Li Gong

Gong Li

  • Name: Gong Li
  • Native name: 鞏俐
  • Also Known as: 巩俐,
  • Nationality: Chinese
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: December 31, 1965
  • Age: 58
Gong Li (born 31 December 1965) is a Chinese-born Singaporean film actress. She achieved international prominence through her close collaborations with Chinese director Zhang Yimou (Yimou girl) and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at Venice for her performance in his 1992 film The Story of Qiu Ju. She has been credited with helping to bring Chinese cinema to prominence in Europe and the United States. In 2006, she was voted the most beautiful woman in China.

Gong has won numerous accolades for her work as an actress; she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Farewell My Concubine (1993) and the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005). She has also won two Golden Rooster Awards, a Hundred Flowers Award, and a Cannes Festival Trophy. Other notable film appearances include Ju Dou (1990), Raise the Red Lantern (1991), 2046 (2004), and Miami Vice (2006).

Gong Li was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, China, the youngest of five children. Her father was a professor of economics and her mother was a teacher.[4] She grew up in Jinan, the capital of Shandong.

In 1985, she was accepted to study at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing; she graduated in 1989. While a student at the Central Academy of Drama, she was discovered by Zhang Yimou, who chose her for the lead role in Red Sorghum, his first film as a director.

In November 1996, Gong married Singaporean tobacco tycoon Ooi Hoe Seong at Hong Kong's China Club. On 28 June 2010, Gong's agent confirmed that Gong Li and her husband had divorced

Gong applied for Singapore citizenship in early 2008. When overseas professional obligations prevented her from showing up at her scheduled August citizenship ceremony, she was harshly criticized for not making it a priority. On Saturday, 8 November 2008, Gong, in an effort to make amends, attended a citizenship ceremony held at Teck Ghee Community Club and received her Singapore citizenship certificate from Member of Parliament Lee Bee Wah.

Gong has been cast in the upcoming Disney movie Mulan. She plays Xian Lang: a powerful and malevolent witch who allies with Bori Khan. She is a new character who did not appear in the original 1998 animated film.

In 2019 Gong married long time boyfriend French music composer Jean-Michel Jarre. Her husband is 16 years older than her.

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Drama
Year Title # Role Rating
2010 Indanthrene
Chinese Drama, 2010, 24 eps
Boss Lin (Support Role)
24
Boss Lin
Support Role
0.0
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
2020 Leap
Chinese Movie, 2020,
Lang Ping (Main Role)
Lang Ping
Main Role
8.0
2019 Saturday Fiction
Chinese Movie, 2019,
Yu Jin (Main Role)
Yu Jin
Main Role
7.4
2016 The Monkey King 2
Hong Kong Movie, 2016,
Bai Gu Jing / "White Bone Demon" (Main Role)
Bai Gu Jing / "White Bone Demon"
Main Role
7.6
2014 Coming Home
Chinese Movie, 2014,
Feng Wan Yu (Main Role)
Main Role
7.9
2011 Tang Dynasty's Mystic Map
Chinese Movie, 2011,
(Main Role)
Main Role
7.0
2011 What Women Want
Chinese Movie, 2011,
Li Yi Long (Main Role)
Main Role
7.0
2010 Shanghai
Chinese Movie, 2010,
Anna Lan-Ting (Main Role)
Main Role
7.1
2006 Curse of the Golden Flower
Chinese Movie, 2006,
Empress Phoenix (Main Role)
Main Role
7.6
2004 2046
Hong Kong Movie, 2004,
Main Role
7.8
2004 Eros: The Hand
Hong Kong Movie, 2004,
Miss Hua (Main Role)
Miss Hua
Main Role
7.7
2002 Zhou Yu's Train
Chinese Movie, 2002,
Zhou Yu (Main Role)
Zhou Yu
Main Role
6.9
2000 Breaking the Silence
Chinese Movie, 2000,
Sun Li Ying (Main Role)
Sun Li Ying
Main Role
8.0
1998 The Emperor and the Assassin
Chinese Movie, 1998,
Zhao Ji (Main Role)
Zhao Ji
Main Role
7.4
1996 Temptress Moon
Chinese Movie, 1996,
Pang Ru Yi (Main Role)
Main Role
7.4
1995 Shanghai Triad
Chinese Movie, 1995,
Xiao Jing Bao (Main Role)
Main Role
7.3
1994 To Live
Chinese Movie, 1994,
Jia Zhen (Main Role)
Main Role
8.0
1994 The Great Conqueror's Concubine
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
Lu Zhi (Main Role)
Lu Zhi
Main Role
8.0
1994 A Soul Haunted by Painting
Chinese Movie, 1994,
Pan Yu Liang (Main Role)
Pan Yu Liang
Main Role
7.5
1994 The Dragon Chronicles - The Maidens
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
Mou Hang Wan (Main Role)
Main Role
6.8
1993 Flirting Scholar 1
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Chou Heung (Support Role)
Chou Heung
Support Role
7.8
1993 Farewell My Concubine
Chinese Movie, 1993,
Ju Xian (Main Role)
Main Role
8.1
1992 Mary from Beijing
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
Ma Lei / Mary (Main Role)
Ma Lei / Mary
Main Role
7.0
1992 The Story of Qiu Ju
Chinese Movie, 1992,
Qiu Ju (Main Role)
Main Role
7.7
1991 The Banquet
Hong Kong Movie, 1991,
Herself (Guest Role)
Herself
Guest Role
7.2
1991 Raise the Red Lantern
Chinese Movie, 1991,
Songlian (Main Role)
Main Role
8.2
1991 God of Gamblers 3: Back to Shanghai
Hong Kong Movie, 1991,
Miss Yu San / Yu Mong (Main Role)
Main Role
7.6
1990 A Terracotta Warrior
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
Dong'er (Main Role)
Main Role
7.6
1990 Ju Dou
Chinese Movie, 1990,
Ju Dou (Main Role)
Main Role
7.7
1989 The Empress Dowager
Chinese Movie, 1989,
Guilian (Main Role)
Guilian
Main Role
6.3
1989 Operation Cougar
Chinese Movie, 1989,
Ah Dan (Main Role)
Ah Dan
Main Role
6.5
1987 Red Sorghum
Chinese Movie, 1987,
My grandma / Jiu Er (Main Role)
Main Role
7.4
TV Show
Year Title # Role Rating
1990 Celebrity Talk Show Season 4
Hong Kong TV Show, 1990, 13 eps
(Ep. 3) (Guest)
13
(Ep. 3)
Guest
0.0
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  • First Name: Li
  • Family Name: Gong
  • Native name: 鞏俐
  • Also Known as: 巩俐,
  • Nationality: Chinese
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: December 31, 1965
  • Age: 58

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