Li Bingbing is a Chinese actress and producer. The South Korean media called her the most beautiful and photogenic Chinese woman, and in Hollywood - the "oriental rose". Lee began her creative career in 1995, and four years later she received the title of "Best Actress" at the Singapore Film Festival. Audiences know Lee well from the films Resident Evil: Retribution, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Meg: Monster of the Depth.
In addition to working in cinematography, Bingbing is active in public affairs, is a representative of the World Wildlife Fund, UNEP ambassador and cultural ambassador of South Korea to China.
The beginning of the biography
Li was born in one of the Chinese provinces in the winter of 1973. The actress prefers not to talk about what her parents and sister are doing.
After leaving school, Li was going to become a music teacher, so she went to college to receive a teacher's education. In her student years, she devoted a lot of time to creativity and repeatedly appeared on stage in youth performances. Her friends were delighted with the girl's talent and beauty and advised her to try her hand at cinema. As a result, the dream of teaching turned into a dream of an acting career. Li entered the theater academy in Shanghai, and two years later appeared in one of the television series, where she was offered a small role.
Her career took off quickly and, four years later, Lee was recognized internationally at the Singapore Film Festival, where she was named Best Actress for her role in 17 Years. The film was also screened at the Venice Film Festival, where it won five awards and a Silver Screen Awards.
Film career
In the early 2000s, Bingbing took part in the filming of the series "Young Judge Bao," where she gets the image of a police officer. And a year later, Li becomes one of the most popular actresses in Chinese television and is among the top ten movie stars. She signs a contract with the leading concern in the field of cinematography Hua-I and receives an invitation to new projects.
Lee's next robot in Waiting Alone earned her a nomination for the prestigious Golden Rooster Awards, and a year later she was nominated for the Hundred Flowers Awards for her role in A World Without Thieves. In 2007, Bingbing was voted Best Chinese Cinema Actress for her role in The Knot.
After a while, Lee begins to appear in English-language films and her first work at this stage is the picture "Snow Flower and the Cherished Wind".
The film "Forbidden Kingdom" brought Li an acquaintance with kung fu and the famous masters of martial arts: Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Lee soon admitted that she really enjoyed doing martial arts films and would love to continue doing it. Such an opportunity presented itself to the actress in the new project "Detective Dee and the Secret of the Phantom Flame", where she demonstrated not only her acting talent, but also skillful use of the ancient Chinese sword.
Soon, Lee receives an invitation to casting for the movie "Resident Evil: Retribution." She is instantly approved for one of the central roles - Ada Wong. According to the plot of the picture, she is the assistant to the main character Alice, played by Milla Jovovich.
A year later, Bingbing gets a role in the movie "Transformers: Age of Extinction", where he embodies on the screen the image of the head of the company KSI, which develops transformer robots.
In 2018, Lee appeared on the screen with the famous Jason Stethem in the movie "Meg: Monster of the Depth." A fragile-looking girl got the role of an oceanographer, who, together with the main character, confronts a prehistoric shark that has come to life today.
Personal life
Lee doesn't like sharing his personal life with the press. But two years ago, photos of the actress with a young man still appeared in some magazines. It became known that the actress spends time with businessman Xu Wen Nan, who is much younger than the actress and has nothing to do with cinema. How serious this relationship is and whether the young man is Lee's husband, it was not possible to find out.
