Profile
Gong Li
Chinese-born Actress
Female
Born
Dec 31, 1965
Age
47
Hometown
Shenyang
Nationality
Singapore
Other Names
巩俐 ; Li Gong
Gong Li is a Chinese-born Singaporean film actress. Gong first came into international prominence through close collaboration with Chinese director Zhang Yimou and is credited with helping to bring Chinese cinema to Europe and the United States. She has… Read More
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Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Gong Li.
CHILDHOOD
1965
Birth
Born on December 31, 1965.
TEENAGE
1985
19 Years Old
In 1985, Gong sought to study at China's top music school, but was denied entrance.
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TWENTIES

1987
21 Years Old
Over the next several years after her 1987 debut in Red Sorghum, Gong received international acclaim for her roles in several more Zhang Yimou films: She appeared in Ju Dou in 1990; Her performance in the Oscar-nominated Raise the Red Lantern put her in the international spotlight; In The Story of Qiu Ju, she was named Best Actress at the 1992 Venice Film Festival.
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1993
27 Years Old
In 1993 she received a New York Film Critics Circle award for her role in Farewell My Concubine.
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THIRTIES

1996
30 Years Old
In 1996, news began circulating that Gong had married the Singaporean tobacco tycoon. They were married in November 1996 at Hong Kong's China Club.

2000
34 Years Old
Gong Li was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 16 October 2000.
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2005
39 Years Old
Despite her popularity, Gong avoided Hollywood for years, due to a lack of confidence in speaking English. She made her English speaking debut in 2005 when she starred as the beautiful but vindictive Hatsumomo in Memoirs of a Geisha.
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FORTIES
2006
40 Years Old
She was voted the most beautiful woman in China in 2006.
Gong Li applied for Singapore citizenship in early 2008.
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In 2010, She stated that she was becoming more selective with the Chinese language projects offered to her during a press junket for her upcoming film 'Shanghai'.
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