Li Gong (GONG Li / 孙丽英) is a Chinese actress, born on Friday, December 31, 1965, in China.
Trivia
Was included in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.
Representative of Shanghai Tang line of clothing.
Graduated from the Central Drama Academy in Beijing (1989)
Personal favorites: Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman
Received New York Film Critics award for Ba wang bie ji (1993) (aka Farewell My Concubine).
Dated Yimou Zhang [1987-1995]
Head juror of the 2000 Berlin International Film Festival
Head juror of the 2002 Venice Film Festival
Head juror of the 2003 Tokyo International Film Festival
Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997
Her performance as Juxian in Ba wang bie ji (1993) (aka "Farewell My Concubine") (1993) is ranked #89 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
The youngest of five children.
Had a song written about her by the Red Hot Chili Peppers ("Gong Li").
She was presented the French government's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in June 1998 for contributions to the cinema.
Was chosen and honored as one of TIME Magazine's "60 Years of Asian Heroes".
Youngest person to be honored with the "Trophy of the Festival" award at Cannes.
Can understand English but is uncomfortable in speaking it off camera and in interviews. Usually finds its easier to learn her lines for her English speaking roles phonetically.
Michael Mann and Rob Marshall refer to her as the "Meryl Streep of China".
Beauty ambassador for L'Oreal cosmetics.
Her father and her older sister both died of cancer.
Voted "Most beautiful woman in China" 2006.
#52 on Premiere magazines "100 sexiest movie stars of all time" (2008).
Appointed in 2008 by the United Nations(UNEP) as the "Global Environmental Ambassador", along with Mikhail Gorbachev , Richard Branson, Samuel Etoo Angelique Kinjo, Gabriel Yared.
Recipient of the 2007 Chinese World Influence Award.
Named one of CNN's "25 greatest Asian actors of all time".
In 2010 Gong Li was presented with the "Commandeur of the Legion of Honor" the highest decoration from the French government. She is the only Chinese woman ever to receive it.
First Chinese actress/actor on the cover of TIME magazine.
Filmography
As an actress:
2011 I Know a Woman's Heart
2010 Shanghai as Anna Lan-Ting
2007 Hannibal Rising as Lady Murasaki
2006 Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia as Empress Phoenix
2006 Miami Vice as Isabella
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha as Hatsumomo
2004 Eros
2004 2046 as Su Li-zhen
2002 Zhou Yu de huo che as Zhou Yu
2000 Piao liang ma ma
1998 Jing Ke ci Qin Wang as Lady Zhao
1997 Chinese Box
1996 Feng yue
1995 Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao
1994 Xi chu bawang
1994 Huozhe as Xu Jiazhen
1994 Hua hun
1994 Xin tian long ba bu zhi tian shan tong lao
1993 Tang Bohu dian Qiuxiang as Chen Heung
1993 Ba wang bie ji as Juxian
1992 Meng xing shi fan
1992 Qiu Ju da guan si
1991 Da hong deng long gao gao gua as Songlian
1991 Du xia II: Shang Hai tan du sheng
1990 Ju Dou as Ju Dou
1990 Qin yong
1989 Daihao meizhoubao
1989 Hoi sam gui miu ba
1989 Xi tai hou
1988 Hong gao liang
2009 Shi jie dian ying zhi lv
2007 Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
2006 Miami Vice: Undercover as Isabella
2006 HBO First Look
2006 2006 Asian Excellence Awards
2005 On the Set: Memoirs of a Geisha
2002 Tout le monde en parle
1996 Primer plano
1993 Arena
1991 Haomen yeyan
2010 Gilles Jacob, l'arpenteur de la croisette
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires
2007 Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
2005 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies
2005 Cinema mil
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2009 Shi jie dian ying zhi lv
2007 Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
2006 Miami Vice: Undercover
2006 HBO First Look
2006 2006 Asian Excellence Awards
2005 On the Set: Memoirs of a Geisha
2002 Tout le monde en parle
1996 Primer plano
1993 Arena
1991 Haomen yeyan
2010 Gilles Jacob, l'arpenteur de la croisette
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires
2007 Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
2005 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies
2005 Cinema mil
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