Gao Yuanyuan
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Gao Yuanyuan at China the art of life,11 December 2013
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| Chinese name | 高圓圓 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 高圆圆 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Gāo Yuányuán (Mandarin) |
| Born | October 5, 1979 Beijing, China |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse(s) | Mark Chao (m. 2014) |
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Gao Yuanyuan (born October 5, 1979 [1] simplified Chinese: 高圆圆; traditional Chinese: 高圓圓; pinyin: Gāo yuányuán) is a Chinese actress.
Biography
Gao was born in Beijing on October 5, 1979 and entered the entertainment industry in 1996. In school, she was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and prescribed Ritalin. She still takes the medicine as an adult.[2] Gao, unlike other mainland Chinese actresses, did not graduate from any drama academic institutions. Rather, she started her stardom by acting in a television commercial for Meadow Gold ice-cream after being spotted off the street at Beijing's Wangfujing shopping district.[citation needed]
She appeared as a minor role in the 1997 comedy film Spicy Love Soup, directed by Zhang Yang. While in 2000, she starred in an advertisement for Qing Zui (fresh mouth) mint during CCTV's broadcast of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, and is thus known to viewers as "fresh mouth girl".
In 2002, she played the leading role of Zhou Zhiruo in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, a television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. Increasingly well known in Asia, Gao has also made inroads into the international market. In 2005, she was on the red carpet at the 58th Cannes Film Festival, where her film Shanghai Dreams, directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, won the Prix de Jury prize. Jackie Chan has described her as "having the freshest look and chaste spirit that no Hong Kong actress could approach". Chan also picked Gao up as his partner in the action comedy film Rob-B-Hood.
Gao was also selected in 2008 to be a torch bearer in the Nanjing leg of the torch relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics on 27 May.
From 2007 to 2008, Gao starred as Jiang Shuyun in City of Life and Death, a fictional account of events during the Nanjing Massacre. The film won the top prize at the 2009 San Sebastian Film Festival. Moreover, Gao became FIYTA's Brand Ambassador in 2011 and took a series of street snaps in Milan Fashion Week by wearing FIYTA watches.
She married Mark Chao on June 5, 2014.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1997 | Spicy Love Soup 爱情麻辣烫 |
He Ling | |
| 2001 | Beijing Bicycle 十七岁的单车 |
Xiaoxiao | |
| 2002 | Spring Subway 开往春天的地铁 |
Tian'ai | |
| 2005 | Shanghai Dreams 青红 |
Wu Qinghong | |
| 2006 | Rob-B-Hood 宝贝计划 |
Melody | |
| 2007 | Love in the City 男才女貌 |
Qin Xiaoyou | |
| Unfinished Girl 第三个人 |
Xiao Ke | ||
| In Love We Trust 左右 |
School teacher | guest star | |
| 2008 | xXx:A Forbidden Love Story xXx：被禁锢的爱 |
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| 2009 | City of Life and Death 南京！南京！ |
Jiang Shuyun | |
| Chengdu, I Love You 成都我爱你 |
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| A Season of Good Rain 好雨时节 |
Wu Yue (May) | ||
| The Love of Three Smile 三笑之才子佳人 |
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| 2010 | Ocean Heaven 海洋天堂 |
Sam Wong's deceased wife | |
| Driverless 无人驾驶 |
Zhixiong's ex-girlfriend | ||
| Color Me Love 爱出色 |
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| 2011 | Don't Go Breaking My Heart 单身男女 |
程子欣, Cheng ZiXin | |
| 2012 | Romancing in Thin Air | 丁圆圆, Ding YuanYuan | |
| Caught in the Web | 叶蓝秋, Ye LanQiu | ||
| Matters of Life and Death | |||
| 2013 | My 1876 | Short film | |
| Blind Detective 盲探 |
丁丁, Ting Ting | ||
| 2014 | Let's Go Home | ||
| But Always | |||
| Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 | |||
| 2015 | Let's Get Married | ||
| The Choice: A Story of the Old Shanghai |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | Zhaobuzhao Bei 找不着北 |
Jiang Xin | |
| Shixi Sheng De Gushi 实习生的故事 |
Gao Fei | ||
| 1999 | Za Laobaixing 咱老百姓 |
Yu Qian | |
| 2001 | Zhundian Chuji 准点出击 |
Huang Li | |
| 2003 | The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 倚天屠龙记 |
Zhou Zhiruo | |
| The Adventures of Di Renjie 护国良相狄仁杰 |
Pan Yu | ||
| Nizai Weixiao Woque Kule 你在微笑我却哭了 |
Shen Xiao | ||
| Miracle Healers 神医侠侣 |
Qinzi | ||
| 2004 | Qin Wang Li Shimin 秦王李世民 |
Ruoxi | |
| The Royal Swordsmen 天下第一 |
Liusheng Piaoxu | ||
| Ai Yu Meng Feixiang 爱与梦飞翔 |
Hongjie | guest star | |
| Yanhua Sanyue 烟花三月 |
Shen Wan | ||
| Haide Shiyan 海的誓言 |
Ye Yu | ||
| 2007 | The Qin Empire 大秦帝国 |
Bai Xue | |
| 2008 | Ai Wu Hui 爱无悔 |
Gao Mingyue | alternative title Jiangnan Diyi Dian (江南第一店) |
| 2013 | The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 天龍八部 |
Li Biyun | |
| 2013 | Let's Get Married 咱们结婚吧 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Beautiful Encounter 艳遇 |
Lin Momo | |
| 2008 | Hamlet 1990 哈姆雷特1990 |
Ophelia |
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References
- Gao Yuanyuan on news.baidu.com
- Jackie Chan picks Gao Yuanyuan for new film, China Daily
- (Chinese) 高圆圆:我不是大花瓶 拍戏中从成龙身上学会敬业
- (Chinese) Gao Yuanyuan fansite
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text
- Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2012
- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- Articles with Chinese-language external links
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Chinese film actresses
- Chinese television actresses
- 20th-century Chinese actresses
- 21st-century Chinese actresses
- People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Actresses from Beijing
