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.