Gong Li Profile

Celebrity News - Gong Li was born on December 31, 1965 in Shenyang, Liaoning. Is the youngest daughter of five children from an economics professor father and mother a teacher. Gong Li was raised in Jinan, Shandong. Since young, Gong Li has a desire to become an actress. At school, he excelled in singing and dancing lessons to the exclusion of other subjects. Therefore, Gong Li had failed the exam twice though eventually accepted in Beijing Central College of Drama in 1985.

At the time it started happening revival films in China after a decade of the Cultural Revolution. Celebrity News Chen Kaige filmed movie, "Yellow Earth", Huang Tudi [1984] succeed in Hong Kong International Film Festival marked the rise of the director of "Fifth Generation". In addition to Chen Kaige was Zhang Yimou, the director of youth involved in the "Yellow Earth" as a cinematographer who menempatkagongn Gong Li in his debut project, "Red Sorghum" [1987] which soon gained international success and appreciation as a Golden Bear in the Berlin Film Festival.

Professional duet between Gong Li and Zhang Yimou helped shape Chinese cinema for the next decade, and also contributed to the widespread acceptance of Chinese films in the Western world. Gong Li starred in Codename Gougar then  [1989] and The Terracota Warrior [1989] and again achieved international success in the movie Ju Dou [1990] and Zhang Yimou next masterpiece, "Raise the Red Lantern" [1992]. Gong Li in the film acts as an independent woman who is under pressure in a patriarchal culture. Gong Li in the same year played in "The Story of Qiu Ju" is not forgotten for the audience with comedic elements, Gong Li in the film role as a wife who never gave up seeking justice even in a state of pregnancy. Because of this role, Gong Li received the awards at the Venice International Film Festival best actress Celebrity News.

Gongli starred in the film by Chen Kaige, "Farewell, My Concubine" [1993] and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. This is the first time Gong Li received international awards in the film is not directed by Zhang Yimou, although for the next Gong Li will still Yimou starred in films such as "To Live" [1994] and "Shanghai Triad" [1995]. "Farewell" relationship personal and professional between Gong Li and Zhang Yimou Gong Li's career took another direction. Gong Li later married a businessman from Singapore, Ooi Hoe Seng. After that Gong Li appeared in several movies filmed Chen Kaige as Temptress Moon [1996] and The Emperor and the Assassin [1999]. In 1997, Gong Li appeared for the first time in English-language film in the "Chinese Box" [1997]. Gong Li star continues to shine in several popular films such as the film Rob Marshall, "Memoirs of a Geisha" is lifted from the novel of the same name. Then the film "Miami Vice" with Western artists, colossal movie Curse of the Golden Flower [2006] Hannibal Rising [2007] and urban remake set in the movie "What Women Want" [2011] with Andy Lau Celebrity News.