Gong Li is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on December 31, 1965 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. Popular due to the Golden Rooster and Golden Phoenix award-winning performances in the films Breaking the Silence and The Story of Qiu Ju. Her work is also notable due to the Hong Kong Film Awards-winning performance for the film Curse of the Golden Flower. In 2018 she was a part of the live-action version from Disney’s Mulan.
She co-starred alongside the actor She co-starred with Jeremy Irons in the English-language feature film Chinese Box. in the feature film in English Chinese Box.
In 1985, she was accepted to study at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing; she graduated in 1989. While a student at the Central Academy of Drama, she was discovered by Zhang Yimou, who chose her for the lead role in Red Sorghum, his first film as a director.
Her personal and professional relationship with director Zhang Yimou has been highly publicized. The pair collaborated on six films between 1987 and 1995, before ending their relationship. They reunited in 2006 for the film Curse of the Golden Flower and in 2014 on Coming Home.
A daughter of Gong Lize and Liu Ying Her childhood was spent at Shenyang, China. After a highly-publicized relationship with director Zhang Yimou she got married to business executive Ooi Hoe Soeng. The couple divorced in the year 2010 after 14 months of being married.
