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Li Gong

Li Gong

19 movies on Netflix

Biography

Gong Li is a Chinese actress who grew up in Jinan and trained at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, graduating in 1989. Zhang Yimou spotted her while she was still a student and gave her the lead in Red Sorghum, and their later collaborations included Ju Dou (1990), Raise the Red Lantern (1991) and The Story of Qiu Ju (1992); her work in the last won her the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival. She earned a New York Film Critics Circle award for Farewell My Concubine and a National Board of Review award for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005). Among her other films are Flirting Scholar (1993), Chinese Box (1997), The Emperor and the Assassin (1998), Miami Vice (2006) and Curse of the Golden Flower (2006). She headed the juries at Berlin and Venice, and in 2010 France made her a Commander in its arts and letters order.

60years old

Turns 61 on December 31in 79 days

  • Born Shenyang
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films
19
Career span
32 years1988 to 2020

Genres

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  1. A first

    Gong Li was the first Asian to head the jury at either the Berlin or Venice Film Festival, presiding over Berlin in 2000 and Venice in 2002.

  2. Languages

    Gong avoided Hollywood for years because she was not confident speaking English. She first spoke English on screen in 2005, playing Hatsumomo in Memoirs of a Geisha.

  3. Big break

    In 1987, while she was at college, Zhang Yimou discovered Gong and gave her the lead role in Red Sorghum, which was his first movie as a director.

  4. Getting ready for a role

    In 2019, Gong was given a role in Lou Ye's period drama Saturday Fiction, playing an actress working undercover to gather intelligence for the Allies. She learned shooting and hypnosis for the film.

  5. A first

    Gong Li was the first Chinese person invited to serve on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival, doing so in 1997.

  6. A first

    Gong Li was the first woman to preside over the jury of the Tokyo International Film Festival, heading it in 2003.

Li Gong movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Memoirs of a Geisha2005 Drama, Romanceas Hatsumomo

    IMDb rating 7.3174K votes

  2. Mulan2020 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Xian Niang

    IMDb rating 5.8169K votes

  3. Hannibal Rising2007as Lady Murasaki

    IMDb rating 6.1122K votes

  4. Miami Vice2006as Isabella

    IMDb rating 6.1134K votes

  5. Raise the Red Lantern1991as Songlian

    IMDb rating 8.138K votes

  6. Curse of the Golden Flower2006as Empress Phoenix

    IMDb rating 7.048K votes

  7. The Story of Qiu Ju1992as Qiu Ju

    IMDb rating 7.57.2K votes

  8. Red Sorghum1988as Wo Nainai (My Grandma)

    IMDb rating 7.311K votes

Most often with

Yimou Zhang directed six of these films. 23 actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Yun-Fat Chow, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Yun-Fat ChowStephen Chow, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Stephen ChowKen Watanabe, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Ken WatanabeSharla Cheung, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Sharla CheungPei-Pei Cheng, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Pei-Pei ChengAaron Kwok, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Aaron KwokYimou ZhangDirector, 6 filmsSee the 6 films by Yimou Zhang

Films together

  • Yun-Fat Chow2 films together, 2006 to 2010
    Yun-Fat Chow's page
  • Stephen Chow2 films together, 1991 to 1993
    Stephen Chow's page
  • Ken Watanabe2 films together, 2005 to 2010
    Ken Watanabe's page
    • Shanghai2010IMDb rating 6.3Gong as Anna Lan-TingWatanabe as Tanaka
    • Memoirs of a Geisha2005IMDb rating 7.3Gong as HatsumomoWatanabe as Chairman
  • Sharla Cheung2 films together, 1991 to 1994
    Sharla Cheung's page
  • Pei-Pei Cheng2 films together, 1993 to 2020
    Pei-Pei Cheng's page
    • Mulan2020IMDb rating 5.8Gong as Xian NiangCheng as The Matchmaker
    • Flirting Scholar1993IMDb rating 7.6Gong as Chau HeungCheng as Madam Wah
  • Aaron Kwok2 films together, 2016
    Aaron Kwok's page
  • Yimou ZhangDirector, 6 films, 1988 to 2006
  • Also two films together17 more actors
    • Eddie PengThe Monkey King 2 (2016) and Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016)
    • Shaofeng FengThe Monkey King 2 (2016) and Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016)
    • Kelly ChenThe Monkey King 2 (2016) and Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016)
    • Xuejian LiThe Emperor and the Assassin (1998) and Shanghai Triad (1995)
    • Chutian LiuThe Monkey King 2 (2016) and Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016)
    • Him LawThe Monkey King 2 (2016) and Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016)
    • John ChingXi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016) and God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (1991)
    • Shenyang XiaoThe Monkey King 2 (2016) and Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016)
    • Baotian LiShanghai Triad (1995) and Ju Dou (1990)
    • Hsiang FeiThe Monkey King 2 (2016) and Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016)
    • Li BaotianShanghai Triad (1995) and Ju Dou (1990)
    • Lu WeiThe Monkey King 2 (2016) and Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016)
    • Miya MuqiThe Monkey King 2 (2016) and Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016)
    • Giselle ChiaThe Monkey King 2 (2016) and Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016)
    • Jia ZhaojiJu Dou (1990) and Red Sorghum (1988)
    • Ngawang RinchenThe Monkey King 2 (2016) and Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing (2016)
    • Yang QianbinJu Dou (1990) and Red Sorghum (1988)

    When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

Box office

What Li Gong's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$788 million

10 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 19 films: 10 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 5 figure not found.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 5Figure not found

Top grosser

The Monkey King 22016as Baigujing / White-Boned Demon$194 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Monkey King 22016as Baigujing / White-Boned Demon
    $194M24.6% of the total
  2. 2
    Miami Vice2006as Isabella
    $164M20.8% of the total
  3. 3
    Memoirs of a Geisha2005as Hatsumomo
    $162M20.6% of the total
  4. 4
    Hannibal Rising2007as Lady Murasaki
    $82M10.4% of the total
  5. 5
    Curse of the Golden Flower2006as Empress Phoenix
    $79M10.0% of the total
  6. 6
    Mulan2020as Xian Niang
    $70M8.9% of the total
  7. 7
    Raise the Red Lantern1991as Songlian
    $17M2.1% of the total
  8. 8
    Shanghai2010as Anna Lan-Ting
    $15M1.9% of the total
God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (1991), $4.0 millionThe Story of Qiu Ju (1992), $1.9 million

$5.9 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total

Awards

Three awards and honors from 1992 to 2010, two of them major.

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Li Gong's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Berlin Film Festival
1993Berlinale CameraWon
Venice Film Festival
1992Volpi Cup for Best ActressThe Story of Qiu JuWon
Other honors
2010Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎Won

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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