History Creator / GongLi

Born in 1965, she entered the Beijing Central Academy of Drama in 1985, and while studying there, caught the attention of Creator/ZhangYimou, who cast her in the lead role in his first film, ''Red Sorghum''. She [[TheMuse went on to star in Zhang's next five films]], ''Film/JuDou'', ''Film/RaiseTheRedLantern'', ''Film/TheStoryOfQiuJiu'', ''Literature/ToLive'' and ''Film/ShanghaiTriad'', and had a supporting role in Chen Kaige's ''Film/FarewellMyConcubine'' in 1993.

Born in 1965, she entered the Beijing Central Academy of Drama in 1985, and while studying there, caught the attention of Creator/ZhangYimou, who cast her in the lead role in his first film, ''Red Sorghum''. She [[TheMuse went on to star in Zhang's next five films]], ''Film/JuDou'', ''Film/RaiseTheRedLantern'', ''Film/TheStoryOfQiuJiu'', ''Literature/ToLive'' and ''Film/ShanghaiTriad'', and had a supporting role in Chen Kaige's ''Film/FarewellMyConcubine'' in 1993. Her professional and personal relationship with Zhang became strained in the mid-1990s, and she began pursuing an international career, playing in such films as ''Film/ChineseBox'', ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' and ''Film/MiamiVice''.

She later collaborated again with both Chen (for ''Film/TheEmperorAndTheAssassin'') and Zhang (for ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower''), and in 2011 co-starred alongside Creator/AndyLau in a Chinese remake of ''Film/WhatWomenWant''.

Gong Li (born 31 December 1965 in Shenyang, China) is a Chinese actress (with Singaporean citizenship since 2008), one of the first to gain international fame since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Born in 1965, she entered the Beijing Central Academy of Drama in 1985, and while studying there, caught the attention of Creator/ZhangYimou, who cast her in the lead role in his first film, ''Red Sorghum''. She [[TheMuse went on to star in Zhang's next five films]], ''Film/JuDou'', ''Film/RaiseTheRedLantern'', ''The Story of Qiu Jiu'', ''Literature/ToLive'' and ''Shanghai Triad'', and had a supporting role in Chen Kaige's ''Farewell my Concubine'' in 1993. Her professional and personal relationship with Zhang became strained in the mid-1990s, and she began pursuing an international career, playing in such films as ''Film/ChineseBox'', ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' and ''Film/MiamiVice''.

Gong Li (born 31 December 1965) is a Chinese actress (with Singaporean citizenship since 2008), one of the first to gain international fame since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Gong Li is a Chinese actress (with Singaporean citizenship since 2008), one of the first to gain international fame since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Born in 1965, she entered the Beijing Central Academy of Drama in 1985, and while studying there, caught the attention of Creator/ZhangYimou, who cast her in the lead role in his first film, ''Red Sorghum''. She [[TheMuse went on to star in Zhang's next five films]], ''Ju Dou'', ''Film/RaiseTheRedLantern'', ''The Story of Qiu Jiu'', ''Literature/ToLive'' and ''Shanghai Triad'', and had a supporting role in Chen Kaige's ''Farewell my Concubine'' in 1993. Her professional and personal relationship with Zhang became strained in the mid-1990s, and she began pursuing an international career, playing in such films as ''Film/ChineseBox'', ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' and ''Film/MiamiVice''.

Born in 1965, she entered the Beijing Central Academy of Drama in 1985, and while studying there, caught the attention of ZhangYimou, who cast her in the lead role in his first film, ''Red Sorghum''. She [[TheMuse went on to star in Zhang's next five films]], ''Ju Dou'', ''Film/RaiseTheRedLantern'', ''The Story of Qiu Jiu'', ''Literature/ToLive'' and ''Shanghai Triad'', and had a supporting role in Chen Kaige's ''Farewell my Concubine'' in 1993. Her professional and personal relationship with Zhang became strained in the mid-1990s, and she began pursuing an international career, playing in such films as ''Film/ChineseBox'', ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' and ''Film/MiamiVice''.

* FakeNationality: She's Chinese, but has portrayed Japanese charactes in ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' and ''Film/HannibalRising''.

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Born in 1965, she entered the Beijing Central Academy of Drama in 1985, and while studying there, caught the attention of ZhangYimou, who cast her in the lead role in his first film, ''Red Sorghum''. She [[TheMuse went on to star in Zhang's next five films]], ''Ju Dou'', ''RaiseTheRedLantern'', ''The Story of Qiu Jiu'', ''Literature/ToLive'' and ''Shanghai Triad'', and had a supporting role in Chen Kaige's ''Farewell my Concubine'' in 1993. Her professional and personal relationship with Zhang became strained in the mid-1990s, and she began pursuing an international career, playing in such films as ''ChineseBox'', ''MemoirsOfAGeisha'' and ''MiamiVice''.

Born in 1965, she entered the Beijing Central Academy of Drama in 1985, and while studying there, caught the attention of ZhangYimou, who cast her in the lead role in his first film, ''Red Sorghum''. She [[TheMuse went on to star in Zhang's next five films]], ''Ju Dou'', ''RaiseTheRedLantern'', ''The Story of Qiu Jiu'', ''ToLive'' and ''Shanghai Triad'', and had a supporting role in Chen Kaige's ''Farewell my Concubine'' in 1993. Her professional and personal relationship with Zhang became strained in the mid-1990s, and she began pursuing an international career, playing in such films as ''ChineseBox'', ''MemoirsOfAGeisha'' and ''MiamiVice''.