robin"
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Faster Blade, Poisonous Darts
Taiwanese Movie, 1983,
(Main Role)
|
7.0
|
All The Wrong Spies
Hong Kong Movie, 1983,
Bridget
(Main Role)
|
7.0
|
Fantasy Mission Force
Hong Kong Movie, 1983,
Lily
(Main Role)
|
5.6
|
Zu Warriors From the Magic Mountain
Hong Kong Movie, 1983,
Ice Queen / Countess Of Jade Pond
(Main Role)
|
7.2
|
Black and White
Taiwanese Movie, 1983,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
The Switch
Taiwanese Movie, 1982,
Shen Yin-Pai
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Burn Phoenix Burn
Taiwanese Movie, 1982,
Wei Yan Ran
(Main Role)
|
7.0
|
Lily Under The Muzzle
Taiwanese Movie, 1982,
Li Xiao Han
(Main Role)
|
4.0
|
The Deadly Angels
Taiwanese Movie, 1982,
Fung
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Pink Force Commando
Taiwanese Movie, 1982,
Jackal
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Love Massacre
Hong Kong Movie, 1981,
Ivy
(Main Role)
|
6.5
|
The Marigolds
Taiwanese Movie, 1980,
Hua Pei Yu
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
Poor Chasers
Taiwanese Movie, 1980,
Shen Rong
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Magnificent 72
Taiwanese Movie, 1980,
[Lin's wife]
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Love Under a Rosy Sky
Taiwanese Movie, 1979,
Yin Tsai Chin
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
The Choice of Love
Taiwanese Movie, 1979,
Ka-Li
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
The Wild Goose on the Wing
Taiwanese Movie, 1979,
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
A Love Seed
Taiwanese Movie, 1979,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
A Journey Of Love
Taiwanese Movie, 1979,
Lin Lei
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Off to Success
Taiwanese Movie, 1979,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Love of the White Snake
Taiwanese Movie, 1978,
White Snake
(Main Role)
|
7.4
|
Everywhere Birds Are Singing
Taiwanese Movie, 1978,
(Main Role)
|
5.0
|
The Misty Moon
Taiwanese Movie, 1978,
Liu Ling Shan
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
Morning Fog
Taiwanese Movie, 1978,
Tu Hsiao Meng
(Main Role)
|
5.0
|
The Story of Green House
Taiwanese Movie, 1978,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
The Dream of the Red Chamber
Hong Kong Movie, 1977,
Ga Bo Yuk
(Main Role)
|
7.3
|
Come Fly with Me
Taiwanese Movie, 1977,
Liu Yen Mei
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Cloud of Romance
Taiwanese Movie, 1977,
Tuan Wan Lu
(Main Role)
|
6.7
|
The Love Affair of the Rainbow
Taiwanese Movie, 1977,
Zhang Xiao Hong / "Rainbow"
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Orchid in the Rain
Taiwanese Movie, 1977,
Chiu Meng
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
My Sweet Love
Hong Kong Movie, 1977,
Li Huifen
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
The Chasing Game
Taiwanese Movie, 1976,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
My Funny Intern
Taiwanese Movie, 1976,
Dr. Fong
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Eight Hundred Heroes
Taiwanese Movie, 1976,
Yang Hui Min
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Different Love
Taiwanese Movie, 1976,
Sung Hsiao Yu
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
Forever My Love
Taiwanese Movie, 1976,
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
Autumn Love Song
Taiwanese Movie, 1976,
Zhi Jun
(Main Role)
|
6.7
|
Run Lover Run
Taiwanese Movie, 1975,
Hsu Li Ping
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
He Loved Once Too Many
Taiwanese Movie, 1975,
Shui Chiao
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
The Life God
Taiwanese Movie, 1975,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Misty Drizzle
Taiwanese Movie, 1975,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Little Sister-in-law
Taiwanese Movie, 1975,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
The Unforgettable Character
Taiwanese Movie, 1975,
Tu Hsiao Shuang
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Girl Friend
Taiwanese Movie, 1974,
Hsia Hsiao Chan
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Moon River
Taiwanese Movie, 1974,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Ghost of the Mirror
Taiwanese Movie, 1974,
Su Su / Yau Ying
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Love, Love, Love
Taiwanese Movie, 1974,
Lin Chun Chun
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Outside the Window
Taiwanese Movie, 1973,
Jiang Yan Rong
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
TV Show
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Up Idol
Chinese TV Show, 2015, 12 eps
(Regular Member)
|
7.7
|
Celebrity Talk Show
Hong Kong TV Show, 1989, 13 eps
(Ep. 2)
(Guest)
|
0.0
|
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