Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) as Mysterious Woman
Saam gaang yi (2004) as Mei (segment "Dumplings")
Short Info
Net Worth
$3 million
Date Of Birth
October 10, 1966
Fact
One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World 1998".
Bai Ling is a Chinese-American actress, model, and singer. She has appeared in over 50 films and television shows. Her most notable roles include The Crow (1994), Wild Wild West (1999), Anna and the King (1999), Red Corner (1997), and Crank: High Voltage (2009).
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Bai was born in Chengdu, China, on October 10, 1970. Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and she was raised by her grandparents. When she was 14, she was sent to a labor camp for “re-education” after her grandfather was accused of being a counter-revolutionary. Bai spent a year in the camp before being released.
After her release, Bai moved to Beijing to live with her aunt. She enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama, where she studied acting. After graduation, she began her acting career with the Beijing People’s Art Theatre.
Bai’s first film role was in the Chinese film The Last Emperor (1987). She then appeared in a number of Chinese films and television shows before making her Hollywood debut in The Crow (1994).
Since then, Bai has appeared in a number of American films and television shows, including Wild Wild West (1999), Anna and the King (1999), Red Corner (1997), and Crank: High Voltage (2009). She has also appeared in several independent films, such as The Beautiful Country (2004) and Three…Extremes (2004).
Bai has been nominated for several awards, including an Independent Spirit Award and a Satellite Award. She won the Best Actress award at the Fantasporto Film Festival for her role in The Crow.
Bai Ling is currently single. She has one daughter, who was born in 2006.
General Info
Net Worth
$3 million
Date Of Birth
October 10, 1966
Height
1.6 m
Profession
Screenwriter, Film producer, Voice Actor
Education
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York University
Family
Parents
Bai Yuxiang, Chen Binbin
Siblings
Bai Chen, Bai Jie
Accomplishments
Awards
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Movies
Crank: High Voltage, Red Corner, The Crow, The Gene Generation, Wild Wild West, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Anna and the King, Southland Tales, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Love Ranch, Dumplings, Taxi 3, She Hate Me, Circle of Pain, Locked Down, A Beautiful Life, Samura...
[on her role in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)] A lot of my friends asked, "What's it like working with Jude Law? He's so handsome!" I said, "Well, I'm lucky; I got to kick his butt".
Facts
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Perhaps her first public appearance in the U.S. was on Jan. 16, 1994, when she accepted the Best Supporting Actress Award on behalf of the winner, her countrywoman Li Gong, who could not attend, at the annual New York Film Critics Circle ceremony held at the Pegasus Room (Rockefeller Center).
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Arrested for shoplifting at Los Angeles International Airport on February 13, 2008.
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She turned in one of her most acclaimed performances in her first Hong Kong movie Saam gaang yi (2004) ("Three Extremes: Dumplings"). Her character is a creepy 60-year-old ageless beauty, and she helps women by performing illegal abortions, but also uses the unwanted fetuses to be made into dumplings, which is her secret for ageless beauty.
4
Was the July 2007 entry in Stuff magazine's 2006-2007 pin up calendar.
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Cut off most of her waist-length hair for her role in Anna and the King (1999).
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She took classes at The Lee Strasberg Institute (1991) and New York University. (1991)
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Claimed that her role on Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) was cut during editing because of her posing for the June 2005 issue of US "Playboy" magazine. She was the first woman from the People's Republic of China on its cover. George Lucas strongly denied that this was the reason she was cut.
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Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in 2005. Memorable for her light dresses that didn't always cover her essentials all the time. German tabloids nicknamed her "die Berlinackte" ("the Berlinaked").
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Name means "white spirit" in English.
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Lives in Southern California.
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Had a four-line appearance in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). Unfortunately her appearance (along with a small cameo of George Lucas' daughter) got cut out. Lucas explained, "It wasn't like it was a major thing to begin with and I just cut that whole secondary story out of the movie quite a while ago".
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Bai Ling served three years in the People Liberation's Army in China entertaining troops in Tibet. She had a bout of depression which sent her to a mental hospital. She then became a Chinese movie star. All of this occurred before she was 18.
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One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World 1998".
