Beautiful Idols: Li Bingbing #02

Li Bingbing

Name: Li Bingbing (李冰冰)
Also known as: Lee Bing Bing
Born: February 27, 1973 - Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Height: 165cm
Chinese zodiac: Dragon
Blood type: A
Occupation: Actress, singer
Years active: 1994 – ...
Official Website: www.libingbing.net

Li Bingbing is a Chinese actress and singer. Her film debut was Zhang Yuan's Seventeen Years (1999), which won her the "Best Actress" Award in the 1999 Singapore Film Festival. In 2001, Li starred in the television series Young Justice Bao, which propelled her to become one of the most famous actresses in China. That year she was awarded the title of one of the "Top Ten Best TV actors/actresses in China". From then on, Li was approbated as an "action actress" as she starred in a number of wuxia television dramas, such as Taiji Prodigy and Eight Heroes. In 2004, Li won the title of "The Most Popular Actress" at the 12th Beijing College Film Festival.

Li won the "Best Actress" Awards at the 2007 Huabiao Awards and at the 2008 Hundred Flowers Awards for her performance in The Knot; the film was also China's entry for the Best Foreign Film award at the 2008 Academy Awards. She also co-starred with Jet Li and Jackie Chan in the 2008 film The Forbidden Kingdom as the White-haired Witch Ni-chang. In November 2009, Li won the Best Leading Actress Award at the 46th Golden Horse Film Awards for her role in the espionage spy thriller The Message. Li is a UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, WWF Earth Hour Global Ambassador, and Ambassador of Korean Culture in China.