Born on December 31, 1965, in Shenyang situated in Liaoning, China, Gong Li spent most of her childhood days growing up with her four siblings in Jinan situated in Shandong. She is the youngest of her parent’s five children. Her interest in acting was ignited at a very young age. In the year 1985, she went on to attend the popular Central Academy of Drama situated in Beijing and graduated in the year 1989 from there. She got her first break in her second year at the Central Academy of Drama. She was cast for the main role of Jiu’er in the movie Red Sorghum in the year 1987. She then went on to work with the director of the movie, Zhang Yimou in several movies and was also in a relationship with him at that time.
After her debut in the year 1987, she went on to do several movies. She hasn’t appeared much on any television show, but has done many movies in her long career. Out of all the movies she has done, seven of them were with the director Zhang Yimou. She is popular for portraying the role of Ju Dou in the movie Ju Dou in 1990 and Songlian in the movie Raise the Red Lantern in the year 1991. She was internationally acclaimed for her role in Raise the Red Lantern. In the year 2005, she went on to portray another popular role of Hatsumomo in the movie Memoirs of a Geisha. This movie became her first English speaking film.
She has done several movies in her career which include The Empress Dowager as Guilian in 1989, Mr. Sunshine in 1989, Codename Cougar as Ah Li in 1989, A Terracotta Warrior as Lili Chu in 1989, God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai as Yu-Sin in 1991, The Banquet as a waitress in 1991, The Story of Qiu Ju as Qiu Ju in 1992, Mary from Beijing as Mary in 1992, Farewell My Concubine as Juxian in 1993, Flirting Scholar as Chou Heung in 1993, Dragon Chronicles: The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains as Mo Han-Wen in 1994, A Soul Haunted by Painting as Pan Yuliang in 1994, Shanghai Triad as Xiao Jingbao in 1995, Chinese Box as Vivian in 1997, Breaking the Silence as Sun Liying in 2000, Eros as Miss Hua in 2004, Miami Vice as Isabella in 2006, Shanghai as Anna Lan-Ting in 2010, What Woman Want as Li Yilong in 2011, The Monkey King 2 as White Bone Demon in 2016.
Along with her acting debut, she got in a relationship with the director Zhang Yimou. They worked in several movies together, but their relationship ended in the year 1995. She then married the businessman Ooi Hoe Seong in the year 1996. Gong Li and her husband ended their marriage in the year 2010 when they filed for divorce. In the year 2006, she was selected as the most beautiful woman in China and was also part of the Premiere Magazines “100 sexiest movie stars of all time” in the year 2008. According to her biography, her net worth is $100 Million.
| Birth Date: | 31 Dec, 1965 |
| Age: | 54 yrs |
| Occupations: | Actor Film actor |
| Citizenship: | People's Republic of China Singapore |
| Birth Place: | Shenyang |
| Education: | Central Academy of Drama |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | Chinese Singaporean actress |
| Spouse: | Ooi Hoe Seong[1996-2010] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 100 million |
