Chinese actresses: exotic appearance and unique talent for impersonation

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Chinese cinematography has long held a significant position in the global film industry, and countless awards from small and large international festivals can serve as confirmation of this. Cinema of the Middle Kingdom is popular in Europe. Chinese actresses and film actors, directors, having successfully worked in Hollywood, gained experience, triumphantly return to their historical homeland. This publication is dedicated to the most famous film actresses in China.

The most photogenic and beautiful Chinese woman

Li Bingbing did not originally plan to devote herself to acting. But after, having listened to the advice of a friend, she nevertheless entered the Shanghai Dramatic Institute. She made her debut in the national cinema project "Seventeen Years" directed by Zhang Yuan in 1999.

In 2000, the actress signed a long-term contract with China's leading film corporation and over the next eight years starred in 17 films andTV performances. In this way, Li Bingbing becomes extremely popular in China, and her star shines brightly in the sky of the Chinese film industry.

The real recognition of the actress should be considered the award in the category "Best Actress" at the most prestigious ceremony in China for her role in the film "Knot".

In Hollywood blockbusters

Soon, Li, like many other Chinese actresses, was noticed by Hollywood artisans. Already in 2008, the actress starred in the joint project of the United States and China "Forbidden Kingdom". Bingbing played the role of a witch raised by wolves and longing for immortality.

Also, the Chinese actress took part in the fifth episode of the Resident Evil franchise directed by Paul Anderson. In Retribution, Lee plays Ada Wong, who helps Mila Jovovich's character Alice fight the Umbrella Corporation.

Two years later, Bingbing joins work on the fourth installment of the acclaimed Transformers film series. She is the first star from China to be invited by the creators to star in a blockbuster. Su Yueming became her character. Many Chinese actresses dream of such a demand at home and in Hollywood.

Modern Chinese style icon

Chinese television and film actress, musician and Chinese style icon Fan Bingbing studied acting at the Shanghai Theater Academy. The actress became known to a wide audience after participating in the television comedy "Princess Pearl" (1997). After that, the girl not only acquired the rank of a starcinema of the Middle Kingdom, but also conquered the world of photography.

Currently, Fan Bingbing has dozens of shootings for glossy publications and a lot of advertising contracts. The actress even opened a private art school in the capital of the republic in 2007.

Since 2012, Bingbing has been a regular participant in fashion shows in Paris and Cannes. The actress became world famous due to the contract with the authors of the epic blockbusters X-Men: Days of Future Past and Search for the Missing. In the superhero action movie, the beauty played the role of Clarice Ferguson (Blink). Currently, Fan, like other Chinese actresses, is a regular on the red carpet at Cannes.

The actress who found the fountain of youth

Liu Xiaoqing is a Chinese actress who looks amazing in her 60s! People say that she managed to find the secret elixir of youth.

Xiaoqing was one of the most in-demand leading actresses of the 80s. But in the 90s, the actress stops her creative activity, focuses on business and achieves some success. Her net worth is many times greater than the financial assets of other Chinese actresses.

In the mid-2000s, Liu tried to return to acting, but did not achieve her former success.

Currently, the actress is filming exclusively in national projects, the most significant of which are: the series "The Secret History of Wu Zetian", the action movie "Legendary Amazons", the series "Heroes of Sui and Tang", the thriller "Mojin". Xiaoqing also voicedanimated film "Monkey King 3D".

Star of the new time

Zhang Ziyi is a Chinese actress who gained fame and popularity thanks to the film "The Road Home" directed by Zhang Yimou, in which she played the main role. Now she closes the top four most popular actresses of the Celestial Empire of the new time. Time magazine calls Ziyi "Chinese gift to Hollywood", and People included the girl in the list of the 50 most beautiful women of the planet twice in a row.

Zhang's creative path is accompanied by all sorts of scandals, including the accusation of providing sexual services to politicians from the highest echelons of power.

World class actress

The first Hollywood film of the actress was the action movie Rush Hour 2, in which she played the role of dangerous criminal Hu Li. At this time, the girl did not speak English perfectly, so Jackie Chan now and then had to act as an interpreter between the actress and the creators of the picture. Realizing all the difficulties of the language barrier, after finishing work on the project, Ziyi began to study English diligently, practicing six hours a day, and soon mastered it at a decent level.

After starring in Ang Lee's Wuxia film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, the actress became a global movie star. Zhang played the role of Yu Jiaolong. The film, having made a real splash, received a lot of various awards and literally incredible box office receipts, became a springboard in the creative career of the actress. She was repeatedly invited to the jury of the maincompetition at the Cannes Film Festival.