
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. Liu acted in mainland Chinese films before she turned 30 — The Great Wall of the South China Sea (1976), What a Family (1979) and The Little Flower (1980). 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 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, and again for her role in Hibiscus Town (1986). 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. Liu left the entertainment industry in the 1990s to focus on business, 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. Liu published a short autobiography I Did It My Way in 1983. 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. 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, was fined 7.1 million yuan, and imprisoned for a year. In 2012 Liu Xiaoqing played Sai Jinhua in a performance of the play The Beauty.
Movie | The Eight Hundred | Sister Rong | 2020-08-14 |
Movie | Air Strike | Madam Zheng | 2018-10-26 |
Series | Trump Card | Unknown | 2016-01-29 |
Movie | For a Few Bullets | Jin Sanniang | 2016-07-15 |
Movie | Mojin: The Lost Legend | Sister Hong | 2015-12-18 |
Movie | The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven | 王母娘娘 | 2012-01-12 |
Movie | Legendary Amazons | 6th Lady Yang / Princess Chai | 2011-11-17 |
Movie | Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch | Empress Ci Xi | 1991-04-12 |
Movie | 红楼梦第三部:凤姐泼醋 | 王熙凤 | 1989-03-01 |
Movie | The Empress Dowager | Empress Dowager Cixi | 1989-03-02 |
Movie | 红楼梦第一部:宝黛相会 | 王熙凤 | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | 红楼梦第四部:二尤惨死 | 王熙凤 | 1989-04-01 |
Movie | Hongloumeng di liu bu: Baoyu huashi | Wang Xifeng | 1989-06-01 |
Movie | Hongloumeng di wu bu: Qing wen yaowang | 王熙凤 | 1989-05-01 |
Movie | A Woman For Two | 春桃 | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | The Imperial Cannon Team | 冯玉舒 | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Hibiscus Town | Hu Yuyin | 1987-03-05 |
Movie | Hong Kong People in Shenzhen | 1985-09-25 | |
Movie | Bei guo hong dou | 1984-11-04 | |
Movie | The Burning of the Imperial Palace | 慈禧太后 | 1983-09-20 |
Movie | Reign Behind a Curtain | 慈禧太后 | 1983-10-20 |
Movie | 心灵深处 | 欧阳兰 | 1982-10-01 |
Movie | Xu Mao he ta de nü er men | Qi Gu Niang | 1981-05-01 |
Movie | Qian wang | 1981-08-08 | |
Movie | Mysterious Buddha | 梦婕 | 1980-01-01 |
Movie | Hun Li | 1979-01-01 | |
Movie | Oh! What a Family | 张岚 | 1979-01-01 |
Movie | The Little Flower | 何翠姑 | 1979-11-24 |
Are you sure you want to hide this?