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 | ||||||||
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| Awards | Full list | ||||||||
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| 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-born actress. She is regarded as one of the best actresses in China today, known for her versatility and naturalistic performances.[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 coverage 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 the head of jury at the 2000 Berlin Film and the 2002 Venice Film Festivals, the first Asian to hold such a position for either event. Over the course of her career, Gong 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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Letertre, Marilyne (21 July 2019). "Rencontre avec Gong Li, la Meryl Streep chinoise". Madame (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2019.
Lee, Eachen; Yeh, Lois (7 September 2018). 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 [She is the first Chinese actress to dominate the international film industry! The powerful words of Gong Li, the 55th Golden Horse Awards jury chairperson]. Harper’s Bazaar TW. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020. - ^ "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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