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Li Gong - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Gong Li is a world famous Chinese actress who appeared in 1965 in the family of a professor of economic sciences and materials scientist. From her native Shenyang, the actress's family moved to Jinan, where she continued to live as soon as her parents settled, receiving positions at Shandong University.
The girl grew up creative and versatile, was fond of singing, dancing, and at the same time the makings of an actress began to be seen in her. However, the parents' opinions on the future of their daughter were divided: the mother hoped that Gong Li would follow the example of older children and receive a more "serious" education without plunging into the world of art, while the father, on the contrary, strongly supported her daughter in her desire to develop creatively. After several failures that befell the future actress when entering prestigious universities in the country, in 1985 she meets director Yin Davei.
He helps her prepare for the entrance exams, and in the summer she receives an invitation from the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, where she meets a man, acquaintance with whom will be her lucky ticket to the world of cinema. Zhang Yimou is a successful director who auditioned for the main female role in his new film Red Gaoliang in the very school where the actress studied. The role goes to Gong Li, and between her and Yimou, friendly, and then romantic relations are struck up, and this union becomes truly "golden".
In 1989, another film with Gong Li, Ju Dou, was released, and the film Raise the Red Lantern, which was nominated for an Oscar as the best film in a foreign language, became a bright culmination of cooperation and an alliance between the director and the actress.
Other well-known films with Gong Li: Farewell, My Concubine (her performance was ranked in the Top 100 Roles of All Time by Premiere Magazine), Qiu Ju Sues, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Chinese Box, etc.
Gong Li has brown eyes, naturally dark hair, dark skin and medium lips. The shape of the face is oval, the forehead is low, the hair is curly, thick. Gong Li does not change hair color, giving preference to natural. The actress has a small, straight nose and a rounded chin. The growth of the actress is 170 cm, no tattoos.
