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Joan Chen 
Chinese name 陳冲 (Traditional) Chinese name 陈冲 (Simplified) Pinyin Chén Chōng (Mandarin) Jyutping Can4 Cung1 (Cantonese) Birth name Chen Chong Ancestry Shanghai, China Origin China Born April 26, 1961
Shanghai, ChinaOccupation actress, director, screenwriter, producer Years active 1975–present Spouse(s) Jim Lau (1985–1990)
Peter Hui (1992–present)Awards-
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress
1995 Red Rose, White RoseGolden Horse Awards Best Actress
1994 Red Rose, White Rose
2007 The Home Song Stories
Best Director
1998 Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
Best Adapted Screenplay
1998 Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down GirlHundred Flowers Awards Best Actress
1980 Little FlowerOther Awards Paris Film Festival Special Jury Prize
1999 Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
NBR International Freedom Award
1999 Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
IF Award for Best Actress
2007 The Home Song Stories
Torino Film Festival Award for Best Actress
2007 The Home Song Stories
AFI Award for Best Actress
2007 The Home Song Stories
AF Award for Best Supporting Actress
2008 The Sun Also Rises
Joan Chong Chen (Chinese name: simplified Chinese: 陈冲; traditional Chinese: 陳冲; pinyin: Chén Chōng; born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese American actress, film director, screenwriter and film producer. She became famous in China for her performance in the 1979 film Little Flower and came to international attention for her performance in the 1987 Academy Award-winning film The Last Emperor. She is also known for her roles in Twin Peaks, Red Rose White Rose, Saving Face and The Home Song Stories, and for directing the feature film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.
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Biography
Early life and career
Chen Chong was born in Shanghai, China to a family of pharmacologists. (Her grandparent Changshao Zhang was educated at UCI and was later a visiting student at Harvard).[1][2] She and her older brother, Chase, were raised during the Cultural Revolution. At the age of 14, Chen was discovered on the school rifle range by Jiang Qing, the wife of leader Mao Zedong and major Chinese Communist Party power figure, as she was excelling at marksmanship. This led to her being selected for the Actors' Training Program by the Shanghai Film Studio in 1975, where she was discovered by veteran director Xie Jin who chose her to star in his 1977 film Youth (Chinese: 青春; pinyin: Qīngchūn)[3] as a deaf mute whose senses are restored by an Army medical team. Chen graduated from high school a year in advance, and at the age of 17 entered the prestigious Shanghai International Studies University, where she majored in English.[4]
Acting career
Chen Chong first became famous in China for her performance alongside Tang Guoqiang (Chinese: 唐国强) in Zhang Zheng's (Chinese: 张铮) Little Flower (Chinese: 小花; pinyin: Xiǎo Huā) in 1979, for which she won the Hundred Flowers Award (Chinese: 百花; pinyin: Bǎi Huā Jiǎng). Chen portrayed a pre-Maoist revolutionary's daughter, who, reunited with her brother, a wounded Communist soldier, later learned that his doctor was her biological mother. Little Flower was her second film and she soon achieved the status of China's most loved actress; she was dubbed "the Elizabeth Taylor of China" by Time magazine for having achieved stardom while still a teenager.[3]
In addition, Chen is famous in China for her role in the 1979 film Hearts for the Motherland (Chinese: 海外赤子; pinyin: Hǎiwài Chìzǐ). The film directed by Ou Fan (Chinese: 欧凡) and Xing Jitian (Chinese: 邢吉田) depicts an overseas Chinese family that returns to China from southeast Asia out of their patriotic feelings but encounter political troubles during the Cultural Revolution. The songs, "I Love You, China" (Chinese: 我爱你中国) and "High Flies the Petrel" (Chinese: 高飞的海燕), sung by Chen's character, are perennial favorites in China. In 1981, Chen starred in Awakening (Chinese: 甦醒; pinyin: Sūxǐng), directed by Teng Wenji (Chinese: 滕文骥).
At age 20, Chen moved to the United States, where she studied filmmaking at California State University, Northridge.
Her first Hollywood movie was Tai-Pan, filmed on location in China. She went on to star in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor in 1987 and the David Lynch/Mark Frost television series Twin Peaks as Josie Packard. In 1993 she co-starred in Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth. She portrayed two different characters in Clara Law's Temptation of a Monk (Chinese: 誘僧; pinyin: Yòu Sēng): a seductive princess of Tang dynasty, and a dangerous temptress. The award-winning film was adapted from a novel by Lilian Lee.
In 1994 she came back in Shanghai to star in Stanley Kwan's Red Rose, White Rose (Chinese: 紅玫瑰白玫瑰; pinyin: Hóng Méigui Bái Méigui) opposite Winston Chao, and subsequently won a Golden Horse Award and a Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for her performance.
Tired of being cast as an exotic beauty in Hollywood films, Chen moved into directing in 1998 with the critically acclaimed Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Chinese: 天浴; pinyin: Tiān Yù), adapted from the novella Heavenly Bath (Chinese: 天浴; pinyin: Tiān Yù) by her friend Yan Geling. She later directed Autumn in New York, starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder, in 2000.
In the middle of the 2000s, Chen made a comeback in acting and began to work intensely, alternating between English and Chinese-language roles.
In 2004, she starred in Hou Yong's family saga Jasmine Women (Chinese: 茉莉花开; pinyin: Mòlìhuā Kāi), alongside Zhang Ziyi, in which they played multiple roles as daughters and mothers across three generations in Shanghai. She also starred in the Asian American comedy Saving Face as a widowed mother, who is shunned by the Chinese-American community for being pregnant and unwed and therefore has come to live with her lesbian daughter.
In 2005, she appeared in Zhang Yang's family saga Sunflower (Chinese: 向日葵; pinyin: Xiàngrìkuí), as a mother whose husband and son have a troubled father-son relationship over 30 years. She then starred in the Asian American independent film Americanese and in Michael Almereyda's Tonight at Noon, the first part of a two part project, scheduled to be released in 2009[5]
In 2007, Chen was acclaimed for her performance in Tony Ayres' drama The Home Song Stories. She portrayed a glamorous and unstable Chinese nightclub singer who struggles to survive in seventies Australia with her two children. Chen. The role earned her four awards including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress and the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress. The same year saw her co-starring in two other acclaimed films: Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, opposite Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, and Jiang Wen's The Sun Also Rises, opposite Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, for which she received an Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 2008, she starred alongside Sam Chow (Chinese: 邹爽) in Shi Qi (Chinese: 十七; pinyin: Shíqī), directed by Joe Chow (Chinese: 姬诚; pinyin: Jī Chéng), as a rural mother of a 17-year-old in eastern Zhejiang province.[6][7] The same year Joan Chen portrayed in Jia Zhangke's 24 City a factory worker once fancied because she resembled Chen herself in the 1979 film Little Flower, but who missed her chance at love.
Chen narrated the MP3 audio guide Louis Vuitton Soundwalk Shanghai City Guide, one of the three audio guides for Chinese cities (Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong) produced by Louis Vuitton and Soundwalk, and released in June 2008.[8]
She then co-starred in Bruce Beresford's 2009 adaptation of the autobiography of dancer Li Cunxin Mao's Last Dancer, along with Wang Shungbao and Kyle MacLachlan.[9]
In 2009, Chen starred alongside Feng Yuanzheng (Chinese: 冯远征) and Liu Jinshan (Chinese: 刘金山) in the Chinese TV series Newcomers to the Middle-Aged (Chinese: 人到中年), directed by Dou Qi (Chinese: 斗琪), in which she played a female doctor facing middle-age problems.[10] She also played the part of goddess Guan Yin in the 2010 Chinese TV adaptation of Journey to the West, directed by Cheng Lidong (Chinese: 程力栋).[11]
In October 2009 Joan Chen was the curator of the first Singapore Sun Film Festival, whose theme was The Art of Living Well. She selected and curated five films for screening during the festival: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Dead Man Walking, Hannah and Her Sisters, Still Life (Chinese: 三峡好人; pinyin: Sānxiá hǎorén) and Edward Scissorhands.[12][13]
In 2010, Chen joined the cast of Leehom Wang's directorial debut Lian ai tong gao (Chinese: 恋爱通告; pinyin: Liàn ài tōng gào).,[14] Alexi Tan's Color Me Love (alongside Liu Ye),[15] Ilkka Järvilaturi's Kiss, His First (alongside Tony Leung Ka-fai and Kwai Lun-mei)[16] and veteran acting coach Larry Moss' Relative Insanity (along with Juliette Binoche). In May 2010, she was set to star and direct one of the three parts of the anthology film Seeing Red.[17][18]
As of the 2011 episode 3.13 entitled "Immortality" she plays Secretary Bishop's girlfriend on the J.J. Abrams created sci-fi television series FRINGE.
Personal life
Chen married her second husband, cardiologist Peter Hui, on January 18, 1992. She was formerly married to actor Jimmy Lau from 1985 to 1990. Joan and her current husband have 2 daughters and live in San Francisco, USA but spend part of every year in Shanghai, China with Joan's family, so their daughters can be familiar with Chinese culture.[citation needed] Chen began the process of adopting twin girls from Nan Ning in 1998, but cancelled the adoption proceedings after becoming pregnant with her daughter.[citation needed]
During her early years in California Chen attended California State University, Northridge. In 1989, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States. On April 9, 2008, Chen wrote an article entitled "Let the Games Go On" on the Washington Post, about the politicization of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[19]
Charitable work
In May 2008, Chen appeared alongside James Kyson Lee and Amy Hanaialiʻi Gilliom in a public service announcement for the Banyan Tree Project campaign to stop HIV/AIDS-related stigma in Asian & Pacific Islander communities.[20][21]
In October 2008, Chen made the cover of Trends Health magazine alongside actresses Ke Lan (Chinese: 柯蓝) and Ma Yili (Chinese: 马伊琍) to promote the Chinese Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Prevention campaign.
On January 8, 2010, Chen attended alongside Nancy Pelosi, Nicole Kidman and Joe Torre the ceremony to help Family Violence Prevention Fund break ground on a new international center located in the Presidio of San Francisco intended to combat violence against women and children. During the ceremony, Chen performed an excerpt from the documentary play, "The Thumbprint of Mukhtar Mai" (presented as part of "Seven").[22][23][24]
On January 15, 2010, Chen was set to appear, along with other Asian American personalities in a series of videos supporting the Center for the Pacific Asian Family.[25]
Filmography
Actress
Film Year Title Chinese title Role Notes 1977 Youth 青春 (Qīngchūn) Shen Yamei / 沈亞妹 1979 Little Flower 小花 (Xiǎo Huā) Zhao Xiaohua / 赵小花 Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
Yugoslavia Film Festival Award for Best Actress1979 Hearts for the Motherland 海外赤子 (Hǎiwài chìzǐ) Huang Sihua / 黃思華 aka Overseas Compatriots, A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family 1981 Awakening 甦醒 (Sūxǐng) Su Xiaomei / 蘇小梅 1986 Goodbye My Love 惡男 (È nán) Ling Ti 1986 Tai-Pan May–May 1987 The Last Emperor Wan Jung / 婉容 1989 The Blood of Heroes Kidda 1991 Wedlock Noelle 1992 Turtle Beach Minou 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Jocelyn 'Josie' Packard scenes deleted 1993 Heaven & Earth Mama 1993 Temptation of a Monk 誘僧 (Yòu sēng) Princess Hong'e (Scarlet) / 公主紅萼
Lady Qingshou (Violet) / 青绶夫人1994 Golden Gate Marilyn 1994 Red Rose, White Rose 紅玫瑰，白玫瑰 (Hóng méigui, bái méigui) Wang Jiao-Rui / 王嬌蕊 Golden Horse Award for Best Actress
HKFCS Award for Best Actress
Nominated — HKFA for Best Actress1994 On Deadly Ground Masu 1995 The Hunted Kirina 1995 Wild Side Virginia Chow 1995 Judge Dredd Ilsa Hayden 1996 Precious Find Camilla Jones 1999 Purple Storm 紫雨風暴 (Ji yu fung bou) Shirley Kwan 2000 What's Cooking? Trinh Nguyen 2004 Avatar Madame Ong 2004 Jasmine Women 茉莉花开 (Mòlìhuā kāi) Mo's Mother / 茉的母亲
Mo / 茉2004 Saving Face Hwei-Lan Gao 2005 Sunflower 向日葵 (Xiàngrìkuí) Zhang Xiuqing 2006 Americanese Betty Nguyen 2007 The Home Song Stories 意 (Yì) Rose Hong / 洪玫瑰 Golden Horse Award for Best Actress
IF Award for Best Actress
TFF Award for Best Actress
AFI Award for Best Actress
FCCA Award for Best Actress
Nominated — AF Award for Best Actress
Nominated — APS Award for Best Actress2007 The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起 (Tàiyáng zhàocháng shēngqǐ) Dr. Lin / 林大夫 AF Award for Best Supporting Actress 2007 All God's Children Can Dance Evelyn 2007 Lust, Caution 色，戒 (Sè, jiè) Mrs. Yee / 易太太 2008 The Leap Years Li-Ann (age 49) 2008 Shi Qi 十七 (Shí Qī) Mother / 母亲 SIFF Press Prize for Most Attractive Actress 2008 24 City 二十四城记 (Èrshí sì chéng jì) Gu Minhua / 顾敏华 2009 Mao's Last Dancer Niang / 娘 2010 Love in Disguise 恋爱通告 (Liàn ài tōng gào) Joan 2010 Color Me Love 爱出色 (Ài chū sè) Zoe 2011 1911 辛亥革命 (Xīnhài gémìng) Longyu / 隆裕 2011 Kiss, His First 初吻 (Chū wěn) in production 2011 Love Island 熱愛島 (Yit oi dou) in production 2012 White Frog Irene Young in production 2012 二次曝光 (Èrcì pùguāng) in production 2013 Relative Insanity Pearl pre-production n/a Seeing Red also director - announced Television Year Title Chinese title Role Notes 1985 MacGyver Lin Episode 1.2 The Golden Triangle 1985 Miami Vice May Ying Episode 1.14 Golden Triangle 1989 Wiseguy Maxine Tzu Episode All or Nothing 1990 Twin Peaks Jocelyn 'Josie' Packard TV series — Series regular (2 seasons, 1990–1991) 1992 Strangers The Girl TV movie 1992 Shadow of a Stranger Vanessa TV movie 1992 Nightmare Cafe First customer Episode 1.1 Nightmare Cafe 1993 Tales from the Crypt Connie Episode 5.4 Food for Thought 1997 Homicide: Life on the Street Elizabeth Wu Episode 5.15 Wu's on First? 1998 The Outer Limits Major Dara Talif Episode 4.24 Phobos Rising 1999 In a Class of His Own Linda Ching TV movie 2009 Newcomers to the Middle-Aged 人到中年 (Réndào zhōngnián) Tian Wenjie / 田文洁 TV series 2010 Journey to the West 西游记 (Xī yóu jì) Guan Yin / 观音 TV series 2011 Fringe Reiko Episode 3.13 Immortality 2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn Madame Chiang HBO TV movie — in production Director
Year Title Chinese title Notes 1998 Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl 天浴 (Tiān Yù) Golden Horse Award for Best Director
Mons International Love Film Festival Grand Prize
National Board of Review International Freedom Award
Paris Film Festival Special Jury Prize
FLIFF Jury Award for Best Drama
Nominated — Golden Bear Award
Nominated — Paris Film Festival Grand Prize
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Director2000 Autumn in New York n/a Seeing Red also starring - announced Writer
Year Title Chinese title Notes 1998 Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl 天浴 (Tiān Yù) Golden Horse Award for Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium shared with Geling Yan Producer
Year Title Chinese title Notes 1995 Wild Side Associate producer 1998 Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl 天浴 (Tiān Yù) Producer, Executive producer
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature Over $500,000 shared with Alice Chan Wai-ChungOther media
- 2008: "Shanghai," narrator—an audio walking tour by Louis Vuitton and Soundwalk[26][27]
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Film Result 1980 Hundred Flowers Awards Best Actress Little Flower Won Yugoslavia International Film Festival Best Actress[28][29] Won 1994 Asian American International Film Festival Asian Media Award for significant contribution to Asian American media[30] Won Golden Horse Awards Best Actress Red Rose, White Rose Won 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress Nominated Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress[31][32] Won 1998 Golden Horse Awards Best Director Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl Won Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium shared with Geling Yan Won Berlin International Film Festival Golden Berlin Bear Nominated Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Jury Award Won 1999 Paris Film Festival Grand Prize Nominated Special Jury Prize Won Mons International Love Film Festival Grand Prize Won National Board of Review International Freedom Award[33] Won 2000 Independent Spirit Awards Best First Feature Over $500,000 shared with Alice Chan Wai-Chung Nominated Chlotrudis Awards Best Director Nominated 2007 Golden Horse Awards Best Actress The Home Song Stories Won Hawaii International Film Festival Achievement in Acting Won Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actress Nominated Inside Film Awards Best Actress Won Torino Film Festival Best Actress Won Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress Won 2008 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Actress Won Asian Film Awards Best Actress Nominated Best Supporting Actress The Sun Also Rises Won Shanghai International Film Festival Press Prize for Most Attractive Actress Shi Qi Won Other recognition
- In 1992 People magazine chose her as one of the 50 most beautiful women in the world.
- Chen inspired indie rock band Xiu Xiu, named after her film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.
- Chen was chosen by Goldsea as Number 45 on its compilation of "The 120 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time".[34]
References
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- ^ HongKong Cinemagic Forum -> 17 / Shi Qi
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Articles and interviews
- "The Last Empress", by C. Mark Jacobson. Interview. December 1987. p. 146-147.
- "In Praise of Actors: Joan Chen", by Peter Rainer. American Film. Volume 15: Issue 8. May 1990. p. 32.
- "Heavenly And Hearthy", by Tom Kagy. Goldsea Asian American Daily. August 1992.
- "Chen Reaction", by Alison Dakota Gee. Movieline (USA). December 1993. p. 54-59, 88.
- "West To East", by Richard Corliss. TIME (USA). Volume 153: Issue 13. April 5, 1999.
- "Joan of Art", by Richard Corliss. TIME (USA). April 5, 1999.
- "The Sent Down Girl", by Steven Schwankert. Beijing Scene. Volume 5: Issue 8. May 7, 1999.
- "Joan Chen: Guerilla Director", by Michael Sragow. Salon.com. May 27, 1999.
- "Reel Poetry", by Kevin Berger. San Francisco (USA). July 2000. p. 51.
- "Joan Chen: Whether it's China or Hollywood, this actress/director tells it like it is", by Franz Lidz. Interview. August 2000. p. 80-81.
- "An Interview with Joan Chen", by Michelle Caswell. Asia Source. November 2000.
- "Is Joan Chen Done with Hollywood?" Goldsea Asian American Daily. January 28, 2003.
- "Empress and Enigma". China Daily. October 25, 2003.
- "Joan Chen's Wild Side", by Malinda Lo. Curve. Volume 15: Issue 4. June 2005.
- "The Face Behind Saving Face", by Kenny Tanemura. Asian Week. June 3, 2005.
- "Sensuously Elegant: An Interview with Joan Chen", by Lisa Odham Stokes. Asian Cult Cinema (USA). Issue 48. October–December 2005. p. 51-61.
- "Joan Chen on Filming Lust, Caution in Shanghai: Follow One's Heart.", by Liu Qing. The Chinese Mirror. February 28, 2007.
- "The Many Faces of Joan Chen.", by Glen Schaefer. The Province. October 3, 2007.
- "Joan Chen returns to Chinese film.", by Min Lee. The China Post. October 17, 2007.
External links
- Joan Chen at the Internet Movie Database
- (Chinese) Joan Chen at the Chinese Movie Database
- Joan Chen at Yahoo! Movies
- Joan Chen at Allmovie
- Joan Chen at Art and Culture
- Joan Chen profile at EmanuelLevy.com
Awards and achievements Australian Film Institute Awards Preceded by
Emily Barclay
for Suburban MayhemBest Actress
2007
for The Home Song StoriesSucceeded by
Monic Hendrickx
for Unfinished SkyHong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Preceded by
NoneBest Actress
1994
for Red Rose, White RoseSucceeded by
Siqin Gaowa
for The Day the Sun Turned Cold
Josephine Siao
for Summer SnowGolden Horse Awards Preceded by
Carrie Ng
for Remains of a WomanBest Actress
1994
for Red Rose, White RoseSucceeded by
Josephine Siao
for Summer SnowPreceded by
Fruit Chan
for Made in Hong KongBest Director
1998
for Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down GirlSucceeded by
Ann Hui
for Ordinary HeroesPreceded by
To Kwak Wai
for Love Go GoBest Adapted Screenplay
1998
for Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down GirlSucceeded by
VacantPreceded by
Zhou Xun
for Perhaps LoveBest Actress
2007
for The Home Song StoriesSucceeded by
Prudence Liew
for True Women For SaleAwards Joan Chen (2008) · Gina Pareño (2009) · Kara Hui (2010) · Yoon Yeo-jeong (2011)
AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (2000–2019) Pia Miranda (2000) · Kerry Armstrong (2001) · Maria Theodorakis (2002) · Toni Collette (2003) · Abbie Cornish (2004) · Cate Blanchett (2005) · Emily Barclay (2006) · Joan Chen (2007) · Monic Hendrickx (2008) · Frances O'Connor (2009) · Jacki Weaver (2010)
Complete list · (1971–1979) · (1980–1999) · (2000–2019) Golden Horse Award for Best Actress (1981-2000) Sylvia Chang (1981) · Ping Wong (1982) · Xiao Fun Lu (1983) · Huei San Yang (1984) · Huei San Yang (1985) · Sylvia Chang (1986) · Anita Mui (1987) · Carol Cheng (1988) · Maggie Cheung (1989) · Brigitte Lin (1990) · Maggie Cheung (1991) · Lindzay Chan (1992) · Carrie Ng (1993) · Joan Chen (1994) · Josephine Siao (1995) · Josephine Siao (1996) · Maggie Cheung (1997) · Li Xiaolu (1998) · Loletta Lee (1999) · Maggie Cheung (2000)
(1962–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001-present)
Golden Horse Award for Best Actress (2001–present) Qin Hailu (2001) · Angelica Lee (2002) · Sandra Ng (2003) · Yang Kuei-Mei (2004) · Shu Qi (2005) · Zhou Xun (2006) · Joan Chen (2007) · Prudence Liew (2008) · Li Bingbing (2009)
(1962–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–present)
Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress Zhu Xijuan (1962) · Zhang Ruifang (1963) · Joan Chen (1980) · Zhang Yu (1981) · Li Xiuming (1982) · Siqin Gaowa (1983) · Gong Xue (1984) · Wu Yufang (1985) · Fang Shu (1986) · Liu Xiaoqing (1987) · Liu Xiaoqing (1988) · Liu Xiaoqing (1989) · Song Jia (1990) · Song Jia (1991) · Zhao Lirong (1992) · Gong Li (1993) · Pan Hong (1994) · Shen Danping (1995) Guo Keyu (1996) · Ning Jing (1997) · Liu Bei (1998) · Liu Xin (1999) · Zhang Ziyi (2000) Gong Li (2001) · Zhou Xun (2002) · Xu Jinglei (2003) · Fan Bingbing (2004) · René Liu (2006) · Li Bingbing (2008) · Zhao Wei (2010) •
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