Family
parents :
siblings : youngest of several children
step-daughter : born c. 1978
Companions
Zhang Yimou: together for eight years; born in 1950; married; separated from Gong Li in 1995
husband Ooi Hoe Seong: married on February 15, 1996 in Singapore; born c. 1950; executive with British American Tobacco in Hong Kong; first met in 1993 at a car race
Gong Li forumTheatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Gong Li Biography (1965-)
Born December 31, 1965, in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China; daughter of aneconomics professor; involved with Zhang Yimou (a director), 1988-95; married Ooi Hoe Seong (a tobacco company executive), February 15, 1996. Addresses: Office: Miramax Films, 375 Greenwich St., New York, NY 10013.
Nationality
Chinese
Gender
Female
Occupation
Actress
Birth Details
December 31, 1965
Shenyang, China
Famous Works
CREDITS
Film Appearances
Nine, the Grandmother, Red Sorghum (also known as Hong gao liang), New Yorker, 1988
Operation Cougar (also known as Codename Cougar, The Puma Action, and Daihao meizhoubao), 1989
The Empress Dowager, 1989
Winter/Lili Chu, The Terracotta Warrior (also known as Qin Yong and Gu jin da zhan qin yon qing), 1990
Title role, Ju Dou, Miramax, 1991
Songlian, Raise the Red Lantern (also known as Da hong deng long gao gao gua), Orion Classics, 1991
Herself/waitress at banquet, The Banquet (also known as Haomenyeyan, Party of a Wealthy Family, and Ho moon ye yin), 1991
Miss Yu-San/Yu-Mong, Back to Shanghai (also known as Du xia IIzhi Shang Hai tan du sheng, God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai,and God of Gamblers III), 1991 Ma Lei, Mary from Beijing (also known as Awakening and Mungsing Sifan), 1992
Chen Heung, Flirting Scholar (also known as Tang Bohu dian QiuXiang and Tong bat fu kau chau heung), 1993
Pan Yuliang, Soul of a Painter (also known as Hua Hun, Pan Yu Liang, a Woman Painter, Pan Yuliang artiste peintre, and La peintre), 1993
Juxian, Farewell, My Concubine (also known as Ba wang bie ji), Miramax, 1993
Wan Qiu Ju, The Story of Qiu Ju (also known as Qiu Ju da guan si and Qui Ju Goes to Court), Sony Pictures Classics, 1993
Mo Han-Wen, 8 Guardians of Buddhism (also known as Xin tian long ba bu zhi tian shan tong lao, Dragon Chronicles: The Maiden, The Immortals, The Maidens of Heavenly Mountain, and Semi-Godsand Semi-Devils), 1994
Lu Zhi, The Great Conqueror's Concubine (also known as Xi chu bawang and King of Western Chu), 1994
Xu Jiazhen, To Live (also known as Huozhe, Living, Woot jeuk, and Lifetimes), Samuel Goldwyn, 1994
Xiao Jinbao (Little Jewel), the Godfather's Mistress, Shanghai Triad (also known as Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao), Sony Pictures Classics, 1995
Pang Ruyi, Temptress Moon (also known as Feng yue), Miramax, 1996
Vivian, Chinese Box, Le Studio Canal Plus, 1997
Sun Liying, Piao liang ma ma (also known as Breaking the Silence), 1999
Lady Zhao, Jing ke ci qin wang (also known as The Assassin,L'empereur et l'assassin, The Emperor and the Assassin, and The First Emperor), Sony Pictures Classics, 1999