Li Bingbing
李冰冰 (born February 27, 1973) is a
Chinese actress and singer.
Li had no intention of becoming an
actress initially and 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 Drama Institute 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
wuxiatelevision dramas, such as Taiji Prodigy and
Eight Heroes.
In 2004, Li starred in the romantic comedy film
Waiting Alone, which received three
Chinese Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best
Actress. 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 2005
Golden Rooster 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 Ni-chang. 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 performance is for the role of 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 2011
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, 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 will play videogame character
Ada Wong 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. The film will be shot in 3D and is due for release in September 2012.
Li is a
UNEP Goodwill Ambassador,
WWF Earth Hour Global Ambassador, and Ambassador of Korean Culture in China.
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