Li Gong

Name: Li Gong
Sex: F
Nationality: Chinese
Birth Date: December 31, 1965
Birth Place: Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
Profession: actress
Education: The Central Drama Academy, Beijing, China
Husband/Wife: Ooi Wei Ming
   

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LI GONG NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Sometimes credited as: Lei Gung
  • Personal favorites: Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman
  • Was included in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.
  • Representative of Shanghai Tang line of clothing.
  • Beauty ambassador for L'Oreal cosmetics.
  • Head juror of the 2000 Berlin International Film Festival
  • Head juror of the 2002 Venice Film Festival
  • Head juror of the 2003 Tokyo International Film Festival

Quotes
  • "People keep pushing me to be the center of attention... I would prefer to be on the sidelines, because that's where you see more."

Awards
  • Golden Rooster Awards: Best Actress, BREAKING THE SILENCE (2000)
  • Montréal World Film Festival: Best Actress, BREAKING THE SILENCE (2000)
  • Montréal World Film Festival: Grand Prix Special des Amériques (2000)
  • Berlin International Film Festival: Berlinale Camera (1993)
  • Golden Rooster Awards: Best Actress, QIU JU DA GUAN SI (1993)
  • Hundred Flowers Awards: Best Actress, RAISE THE RED LANTERN (1993)
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actress, BA WANG BIE JI (1993)
  • Venice Film Festival: OCIC Award - Honorable Mention, QIU JU DA GUAN SI (1992)
  • Venice Film Festival: Volpi Cup - Best Actress, QIU JU DA GUAN SI (1992)
  • Hundred Flowers Awards: Best Supporting Actress, DAIHAO MEIZHOUBAO (1989)
  • French government's Officer des Arts et Lettres for contributions to the cinema (1998)
FAN SITES  
  • Gong Li's Gallery
    http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/8229/Gongli.html
    Two thumbnailed pictures of Gong Li.
  • Gong Li Goes to Hollywood?
    http://www.happening.com.sg/film/features/1997/archive/Gong_
    Li/
    An interview with China's temptress thespian, Gong Li.
  • Gong Li in Tokyo
    http://charlest.whipple.net/gongli.html
    Article about Gong Li's visit to Tokyo.