Biography
Gong Li is a Chinese-born Singaporean film actress. Gong first came into international prominence through close collaboration with Chinese director Zhang Yimou and is credited with helping bring Chinese cinema to Europe and the United States. She has twice been awarded the Golden Rooster and the Hundred Flowers Awards as well as the Berlinale Camera, Cannes Festival Trophy, National Board of Review, New York Film Critics Circle Award, and Volpi Cup. She married Singaporean businessman Ooi Hoe Soeng in 1996, and became a Singaporean citizen in 2008.
Awards & recognition
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 2010
- Berlinale Camera · 1993
- Volpi Cup — Best Actress · 1992
Filmography22 titles
Farewell My Concubine
Memoirs of a Geisha
Coming Home
The Story of Qiu Ju
2046
Ju Dou
The Hand
God of Gamblers Part III: Back to Shanghai
Curse of the Golden Flower
The Emperor and the Assassin
Mulan
Saturday Fiction
Shanghai Triad
Leap
Hannibal Rising
Shanghai
Miami Vice
The Monkey King 2
What Women Want
Chinese Box
Eros
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains