Gong Li Explained

Gong Li should not be confused with Gong Li (karateka).

Gong Li
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:1965 12, df=y
Birth Place:Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Citizenship:
  • Chinese
  • Singaporean
Education:Central Academy of Drama (BA)
Occupation:Actress, model
Yearsactive:1987–present
Works:Filmography
Awards:Full list
Spouse:
    Module:
    Order:st
    Child:yes
    P:Gǒng Lì
    W:Kung Li

    Gong Li (; born 31 December 1965) is a Chinese actress. Regarded as one of the best actresses in China today, she is known for her versatility and naturalistic performance.[1] She starred in three of the four Chinese-language films that have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

    Gong was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, and grew up in Jinan, Shandong. She enrolled at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, from where she graduated in 1989. While a student at the Academy, she was spotted by director Zhang Yimou and debuted in Zhang's Red Sorghum in 1987. Gong and Zhang's professional and personal relationship received much media attention in the Chinese-speaking world, as they continued to collaborate on a string of critically acclaimed movies, including the Oscar-nominated features Ju Dou (1990) and Raise the Red Lantern (1991). For her role in the Zhang-directed The Story of Qiu Ju (1992), Gong won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival.

    Gong also starred in the Chen Kaige-directed Oscar-nominated Farewell My Concubine (1993), for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. In English-language films, she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), directed by Rob Marshall. Other notable appearances include Flirting Scholar (1993), To Live (1994), Chinese Box (1997), The Emperor and the Assassin (1998), Breaking the Silence (2000), Zhou Yu's Train (2003), Eros (2004), Miami Vice (2006), Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) and Saturday Fiction (2019).

    Gong was head of jury at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival and the 2002 Venice Film Festival, the first Asian person to hold such position at both events. Over the course of her career, Gong has won three Hundred Flowers Awards, two Golden Rooster Awards, a Hong Kong Film Award, and honorary awards at the Berlin and Cannes film festivals. She was appointed as a Commander (Commandeur) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the government of France in 2010.[2]

    Early life

    Gong Li was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, China, she is the youngest of five children. Her father was a professor of economics and her mother was a teacher.[3] She grew up in Jinan, the capital of Shandong. She has been fond of singing and dancing since childhood, and dreamt of becoming a singer.

    She studied in Jinan Sanhe Street Primary School. When she was in grade two, she was recommended by the school to sing children's songs at Jinan People's Broadcasting Station. In Jinan No.2 Middle School, Gong spent six years in high school, when she was a member of the school's literature and art team.

    In 1985, she was accepted to study at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing; she graduated in 1989.[4] While a student at the Central Academy of Drama, she was discovered by Zhang Yimou, who chose her for the lead role in Red Sorghum, his first film as a director.[5]

    Acting career

    1987–1989: Career beginnings

    In 1987, Gong was first chosen by director Zhang Yimou to act in the anti-Japanese war romance Red Sorghum, which officially launched her 15-year cooperation with China's fifth-generation directors. The film won the Golden Bear at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival, becoming the first Chinese film to win this award.[6] It also won the Golden Rooster Awards and the Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Picture in 1988.

    In 1989, Gong starred in Zhang Yimou’s second counterterrorism film, Codename Cougar, for which she won the Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Supporting Actress, ushering in a new stage of exploring acting skills and style. On the same year, she took part in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and according to her, Tiananmen taught her that she should have her own opinion, "not just follow blindly."[7]

    1990–1999: Fifth generation filmmakers and international spotlight

    Over the several years following her 1987 acting debut in Red Sorghum, Gong received international acclaim for her roles in several more Zhang Yimou films.[8] [9]

    In 1990, Gong Continued to cooperate with Zhang Yimou and starred in his family ethics movie Ju Dou, which won the Luis Buñuel Special Award at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival,[10] and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, becoming the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[11] Gong also won the Best Actress award at the Varna International Film Festival.

    In 1991, Gong starred in Zhang Yimou's film Raise the Red Lantern, which won the Silver Lion award at the 48th Venice Film Festival,[12] and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards. Gong, playing a rebellious mistress in the film, won the Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Actress and was nominated for the David di Donatello Awards and the NSFC for Best Actress.[13] Her performance in the Raise the Red Lantern (1991) put her in the international spotlight again.[5]

    In 1992, Gong starred in the rural drama The Story of Qiu Ju, which won the Golden Lion award at the 49th Venice International Film Festival.[14] Gong's portrayal of rural woman Qiu Ju not only won the Golden Rooster Awards and the Japanese Movie Critics Awards for Best Actress, but also helped her named Best Actress at the 49th Venice Film Festival.

    In 1993, she received a New York Film Critics Circle award for her role in Farewell My Concubine (1993).[15] Directed by Chen Kaige, the film was her first major role with a director other than Zhang Yimou. In the same year, she was awarded with the Berlinale Camera at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.[16] Premiere ranked her performance in Farewell My Concubine as the 89th greatest performance of all time. She also worked with renowned director Stephen Chow in comedy films (1991) and Flirting Scholar (1993).[17]

    Immune to political repercussions because of her fame, Gong Li began criticizing the censorship policy in China. Her films Farewell My Concubine and The Story of Qiu Ju were initially banned in China for being thinly-veiled critiques of the Chinese government.[18] Regarding the sexual content in Ju Dou, Chinese censorship deemed the film "a bad influence on the physical and spiritual health of young people."[8]

    In 1994, Gong played Jia Zhen, the wife of Xu Fugui, in the drama To Live, which won the Grand Prix at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.[19] She was also nominated for the Chlotrudis Awards for Best Actress.

    In 1995, Gong starred in Shanghai Triad, during her breakup with Zhang Yimou, in which she played a seductive stage queen. The film won the Technical Grand Prize of Cannes Film Festival, the National Board of Review for Best Foreign Language film, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[20]

    These roles established her reputation, according to Asiaweek, as

    In 1996, Gong and Chen Kaige collaborated again in the romantic film Temptress Moon, which was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Gong has been nominated for her second best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards for her role as rebellious teenage girl Ru Yi. She also appeared on the cover of Time.

    In 1997, Gong worked with Jeremy Irons on the romantic drama Chinese Box, which won the Best Original Music award at the Venice Film Festival. In the same year, Gong was invited to be a jury at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Chinese to be a jury at the festival.[21]

    In June 1998, Gong Li became a recipient of France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

    In 1999, Gong and Chen Kaige collaborated for the third film The Emperor and the Assassin, which won the Technical Grand Prize at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[22]

    In many of her early movies, Gong represents a tragic victim and an abused soul (physically or emotionally), trying to release herself from an impossible maze of corruption, violence and suppression. In Raise the Red Lantern and Shanghai Triad, an additional tragic element is added to her being as she unintentionally becomes the executioner of new innocent victims, making her realize that she has assisted the dark cynical system.[23]

    2000–2004: Worldwide recognition

    In 2000, Gong won her second international Best Actress trophy for her performance as a struggling single mother in Breaking the Silence (2000) directed by Sun Zhou at the Montreal World Film Festival. She attended the Montreal World Film Festival that year, where she was awarded a special Grand Prix of the Americas for lifetime achievement for her outstanding achievement.[24] In the same year, Gong was invited by the Berlin Film Festival to be the president of its international jury for the festival's 50th anniversary.[25] Gong was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 16 October 2000.[26]

    In 2002, Gong was invited to head the jury of the Venice Film Festival.[27]

    In 2003, Gong served as the president of the jury of the 16th Tokyo International Film Festival, the first woman to do so.[28]

    In the early 2000s, Gong also starred in two films directed by Wong Kar-wai, 2046 and Eros (both in 2004),[29] which were seen as "an important opportunity to get rid of the influence of Zhang Yimou".[30] She also attended the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, where she was awarded the Festival Trophy for her contributions to film industry.

    2005–2018: Hollywood and Chinese cinema

    Despite her popularity, Gong avoided Hollywood for years, due to a lack of confidence in speaking English.[31] She made her English speaking debut in 2005 when she starred as Hatsumomo in Memoirs of a Geisha. Her performance was met with generally positive reviews.[32] Time Magazine's Richard Corliss to describe her as Gong also won the National Board of Review for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Hatsumomo. Her other English-language roles to date included the Chinese Cuban Isabella of Miami Vice in 2006 and Lady Murasaki of Hannibal Rising in 2007. In all three films, she learned her English lines phonetically.

    Through three English-language films, Gong has gradually established herself in Hollywood. Speaking of the Hollywood experience, Gong said it broadened her horizons, gave her a better idea of what she liked and allowed her to experiment with different acting styles.[33]

    In 2006, Gong worked again with Yimou for historical epic Curse of the Golden Flower, for which She won the best Actress at the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards.[34] Time named her performance as the Empress as the seventh greatest performance of the year. In the same year, she was voted No.1 in the poll of "Most Beautiful Persons in China" held by The Beijing News.[35] [36]

    She narrated Beijing (2008), an audio walking tour by Louis Vuitton and Soundwalk,[37] which won an Audie Award for Best Original Work in 2009.[38]

    In 2010, Gong starred in the World War II-era thriller Shanghai as a spy who is disguised as the wife of a triad boss (played by Chow Yun-fat). She turned to documentaries and photographs about World War II, besides taking dancing classes three times a week, to ensure an accurate portrayal of the character.[39] During a press junket for the film, she stated that she was becoming more selective with the Chinese language projects offered to her.

    She also emphasized in the interview:

    Shanghai was not a hit with critics, with critic Nick Allen writing that "Gong Li is put to a great amount of work as the most active member in the ensemble, but she has scant character aside from his intricate allegiances."[40] That year, she was named by CNN as one of "Asia's 25 Greatest Actors of All Time."[41]

    In 2014, Gong was the president of the jury for the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival, becoming the first woman jury president in the festival’s history.[42] Later that same year, she reunited with Yimou for the film Coming Home, which is set during the throes of the Cultural Revolution; this film was their first collaboration since 2006.[43]

    In 2016, Gong took on her first action role in The Monkey King 2, playing the White Bone Demon.[44]

    In 2018, Gong served as the jury president of the 55th Golden Horse Awards.[45]

    2019–present: Global comeback and return to the screen

    In 2019, Gong was cast in Lou Ye's period drama Saturday Fiction, where she plays an actress who is working undercover gathering intelligence for the Allies.[46] The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 76th Venice International Film Festival.[47] Gong learned shooting and hypnosis for the film.[48] Saturday Fiction was a box office failure due to the delayed release, but the artistic value of the film and Gong's performance gained rave reviews.[49] That year, she was also cast in the live-action adaptation of the 1998 Disney animated film Mulan, as a powerful witch.[50] While the film, released in 2020, had a mixed reception, Gong's performance was widely praised by critics. Vanity Fair's chief critic, Richard Lawson, wrote in his review: "It is a pleasure as ever to watch Gong do her thing, slinking and thrashing around in a fabulous black witch’s cloak."[51] The Hollywood Reporter commented:

    In 2020, Gong was cast in Peter Chan's biographical film Leap, where she plays the hard-driving, real-life head coach of the Chinese women’s national volleyball team Lang Ping.[52] Leap grossed more than $100 million at the worldwide box office, and while the film received mixed reviews from critics, Gong's performance in the film was highly recognized. The performance swept all the major Hong Kong film industry awards in 2021, including the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards and the HKFDG Awards. She was also nominated for best actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the fourth time. The Hong Kong Film Critics Society described her performance as having an "astonishing aura" and wrote that "She fights with conviction in the face of a conservative educational establishment, former teammates and a new generation of young athletes."[53]

    In 2021, Gong was invited to be the jury president of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival, becoming the first female jury president in the festival‘s history.[54]

    In 2022, Gong was invited to serve as the Art Chairman of the 12th Beijing Film Festival, responsible for the selected films, assisting in the invitation and recommendation of outstanding films and guests.[55]

    Personal life

    Gong's personal and professional relationship with director Zhang Yimou has been highly publicized. Their relationship started in 1987 on the set of Red Sorghum; one year later, Zhang divorced his first wife Xiao Hua for Gong. In 1995, soon after shooting Shanghai Triad, their 7th collaboration during their relationship, Zhang announced their break-up amidst rumors of Gong's affair with Singaporean tobacco tycoon Ooi Hoe Seong.[56] [57] According to Gong's mother, however, they split due to Zhang's reluctance to marry Gong after their 8-year relationship.[58] They reunited in 2006 for the film Curse of the Golden Flower and in 2014 on Coming Home.[59]

    In November 1996, Gong married Ooi Hoe Seong at Hong Kong's China Club.[60] [61] Gong applied for Singapore citizenship in early 2008. When overseas professional obligations prevented her from showing up at her scheduled August citizenship ceremony, she was harshly criticized for not making it a priority. On Saturday, 8 November 2008, Gong, in an effort to make amends, attended a citizenship ceremony held at Teck Ghee Community Club and received her Singapore citizenship certificate from Member of Parliament Lee Bee Wah.[62] Gong was reportedly considering renouncing her Singaporean citizenship after China blacklisted celebrities with foreign passports; however, there is no evidence that she went through with the renunciation.[63] In 2010, Gong and Ooi were divorced.[64]

    In 2019, Gong Li married French composer Jean-Michel Jarre.[65]

    Filmography

    Films

    YearTitleRole
    1987Red Sorghum 红高粱Jiu'er
    1989The Empress Dowager 西太后Guilian
    Codename Cougar 代号美洲豹Ah Li
    A Terracotta Warrior 秦俑Winter/Lili Chu
    1990Ju Dou 菊豆Ju Dou
    1991 賭俠2之上海灘賭聖Yu-Sin/Yu-Mong
    Raise the Red Lantern 大红灯笼高高挂Songlian
    The Banquet 豪門夜宴Herself/Waitress at banquet
    1992The Story of Qiu Ju 秋菊打官司Qiu Ju
    Mary from Beijing 夢醒時分Mary
    1993Farewell My Concubine 霸王别姬Juxian
    Flirting Scholar 唐伯虎點秋香Chou Heung
    1994Dragon Chronicles: The Maidens of Heavenly Mountain 新天龍八部之天山童姥Mo Han-Wen
    A Soul Haunted by Painting 画魂Pan Yuliang
    To Live 活着Jiazhen
    The Great Conqueror's Concubine 西楚霸王Lü Zhi
    1995Shanghai Triad 摇啊摇,摇到外婆桥Xiao Jinbao
    1996Temptress Moon 风月Pan Ruyi
    1997Chinese Box 中國匣子Vivian
    1998The Emperor and the Assassin 荆柯刺秦王Lady Zhao
    2000Breaking the Silence 漂亮妈妈Sun Liying
    2002Zhou Yu's Train 周渔的火车Zhou Yu
    20042046Su Li Zhen
    Eros: The Hand 爱神Miss Hua
    2005Memoirs of a Geisha 艺伎回忆录Hatsumomo
    2006Miami Vice 迈阿密风暴Isabella
    Curse of the Golden Flower 满城尽带黄金甲Empress Phoenix
    2007Hannibal Rising 沉默的羔羊前传之揭开罪幕Lady Murasaki Shikibu Lecter
    2010Shanghai 諜海風雲Anna Lan-Ting
    2011What Women Want 我知女人心Li Yilong
    2014Coming Home 归来Feng Wanyu
    2016The Monkey King 2 西遊記之孫悟空三打白骨精White Bone Demon
    2019Saturday Fiction 兰心大剧院Yu Jin
    2020Mulan 花木兰Xianniang
    Leap 中国女排Lang Ping

    Talk show

    Year English title Host
    1989Celebrity Talk Show 今夜不设防James Wong Jim, Ni Kuang, Chua Lam
    2003Starface 名人面对面许戈辉
    2009YANG LAN ONE ON ONE 杨澜访谈录Yang Lan
    2011Star show 巨星秀Zhang Yi
    2013Telling Maria 2 最佳女主角黎芷珊
    2014YANG LAN ONE ON ONE 杨澜访谈录Yang Lan

    Music video

    Year Song Title
    1987 Don't come at dawn (黎明不要来)
    2001 New Beijing, great Olympics (新北京,新奥运)

    Discography

    Year Song title Notes
    1994Hate this life 恨今生Soundtrack of The Great Conqueror's Concubine
    1995Shanghai Triad 摇啊摇,摇到外婆桥Soundtrack of Shanghai Triad
    Get out of here 滚出去Soundtrack of Shanghai Triad
    Take a full moon 月圆花好Soundtrack of Shanghai Triad
    Special express 特别快车Soundtrack of Shanghai Triad
    The prudish 假正经Soundtrack of Shanghai Triad
    2001New Beijing, great Olympics 新北京,新奥运
    with Jackie Chan, Coco Lee

    Endorsements

    Gong is the first Chinese ambassador for L'Oreal Paris in 1997.[66] She also served as ambassador for Midea, Chopard and Osim International.

    From 2013 to 2018, Gong served as the global ambassadors for Piaget.[67]

    Gong served as the global brand ambassador for Hisense on September 27, 2020.[68]

    Since 2021, Gong has been the first Chinese artist to become the global high jewelry ambassador for Cartier.[69] [70] [71]

    Charities

    Awards and nominations

    Year AwardCategory Nominated work Result
    1989 Best Supporting ActressCodename Cougar
    1991Best ActressA Terracotta Warrior
    1992 Volpi Cup for Best ActressThe Story of Qiu Ju
    1993Golden Rooster AwardsBest Actress
    Golden Phoenix AwardsSociety Award
    Japanese Movie Critics AwardsBest Foreign Language Film Actress
    Best Actress
    Best Supporting ActressFarewell My Concubine
    Berlin International Film FestivalBerlinale Camera
    Best ActressRaise the Red Lantern
    National Society of Film CriticsBest Actress
    Varna 'Love Is Folly' International Film Festival Best ActressJu Dou
    1994 Best ActressTo Live
    1996 Best Foreign ActressRaise the Red Lantern
    1997Best ActressTemptress Moon
    1998Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
    2000 Montreal World Film FestivalGrand Prix des Amériques
    Best ActressBreaking the Silence
    2001
    Golden Phoenix AwardsSociety Award
    Hundred Flowers AwardsMost Popular Actress
    2003Beijing College Student Film FestivalMost Popular ActressZhou Yu's Train
    2004Chinese Film Media AwardsBest Actress
    Cannes Film FestivalFestival Trophy
    2005 Best Supporting ActressMemoirs of a Geisha
    Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
    2007 Best ActressCurse of the Golden Flower
    Golden Bauhinia Awards
    2008Italian Online Movie Awards
    2014 FIRST International Film FestivalMost watched actressComing Home
    Best Actress
    Golden Deer Awards
    2015
    China Film Directors' Guild Awards
    Chinese Film Media Awards
    2016Outstanding Actress
    China Britain Film FestivalBest ActressThe Monkey King 2
    2017Top Ten Chinese Films Festival
    2020Best ActressLeap
    2021
    Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Awards
    2022
    Saturday Fiction

    Jury

    See also

    Notes

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      Web site: Rencontre avec Gong Li, la Meryl Streep chinoise. Letertre. Marilyne. 21 July 2019. Madame. fr. 21 October 2019.
      News: zh:華人女星縱橫國際影壇第一人!金馬55評審主席鞏俐的霸氣語錄. Quotes from Gong Li, China's first lady of film. Harper’s Bazaar TW. 7 September 2018.
    2. Web site: L'Expo de Shanghai vue à travers les yeux de Gong Li. 5 May 2010. People Daily. fr. 28 January 2020.
    3. Web site: Gong Li Sidebar . 10 February 2007 . 25 December 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20011225082339/http://www.charlest.whipple.net/gongside.html . dead .
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    5. Ghahremani, Yasmin; Stanmeyer, Anastacia (24 September 1999), "Nation builders". Asiaweek. 25 (38):74
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    17. Web site: Gong Li wants to be a better Chow Heung. Yahoo News. 11 November 2013 .
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    26. Web site: Gong Li . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090807120437/http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/ambassadors/ambassadors/ambassadors-gongli/en/ . 7 August 2009 . 16 September 2009 . Food and Agriculture Organization.
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    29. Web site: Gong Li says she is a versatile actress. China Daily.
    30. News: 巩俐:给她一个放荡的机会. zh. 13 September 2004.
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    44. Web site: Gong Li gets a kick out of playing evil in The Monkey King 2. The Straits Times. 6 February 2016.
    45. Web site: Gong Li Leads the Jury for the 55th Golden Horse Awards. Golden Horse Awards.
    46. Web site: First look: Lou Ye's period drama 'Saturday Fiction' (exclusive). 16 February 2018. Screen Daily.
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    50. Web site: Disney's Live-Action 'Mulan' Lands Gong Li, Jet Li (Exclusive). 12 April 2018. The Hollywood Reporter.
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    52. Web site: Gong Li Drama 'Leap' Opens to $8.2 Million in China. 25 September 2020. Variety.
    53. Web site: The 27th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. 18 January 2021. HKFCS.
    54. Web site: 'Mulan' Star Gong Li Set as Chairman of Beijing Film Festival Jury. 6 July 2021. Variety.
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