| Intro | Chinese actress and film director |
| Is |
Internet personality Actor Film director Screenwriter Blogger |
| From | China |
| Type |
Film, TV, Stage & Radio Internet |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 16 April 1974, Beijing, People’s Republic of China |
| Age: | 46 years |
| Star sign | Aries |
Xu Jinglei (born April 16, 1974) is a Chinese actress and film director.
Early life
On April 16, 1974, Xu was born in Beijing, China.
Education
Xu graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1997.
Career
Xu has also spanned an acting career with directing since 2003.
Although not well known outside of China, Xu is popular domestically: in mid-2006, her Chinese-language blog had the most incoming links of any blog in any language on the Internet, according to Technorati. She is considered one of the “Four Dan Actresses” of China.
She was the editor of monthly Chinese e-zine Kaila (开啦) at Kaila.com.cn, which was started on April 16, 2007. The e-zine ceased publication at the end of 2011.
Awards
- 2003 – Best Actress (for Spring Subway) at the 26th annual Hundred Flowers Film Awards
- 2003 – Best Actress (for Far From Home and I Love You) at the 9th annual Huabiao Film Awards
- 2003 – Best Supporting Actress (for Far From Home) and Best New Female Director (for My Father and I) at the 23rd annual Chinese Golden Rooster Awards
- 2004 – Best New Director and Best Actress (both for My Father and I) at the 4th annual Chinese Film Media Awards
- 2004 – Silver Shell for Best Director for A Letter from an Unknown Woman at the 52nd annual Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival
Filmography
As a writer
- My Father and I (2003)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman (2004)
- Dreams May Come (2006)
- Go Lala Go! (2010)
As a director
- My Father and I (2003)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman (2004)
- Dreams May Come (2006)
- Go Lala Go! (2010)
- Dear Enemy (2011)
- Somewhere Only We Know (2015)
- The Missing (2017)
As an actress
- Spicy Love Soup (1997)
- The Storm Riders (1998)
- Dazzling (2002)
- Spring Subway (2002)
- Far From Home (2002)
- I Love You (2002)
- Heroic Duo (2003)
- My Father and I (2003)
- Brothers (2004)
- Last Love, First Love (2004)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman (2004)
- Dreams May Come (2006)
- Confession of Pain (2006)
- The Warlords (2007)
- Shinjuku Incident (2009)
- Go Lala Go! (2010)
- Eternal Moment (2011)
- Dear Enemy (2011)
- Better and Better (2013)
- One Step Away (2014)
- Somewhere Only We Know (2015)
- Fading Wave (2015)
- The Missing (2017)
- Battle of Memories (2017)