Liu Xiaoqing

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Liu Xiaoqing
Born (1955-10-30) 30 October 1955 (age 68)
Occupation(s)Actress, producer, businesswoman
Years active1970s - present
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Spouse(s)Chen Guojun[citation needed]
Ai Fung[citation needed]
AwardsGolden Rooster AwardsBest Actress
1987 Hibiscus Town

Hundred Flowers AwardsBest Actress
1987 Hibiscus Town
1988 The Savage Land
1989 Chun Tao
Best Supporting Actress
1980 What A Family
Special Achievement
1992

Chinese name
Traditional Chineseりゅうあかつきけい
Simplified Chinese

Liu Xiaoqing (born 30 October 1955[1]) is a Chinese actress and businesswoman.[2] She was one of the leading actresses in China in the 1980s.[3][4]

Biography

In her early days Liu worked as a farm labourer, then as a propagandist for the People's Liberation Army and later a stage actor for the Chengdu Military Drama Group.[3][5]

Liu acted in mainland Chinese films before she turned 30—The Great Wall of the South China Sea (1976),[3] What a Family (1979) and The Little Flower (1980).[6] Her breakthrough role was the ruthless Qing dynasty Empress Dowager Cixi in The Burning of the Imperial Palace (1983) and Reign Behind the Curtain (1984). Her portrayal of Cixi won her numerous awards in Chinese film festivals[citation needed] and she later reprised the role in two unrelated films, including Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch (1991). She won Best Actress at the Hundred Flowers Award for her role as Hua Jinzhi in The Savage Land, filmed in 1981 but not released until 1987,[3] and again for her role in Hibiscus Town (1986).[7] She holds a record for having won the most number of awards in the actress categories of the Hundred Flowers Award, with three Best Actress and one Best Supporting Actress.[8]

Liu left the entertainment industry in the 1990s to focus on business,[8] but later returned to acting in the mid 2000s. One of her latest films was Chunhua (also titled Plastic Flower, released in 2004), in which she played the titular role, Chunhua. She performed in a stage play, The Last Night of Tapan Chin, in China and Taiwan from 2005 to 2008.[4][9][10][11]

Liu published a short autobiography I Did It My Way in 1983.[12] She became one of the richest people in China, appearing at 45 on Forbes' list of the 50 richest Chinese businessmen and businesswomen in 1999.[2][13] She promoted her success by publishing a book titled From A Movie Star to A Billionaire. She was arrested for tax evasion in connection with her company, Beijing Xiaoqing Culture and Arts Company Ltd., in 2002,[6] was fined 7.1 million yuan (to accommodate money for the fine, she was forced to sell some of her possessions), and imprisoned for a year.[8][14]

In 2012 Liu Xiaoqing played Sai Jinhua in a performance of the play The Beauty (S: 风华绝代, T: ふうはなぜっだい, P: Fēnghuá Juédài).[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1975 The Great Wall of the South China Sea
南海なんかい长城
Tiannü
1976 Thank You, Comrades
同志どうしかん谢你
Yang Jie
1977 Spring Songs
はる
Li Cuizhi
1979 The Little Flower

小花こばな

He Cuigu
1979 What a Family
瞧这一家いっか
Zhang Lan Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress
1979 Wedding
婚礼こんれい
Sheng Min 3rd place - Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
1980 Mysterious Buddha
神秘しんぴてき大佛だいぶつ
Meng Jie
1980 The Little Flower
小花こばな
He Cuigu, Yongsheng's mother Wenhui Award for Best Actress
2nd place - Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
1981 The Savage Land
原野げんや
Hua Jinzi Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress
1981 The Invisible Web
せん
Luo Xuan
1981 Xu Mao and His Daughters
许茂てきおんな儿们
Xu Zhen
1982 Deep at Heart
こころ灵深处
Ouyang Lan
1983 The Burning of the Imperial Palace Empress Dowager Cixi
1983 Reign Behind the Curtain
たれ帘听せい
Empress Dowager Cixi Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
1984 Hibiscus Town
芙蓉ふよう
Hu Yuyin Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress
Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
1984 Ormosia from the North
北国きたぐに红豆
Lu Yunzhi 5th place - Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
1984 San Bao in Shenzhen
三宝さんぼう闹深圳
Manager
1985 The Ruthless Lover
无情てき情人じょうにん
Namei Qincuo also producer
1986 A Wild Field Hua Jinzi Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
1987 Chuntao
春桃ちゅんたお
Chuntao Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
1987 The Imperial Cannon Team
だいきよし炮队
Feng Yushu also producer
1988 A Dream of Red Mansions (parts 1 & 2)
红楼梦
Wang Xifeng
1989 A Dream of Red Mansions (parts 3-6)
红楼梦
Wang Xifeng
1989 The Empress Dowager
いちだい妖后
Empress Dowager Cixi also titled Xi Taihou (西にしふとしきさき)
1991 Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch
だいふとし监李莲英
Empress Dowager Cixi
2004 Plastic Flower
はるはな
Xie Chunhua
2010 Rang Ai Huijia
让爱かい
Female cop
2011 Legendary Amazons
杨门女将おかみ军令如山
Princess Chai
2012 37
2012 The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven
2015 Mojin: The Lost Legend
2016 For a Few Bullets
2016 Air Strike
2019 The Eight Hundred
はち
Sister Rong [16]
2019 Spy Wolf Chameleon

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Fenghua Juedai
风华绝代
Chunni
1993 Xin Bao Qingtian Zhi Yinglie Qianqiu
しんつつみ青天せいてんえいれつ千秋せんしゅう
1995 Wu Zetian
たけ则天
Wu Zetian
1996 Huoshao Efang Gong
阿房あほう
Princess, Innkeeper, Mrs Yu also producer
1998 Tao Zhi Lian
逃之こい
Xiaofengxian also producer
Nominated - Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress
2000 Huang Sao Tian Guihua
すめらぎあによめかつらはな
producer
2001 Huo Fenghuang
凤凰
(various roles) also producer
2002 Where the Legend Begins
らくしん
producer
2003 281 Feng Xin
281ふうしん
Fang Meihui also producer
2003 Hero During Yongle Period
えい英雄えいゆう儿女
Jinniang
2003 Jiangshan Meiren
江山えやま美人びじん
Empress Dowager Meng also titled Da Song Bei Ge (だいそう)
2003 Changhe Dongliu
长河东流
Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang also titled Shei Zhu Chenfu (谁主沉浮)
2004 Huanle Sangtian
欢乐桑田そうでん
Magu
2004 Wo De Xiongdi Jiemei
てき兄弟きょうだいあねいもうと
Ailian
2004 Lotus Lantern
たから莲灯
Queen Mother of the West
2004 Jingcheng Si Shao
きょうしろよんすくな
Ninth Aunt
2005 Hui Niang Wan Xin
徽娘あてこころ
Mrs Wu
2005 Ayou Zhengzhuan
おもね有正ありまさ
Zhen Gege
2006 The Shadow of Empress Wu
日月じつげつしのげそら
Wu Zetian
2006 Chao Lin Jie
ちょう临界
Lu Yan
2007 Jiazu Rongyu
家族かぞく荣誉
Duan Huijun
2007 Wang Zhaojun
王昭君おうしょうくん
Lady Guan
2008 Nüren Heku Weinan Nüren
女人にょにんなん为难女人にょにん
Zhang Yuying
2008 Lotus Lantern
たから莲灯ぜん
Queen Mother of the West
2008 Yunxiu
うんそで
Liang Yunxiu
2008 Chengjiang Qingyuan
澄江すみえじょう
Liu Guiying
2009 Ning Xiang Jie
しこりこう
Tang Mu
2009 Xu Beihong
じょ悲鸿
Jiang Biwei
2010 Hong Meigui Hei Meigui
红玫瑰黑玫瑰
Song Dachuan
2011 Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties 1 & 2
ずいから英雄えいゆう
Empress Xiao
2011 Secret History of Empress Wu
たけ则天秘史ひし
Wu Zetian (middle age)
2011 Yangnü
养女
Liu Jianying
2014 Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties 3 & 4 Ouyang Feiyan

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