Gong Li - Fact Sheet

Profession: Actress

Once she graduated, Gong Li was cast in Terracotta Warrior and The Puma Action in 1989, Ju Dou in 1990, and Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lanternin 1992. The early '90s were filled with film roles, such as The Banquet, in which she appeared as herself and a waitress, and Back to Shanghai in 1991. In 1992, Gong Li starred in the title role of Zhang Yimou's The Story of Qiu Ju, for which she won a Best Actress Award at the 49th Venice International Film Festival. In what she refers to as her favorite role, Gong Li spent weeks in a small village and learned the local language, in order to portray a poor woman. After her role in Mary from Beijing, Gong Li gained International recognition for her role in Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine in 1993. She won a New York Film Critics award for the film. In 1993, Gong Li appeared in Flirting Scholar and Soul of a Painter, and followed these up with 1994's Living (another Zhang Yimou film), Dragon Chronicles: The Maidens, and The Great Conqueror's Concubine. Gong Li's final collaboration with Zhang Yimou was in 1995's Shanghai Triad, the year her relationship with the director ended. 

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Gong Li Photo Galleries	# of Pictures
Candid	1
Candid + Screen Capture	34
Glamour	1
Glamour	4
Screen Capture	1
Screen Capture + Candid	47