Li Bingbing

Li Bingbing
File:Li Bingbing Cannes 2011.jpg Li Bingbing at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
Chinese name	李冰冰
Pinyin	Lǐ Bīngbīng (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Lei5 Bing1-bing1 (Cantonese)
Born	Wuchang, Heilongjiang, China
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1994–present
Ancestry	Jinzhong, Shanxi, China
Awards Golden Horse Awards Best Actress 2009 The Message (2009 film) Hundred Flowers Awards Best Actress 2008 The Knot

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Li Bingbing is a Chinese actress and singer.

Life and career

Li was born in Wuchang, Heilongjiang, China. She had no intention of becoming an actress initially and she enrolled specifically in a high school for prospective school teachers. However, upon graduation, she discovered her interest in acting and was eventually persuaded by a friend to join the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1993.

Her film debut was Zhang Yuan's Seventeen Years (1999), which won her the "Best Actress" Award in the 1999 Singapore Film Festival. In 2001, Li starred in the television series Young Justice Bao, which propelled her to become one of the most famous actresses in China. That year she was awarded the title of one of the "Top Ten Best TV actors/actresses in China". From then on, Li was approbated as an "action actress" as she starred in a number of wuxia television series, such as Taiji Prodigy and Eight Heroes.

In 2005, Li starred in director Dayyan Eng's romantic comedy Waiting Alone, which received three Chinese Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Li's first Best Actress nomination at the Golden Rooster Awards. That same year, Li won the title of "The Most Popular Actress" at the 12th Beijing College Film Festival. She went on to star in Feng Xiaogang's A World Without Thieves, which earned her a nomination for "Best Supporting Actress" Award at the 2006 Hundred Flowers Awards.

Li won the "Best Actress" Awards at the 2007 Huabiao Awards and at the 2008 Hundred Flowers Awards for her performance in The Knot; the film was also China's entry for the Best Foreign Film award at the 2008 Academy Awards. She also co-starred with Jet Li and Jackie Chan in the 2008 film The Forbidden Kingdom as the White-Haired Witch. In November 2009, Li won the Best Leading Actress Award at the 46th Golden Horse Film Awards for her role in the espionage spy thriller The Message.

Li's most recent notable role is Shangguan Jing'er in Tsui Hark's 2010 film Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame; her character in this movie is loosely based on Shangguan Wan'er, a poet, writer and politician of the Tang Dynasty. Her first-time leading role in an English-language film is Wayne Wang's Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011), a film adaptation from Lisa See's 2005 novel of the same title. She also co-starred and co-produced with Jackie Chan in 1911, which was released in September 2011 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution. She plays video game character Ada Wong dubbed by Sally Cahill, an action femme fatale in Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), starring alongside Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory and Shawn Roberts and directed by Paul W.S Anderson. Li appeared alongside Mark Wahlberg in Transformers: Age of Extinction, directed by Michael Bay, and will be reprising her role as Ada in the upcoming Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.

Li Bingbing did not appear at the premiere of Resident Evil: Retribution , raising speculation from reporters that her absence was a demonstration against the escalating dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Islands. Li's agent Ji Xiang explained that Li had been informed of the premiere two months before but she was too busy in Beijing to attend at that time. However, Ji did not deny that politics were involved, saying: "We are in line with our government – the Diaoyu Islands belong to China. Bingbing will be attending movie premieres held in other places across the world and she skipped the Tokyo leg only."

Li is a UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, WWF Earth Hour Global Ambassador, and Ambassador of Korean Culture in China. Currently, she is repped by United Talent Agency as is her younger sister Li Xue (Chinese: 李雪).

Personal life

On July 24, 2013, it was reported that Li has a godfather named Wang Lin, a qigong practitioner who claims to be able to conjure up snakes from thin air, cure disease, and retrieve an incinerated banknote intact from an orange. Wang Lin published his photo album Chinese by Hong Kong Ocean International Publishing.

The Beijing News reported that Li Xue, Li's agent, responded that Li went to visit Wang Lin to ask him to cure her mother of her disease. As for the effectiveness of the cure, the agent refused to disclose any more information.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Spirit of Cops 警魂	Shen Fang
1994	Qiaoqian Zhixi 乔迁之喜	Juanjuan
1994	Red Rose, White Rose 紅玫瑰與白玫瑰	White Rose's friend	guest star
1995	Junsao 軍嫂	Nurse	guest star
1998	Seventeen Years 过年回家	Chen Jie
1999	Lüse Rouqing 绿色柔情	Lin Qiaoqiao
2002	Purple Butterfly 紫蝴蝶	Tang Yiling
2003	Cat and Mouse 老鼠爱上猫	Ding Yuehua
2003	Love for All Seasons 百年好合	Li Mochou
2003	Silver Hawk 飞鹰	Jane
2004	Waiting Alone 独自等待	Liu Rong
2004	A World Without Thieves 天下无贼	Xiaoye
2004	Fight for Love 情陷擂台	Ma Lili
2005	Wait 'Til You're Older 童梦奇缘	Kwong's mother	guest star
2005	Dragon Squad 猛龙	Yu Ching
2005	The Knot 云水谣	Wang Jindi
2006	Linger 蝴蝶飛	Fu Enjia
2008	The Forbidden Kingdom 功夫之王	Ni Chang / White haired witch
2009	The Message 风声	Li Ningyu
2010	The Legend of Silk Boy
2010	Triple Tap 槍王之王	Anna
2010	Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame 狄仁杰之通天帝国	Shangguan Jing'er
2011	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 雪花與秘扇	Nina/Lily
2011	1911 辛亥革命	Xu Zonghan
2012	I Do 我愿意	Tang Weiwei
2012	Resident Evil: Retribution	Ada Wong
2014	Transformers: Age of Extinction	Su Yueming
2015	Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
TBA	400 Boys	Lead	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Yilu Denghou 一路等候	Du Yuling
1995	No Regrets 无悔追踪	Feng Kangmei
1996	Zhanguo Chuanqi 战国传奇	Hongnu
1997	Shang Yang Chuanqi 商鞅传奇	Du Wa
1997	Fengsheng Shuiqi 风生水起	Gu Ting
1998	Da Fating 大法庭	Xia Liyan
1998	The Female Official 女巡撫之闖天關	Sun Xiaohong
1998	Qinmi Airen 亲密爱人	Bai Tong
1998	Palace of Desire 大明宫词	Princess Anle
2000	Qingchun Chudong 青春出动	Guan Ping
2000	Young Justice Bao 少年包青天	Ling Chuchu
2000	Smart Kid 機靈小不懂	Ying Ziyan
2000	The Nation Under The Foot 一腳定江山	Fan Yue'e
2000	Yiben Wuhui 義本無悔	Qin Xue
2001	Taiji Prodigy 少年張三丰	Qin Sirong
2001	Sky Lovers 天空下的緣分	Tang Wei
2001	Ye Yatou 野ㄚ頭	Ye Yatou
2001	Zheshan Tanhua 折扇探花	Sixth Princess
2002	The Blue Lotus 花样的年华	Yezi
2003	Romancing Hong Kong 动感豪情	Gao Shuang
2003	Xianggang Ziyou Xing 香港自由行	Tour guide
2004	Changjian Xiangsi 長劍相思	Fengyi
2004	City of Sky 天空之城	Xiao Ruoning / Yu Bohan
2004	The Sea's Promise 海的誓言	Bai Ying
2004	Strange Tales of Liao Zhai 聊齋之小翠	Yu Xiaocui
2005	Eight Heroes 八大豪俠	Feng Laiyi
2005	Huiniang Wanxin 徽娘宛心	Ye Wanxin
2006	Zaisheng Yuan 再生緣之孟麗君傳	Meng Lijun

External links

• Li Bingbing at the Internet Movie Database

Awards and achievements
Golden Horse Award
Preceded by Prudence Liew for True Women For Sale	Best Actress 2009 for The Message	Succeeded by incumbent

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