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Liu Xiaoqing

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.


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Born:
Oct 30, 1952 In Chongqing, Sichuan, China
Movie/TV Credits:
28
First Appeared:
In the movie Hun Li 1979-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie The Eight Hundred 2020-08-14
Known For
Filmography
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
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