Gong Li. Actress: Curse of the Golden Flower. Born in Shenyang, grew up in Jinan, the daughter of an economics professor. Loved music from childhood, and dreamed of a singing career. After failing to gain entrance to China's top music school in 1985, applied for and was admitted to the Central Drama Academy in Beijing, from which she graduated ...

Gong Li. Actress: Curse of the Golden Flower. Born in Shenyang, grew up in Jinan, the daughter of an economics professor. Loved music from childhood, and dreamed of a singing career. After failing to gain entrance to China's top music school in 1985, applied for and was admitted to the Central Drama Academy in Beijing, from which she graduated ...

Coming Home: Directed by Yimou Zhang. With Gong Li, Daoming Chen, Huiwen Zhang, Guo Tao. Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer recognizes him.

Gong Li stars in this low-key drama about a single mother who will do anything to provide for her son. Sun Liying (Li) struggles to care for her hearing-impaired child Zheng Da (Gao Xin) after her taxi driver husband divorces.

Raise the Red Lantern: Directed by Yimou Zhang. With Gong Li, Saifei He, Jingwu Ma, Cuifen Cao. China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.

With Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng, Ji Liu. When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.

Mulan: Directed by Niki Caro. With Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Gong Li, Jet Li. To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China.

Curse of the Golden Flower: Directed by Yimou Zhang. With Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Ye Liu. During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

Gong Li. Jump to 39 wins & 37 nominations. Berlin International Film Festival. 1993 Winner Berlinale Camera. Cannes Film Festival. 2019 Winner Kering Women in Motion Award. 2004 Winner Festival Trophy. David di Donatello Awards. 1992 Nominee David. Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera) Raise the Red Lantern; Golden Bauhinia Awards ...

Farewell My Concubine: Directed by Kaige Chen. With Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li, You Ge. Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.