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Name: Gong Li
Traditional Chinese: 鞏俐
Simplified Chinese: 巩俐
Birthplace: Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Birth date: December 31, 1965
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Profession: Actress

Trivia

• Was included in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.
• Representative of Shanghai Tag line of clothing and beauty ambassador for L'Oreal cosmetics.
• She graduated from the Central Drama Academy in Beijing (1989)
• Her favorite actors were Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman
• Received New York Film Critics award for Ba wang bie ji (1993) (aka Farewell My Concubine).
• Had an affair with Yimou Zhang [1987-1995]
• Head juror of the 2000 Berlin International Film Festival
• Head juror of the 2002 Venice Film Festival
• Head juror of the 2003 Tokyo International Film Festival
• Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997
• Her performance as Juxian in Ba wang bie ji (1993) (aka "Farewell My Concubine") (1993) is ranked #89 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
• In the Red Hot Chili Peppers album Californication, one of the B-sides is called Gong Li.
• She was presented the “Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” in June 1998 by the French government for her contributions to world cinema.
• Was chosen and honored as one of TIME Magazine's "60 Years of Asian Heroes".
• Youngest person to be honored with the "Trophy of the Festival" award at Cannes.
• Directors Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone and Michael Mann are reported to be admirers of her.

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