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Bai Ling
Bai Ling, Chinese American actress, film Producer and screenwriter .
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Born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province on October 10, 1961, graduated from New York University .
In 1988, he participated in the 16th Moscow International Film Festival with the film " Arc Light ", which was well received. In 1990, he went to the United States to study as a visiting scholar, and then went to the United States to enter the Hollywood development.
She was selected as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People magazine in 1998. She has served as a jury member of the Berlin International Film Festival, the Brazilian International Film Festival, the Cairo International Film Festival, and the San Sebastian International Film Festival
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, successively Won the Taiwan Golden Horse Award, the Hong Kong Golden Statue Award, the Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Award, and the American Critics Association Outstanding Performance Award.
Early Experience
Bai Ling was born on October 10, 1961 in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. His father was Bai Yuxiang, a music teacher from the Peoples Liberation Army
, and her mother Chen Binbin was a Dancer and later a literature teacher at Sichuan University .
She has loved acting since she was a child.During the period, she participated in Model Operas in her elementary school. At a young age, she was able to memorize the main passages of the eight major Model Operas . Later, she also participated in some public performances organized by publicity teams. Bai Ling also learned pipa when she was a child. She played the pipa in a costume film and an American film starring in her. It was played by Bai Ling herself. After graduating from junior high school, she went to Shuangliu, a suburb of Chengdu, to jump in the line.
After graduating from high school in 1978, he joined the Tibet Field Force Art Troupe.
Bai Ling served as a soldier in the propaganda team of Nyingchi, Tibet, and later worked as a nurse. One year he was catching up with the Emei Film Studio to shoot a movie. After being recommended, Bai Ling played a small line with only a few lines in the film. The role, this is the first time she "shocked". Two or three years later, Bai Ling was demobilized and returned to Chengdu and was assigned to the Sichuan Provincial People's Art Theater. From then on, she was truly engaged in performances.
Performing Experience
While at the Sichuan Provincial People’s Art Theater, she pretended to be a man in the first drama "Yueqin and Little Tiger" starring in the drama "Yueqin and Little Tiger". This drama was performed in Sichuan with great success.
In 1984, he went to Beijing to report for a performance and was fancyed by the film director Wenji Teng . Bai Ling was invited to star in the film "Beach". After that, he starred in the films "Moon and Moon", "Anecdotes of College Students" and "Tears" produced by Xi'an Film Producer. Gusu" etc.
After 1985, Bai Ling left Chengdu and came to Beijing to look for opportunities to develop his career.
In 1986, Bai Ling starred in the movie "Moon Moon", and Bai Ling was lucky enough to star in this film that would become one of her masterpieces in the future, thanks to the insight and talent of associate director Huo Zhuang back then. After the filming of this film, Huo Zhuang and Bai Ling became "year-old friends".
In 1988, starred in "Arc Light", playing a female mentally ill.
In 1989, the film was screened as a participating film at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival and was well received.
In 1989, she played the heroine as a car driver in the film " The Illegal Gunman ". At that time, the crew arranged for Bai Ling to learn to drive a car, and because of the short time, he hurriedly filmed. As a result, there was almost a car accident. Bai Ling nearly ran into a big truck while driving.
In 1990, he was invited by the Film Department of New York University to study in the United States as a visiting scholar. He also received a scholarship from Lee Strasberg's Theater Institute, and
then went to the United States to enter the Hollywood development.
In 1993, the first film shot in the United States was "The Crow", starring with the son of Bruce Lee.
Later joined US citizenship .
In 1997, he starred in the mainland banned film "Red Corner" (it is said to be very anti-China) with Richard Gere (it is said to be a Tibetan independence element), Jessey Meng and others , and won the Outstanding Performance Award from the National Board of Reviews in the United States.
In 1999, he played an important supporting role in " Anna and the King " (Anna and the King).
2001. Bai Ling plays Guanyin in the American version of "The Lost Empire".
In 2004, she won the Taiwan Golden Horse Award
, the Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Award and the Golden Statue Award for three best supporting actresses for her performance in "Three Watches of Dumplings" .
In 2008, Bai Ling participated in the new film " Crank: High Voltage " (Crank2)
In 2009, she participated in the filming of "The Hobbit" directed by Joseph J. Lawson and acted as the female number one.
In 2010, she became the first Chinese (Play boy) cover girl for the June issue of Playboy Magazine.
In 2011, she participated in the filming of "Mountain Village" directed by Zhao Wen and served as the female number one.
In 2014, he participated in the shooting of the American crime film "Call Me King" and the film "Blood Shed".
In 2014, the film "The King of Shanghai" with Hu Jun , Pu Ba Jia and others will be released in mainland China in 2015.
Personal Life
family
In the early 1980s, her parents divorced, and her mother married Tang Lang , a writer who wrote the reportage " Goldbach conjecture " about the Chinese mathematician chen jing run . Bai Ling's sister Bai Jie works in the tax bureau, and his younger brother Bai Chen works in an American company in Japan.
emotion
Bai Ling is unmarried, and her rumored boyfriend includes the famous composer Qu Xiaosong ,
photographer Du Kefeng and " Backstreet Boys " Nick.
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