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Gong Li Biography (1965-)

Born December 31, 1965, in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China; daughter of aneconomics professor; involved with Zhang Yimou (a director), 1988-95; married Ooi Hoe Seong (a tobacco company executive), February 15, 1996. Addresses: Office: Miramax Films, 375 Greenwich St., New York, NY 10013.

Nationality

Chinese

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

December 31, 1965

Shenyang, China

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Nine, the Grandmother, Red Sorghum (also known as Hong gao liang), New Yorker, 1988
• Operation Cougar (also known as Codename Cougar, The Puma Action, and Daihao meizhoubao), 1989
• The Empress Dowager, 1989
• Winter/Lili Chu, The Terracotta Warrior (also known as Qin Yong and Gu jin da zhan qin yon qing), 1990
• Title role, Ju Dou, Miramax, 1991
• Songlian, Raise the Red Lantern (also known as Da hong deng long gao gao gua), Orion Classics, 1991
• Herself/waitress at banquet, The Banquet (also known as Haomenyeyan, Party of a Wealthy Family, and Ho moon ye yin), 1991
• Miss Yu-San/Yu-Mong, Back to Shanghai (also known as Du xia IIzhi Shang Hai tan du sheng, God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai,and God of Gamblers III), 1991
• Ma Lei, Mary from Beijing (also known as Awakening and Mungsing Sifan), 1992
• Chen Heung, Flirting Scholar (also known as Tang Bohu dian QiuXiang and Tong bat fu kau chau heung), 1993
• Pan Yuliang, Soul of a Painter (also known as Hua Hun, Pan Yu Liang, a Woman Painter, Pan Yuliang artiste peintre, and La peintre), 1993
• Juxian, Farewell, My Concubine (also known as Ba wang bie ji), Miramax, 1993
• Wan Qiu Ju, The Story of Qiu Ju (also known as Qiu Ju da guan si and Qui Ju Goes to Court), Sony Pictures Classics, 1993
• Mo Han-Wen, 8 Guardians of Buddhism (also known as Xin tian long ba bu zhi tian shan tong lao, Dragon Chronicles: The Maiden, The Immortals, The Maidens of Heavenly Mountain, and Semi-Godsand Semi-Devils), 1994
• Lu Zhi, The Great Conqueror's Concubine (also known as Xi chu bawang and King of Western Chu), 1994
• Xu Jiazhen, To Live (also known as Huozhe, Living, Woot jeuk, and Lifetimes), Samuel Goldwyn, 1994
• Xiao Jinbao (Little Jewel), the Godfather's Mistress, Shanghai Triad (also known as Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao), Sony Pictures Classics, 1995
• Pang Ruyi, Temptress Moon (also known as Feng yue), Miramax, 1996
• Vivian, Chinese Box, Le Studio Canal Plus, 1997
• Sun Liying, Piao liang ma ma (also known as Breaking the Silence), 1999
• Lady Zhao, Jing ke ci qin wang (also known as The Assassin, L'empereur et l'assassin, The Emperor and the Assassin, and The First Emperor), Sony Pictures Classics, 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

• Entertainment Weekly, January 27, 1995, p. 14
• Interview, May, 1997, p. 54
• Newsmakers 1998, Issue 4, Gale Group, 1998
• People Weekly, April 27, 1998, p. 135
• Premiere, March, 1996, pp. 73-75