Lin Li-hui (林立慧 born 16 April 1976 in Taipei, Taiwan), better known by her stage name Shu Qi (Chinese: 舒淇), is a Taiwanese-Hong Kongese actress and model.
She moved into Hong Kong at 17 in pursuit a film career, she got her first big break by starring in 1996's Viva Erotica which awarded her Best Supporting Actress at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1997. In 1999, she co-stared in the Jackie Chan's box office hit Gorgeous, making her transition into mainstream acting. As of 2014, she was among the highest paid actresses in China.
She has acted in at least three of director Hou Hsiao-hsien's films: Millennium Mambo, Three Times and The Assassin.
In 2016 she married Hong Kong actor and director Stephen Fung.
Filmography
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Live-Action Films
- Sex And Zen II as Huan Ji
- Street Angels (1996) as Ming Ming
- Viva Erotica (1996) as Meng Qiao
- Those Were The Days (1996) as Zhao Fangfang
- Bishonen (1996) as Clara
- The Lucky Guy (1996) as Fang Fang
- The Storm Riders (1996) as Chu Chu
- Young & Dangerous The Prequel (1996) as Ah Fei
- City Of Glass (1996) as Yue Wen
- Young & Dangerous 5 (1996) as Deng Meiling
- Portland Street Blues (1996) as Dao Baqi
- A Man Called Hero (1996) as Mu Xiuluo
- Born To Be King (1996) as Deng Meiling
- For Bad Boys Only (1996) as Guan Zheng
- Gorgeous (1999) as Ah Bu
- The Blacksheep Affair as Chan Pun
- Millennium Mambo (2001) as Vicky
- Hidden Whisper (2001) as Xiao Bai
- Love Me Love My Money (2001) as Ya Cai
- Beijing Rocks (2001) as Yang Yin
- Visible Secret (2001) as June
- Martial Angels (2001) as Cat
- The Wesleys Mysterious File (2001) as Bai Su
- Women From Mars (2001) as Messenger of Hell
- So Close (2001) as Lynn
- The Transporter (2001) as Lai Kwai
- The Foliage (2003) as Ye Xingyu
- Looking For Mr Perfect (2003) as Xiao Ling
- Magic And Me (2003) as Herself
- Haunted Office (2004) as Office Ah Shan
- The Eye 2 (2004) as Joey Cheung
- Seoul Raiders (2005) as JJ
- Home Sweet Home (2005) (2005) as May
- Three Times (2005) as Xiu Mei
- My Wife Is A Gangster 3 (2006) as Lim Yaling
- Confession Of Pain (2006) as Xi Feng
- Forest Of Death (2007) as Xia Songqi
- Blood Brothers (2007) as Lulu
- If You Are The One (2008) as Liang Xiaoxiao
- Look For A Star (2009) as Xue Milan
- New York I Love You (2009) as Chinese Herbalist
- City Under Siege (2010) as Angel
- Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010) as Zhen Kiki
- If You Are The One 2 (2010) as Liang Xiaoxiao
- A Beautiful Life (2011) as Li Peiru
- Love 2012 as Fang Rouyi
- The Second Woman (2012) as Huibao / Huixiang
- Tai Chi Zero (2012) as Mother Yang
- Tai Chi Hero (2012) as Mother Yang
- Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) as Miss Duan
- Gone With The Bullets (2014) as Wan Yanying
- The Assassin (2015) as Nie Yinniang
- All You Need Is Love (2015) as Ye Fenfen
- Mojin The Lost Legend (2015) as Shirley Yang
- The Last Women Standing (2015) as Sheng Ruxi
- My Best Friends Wedding 2016 as Gu Jia
- The Village Of No Return (2017) as Chen Yuxun
- Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017) as Miss Duan
- The Adventurers (2017) as Ye Hong
- The Island 2018 as Shanshan
- Shanghai Fortress (2019) as Lin Lan
Live-Action Series
- Up Where We Belong (1999) as Gui Ping
- The Duke Of Mount Deer (2001) as Little Goldfish
- Romance Of Red Dust (2004) as Hong Fu Nü
- Stephens Diary (2006) as Lao Ma's ex-girlfriend
Video Games
- Time Crisis - Crisis Zone (1999) as Melissa Kessler (arcade version)
Tropes
- Fake Nationality: She's from Taiwan and portrays the Malaysian Mei Ling in Young & Dangerous 5.
- Ms. Fanservice: She is one in most of her roles. Previously she often appeared with full frontal nudity during her youth in softcore porn movies during the 90's.
- She Also Did: She famously rose from nude pictorials and softcore sex films to mainstream success.
- What Could Have Been: She was the original choice from Ang Lee for the role of Jen in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon but didn’t want to deal with the long shooting schedule and months of getting into shape and martial arts training. She referred to herself as lazy when talking about turning the role down.
