Xu Jinglei

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name = Xu Jinglei


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yearsactive = 1997 - present
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2003 "My Father and I"
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Xu Jinglei (born April 16, 1974 in Beijing, China) is an actress and director most famous in Mainland China. Xu graduated from the Beijing Film Academy's prestigious Performance Institute in 1997. [cite web|title=徐静蕾简介 (Introducing Xu Jinglei)|url=http://www.xujinglei.org/introduce/|accessdate=2007-07-26] Along with Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun, and Zhang Ziyi, the mainland Chinese media considers her a member of the "Four Young Dan actresses" (zh-c|c=四小花旦). [cite book|last = Jiang|first = Yue (江月)|title = 写真“四小花旦”：章子怡、周迅、赵薇、徐静蕾|url = http://book.sina.com.cn/nzt/1091418900_sixiaohuadan/index.shtml]

Although not well known outside of China, her domestic importance cannot be underestimated: in mid 2006, her Chinese language blog had the most incoming links of any blog in any language on the Internet, according to Technorati. [Fickling, David, [http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2006/08/15/internet_killed_the_tv_star.html Internet killed the TV star] , The Guardian NewsBlog, 15 August 2006] [cite web|title=Xu Jing Lei tops the Technorati 100|url=http://technorati.com/weblog/2006/05/103.html|accessdate=2007-07-26] [cite web|title=Xu Jinglei's blog joins the gilded ranks on Technorati|url=http://shanghaiist.com/2006/05/05/xu_jingleis_blo.php|accessdate=2007-07-26]

Biography

Xu Jinglei was raised up in a rather traditional Beijing family, she showed her artistic talent since young and at the age of 19 she was enrolled into the prestigious Beijing Film Academy.

She was given chance to act in a few TV series and movies even before she graduated from academy in 1997. Xu JingLei’s acting career didn’t boomed after her graduation, but she was given some chances to star in numerous TV dramas and movies, lots of the time not the leading role.

Xu breakthrough came in 2002 when she wrote and directed the movie “My Father and I” which won her multiple awards. Suddenly people see her not just as an actress, but a brilliant multi-talented young lady.

Xu become a superstar since then, but instead of rushing gold in her acting career, she went back to Beijing Film Academy as a guest lecturer. JingLei directed her 2nd movie in 2004 and acted in a few movies here and there.

There’s not much female movie makers in the East, perhaps not much in Hollywood as well. The rarity of successful female directors made Xu JingLei a precious gem in the Chinese movie industry.

Xu Jinglei turned a blogger in 2005 and very soon accumulated over 10 million viewers and she is currently the top celebrity blogger in China. It’s estimated that her blog visits exceeded 50 million in mid 2006.

She also started to expand her talents into singing, releasing her 1st album in late 2006.

Awards

*2003 - Best Actress (for "Spring Subway") at the 26th annual Popular Cinema Hundred Flowers Film Awards [cite web|title=第二十六届大众电影百花奖（2003年）|url=http://www.china.com.cn/chinese/MATERIAL/961347.htm|accessdate=2007-07-27]
*2003 - Best Actress (for "Far From Home" and "I Love You") at the 9th annual Huabiao Film Awards [cite web|title=第九届中国电影华表奖|url=http://www.southcn.com/ent/zhuanti2/huabiao/default.htm|accessdate=2007-07-27]
*2003 - Best Supporting Actress (for "Far From Home") and Best New Female Director (for "My Father and I") at the 23rd annual Chinese Golden Rooster Awards [cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2003-11/06/content_1162785.htm|title=第23届中国电影金鸡奖揭晓(组图)|accessdate=2007-07-26]
*2004 - Best New Director and Best Actress (both for "My Father and I") at the 4th annual Chinese Film Media Awards [cite web|url=http://et.21cn.com/topic/movie/nfdsb/|title=第四届华语电影传媒大奖|accessdate=2007-07-27]
*2004 - Silver Shell for Best Director for "A Letter from an Unknown Woman" at the 52nd annual Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival [cite web|url=http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2007/in/2004.htm|title=2004 (52nd annual) Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival awards|accessdate=2007-07-26]

Filmography

As a director

*"My Father and I" (2003)
*"Letter from an Unknown Woman" (2004)
*"Dreams May Come" (2006)

As an actress

*"Spicy Love Soup" (1997)
*"The Storm Riders" (1998)
*"Dazzling" (2002)
*"Spring Subway" (2002)
*"Far From Home" (2002)
*"I Love You" (2002)
*"Heroic Duo" (2003)
*"My Father and I" (2003)
*"Brothers" (2004)
*"Last Love, First Love" (2004)
*"Letter from an Unknown Woman" (2004)
*"Dreams May Come" (2006)
*"Confession of Pain" (2006)
*"The Warlords" (2007)

Notes

External links

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* [http://blog.sina.com.cn/m/xujinglei Xu Jinglei's blog]
* [http://sino-angle.blogspot.com Translation of Xu Jinglei's blog]
* [http://women.stareastasia.com/xu-jinglei/ Xu Jinglei's profile and biography]
* [http://www.xujinglei.org/ a website created by Xu Jinglei's fans]