Gong Li

Gong Li was born on Dec 31, 1965 in China. Gong Li's big-screen debut came with Red Sorghum directed by Yimou Zhang in 1988. Gong Li is known for Coming Home directed by Yimou Zhang, Gong Li stars as Feng Wanyu and Daoming Chen as Lu Yanshi. Gong Li has got 46 awards and 37 nominations so far. The most recent award Gong Li achieved is Faro Island Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Gong Li plays is Saturday Fiction which will be released on Oct 15, 2021.

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 in 1989. While still a student, was cast as the female lead in Le Sorgho rouge (1988)(aka "Red Sorghum"), the initial directing effort by Yimou Zhang. China's best-known actress in the West, she was named Best Actress at the 49th Venice International Film Festival for her role in Qiu Ju, une femme chinoise (1992) (aka "The Story of Qiu Ju"). Made a series of successful films with Yimou Zhang, a collaboration that apparently ended with the breakup of their personal relationship in 1995 and Gong's subsequent marriage to a tobacco company executive.