Gao Yuanyuan

Gao Yuanyuan
Gao Yuanyuan at China the art of life,11 December 2013
Background information
Chinese name 高圓圓 (traditional)
Chinese name 高圆圆 (simplified)
Pinyin Gāo Yuányuán (Mandarin)
Born (1979-10-05) 5 October 1979
Beijing, China
Ethnicity Han
Alma mater China Institute of Industrial Relations
Occupation Actress
Years active 1997–present
Label(s) Redberry Entertainment
Spouse(s) Mark Chao (m. 2014)

Gao Yuanyuan (simplified Chinese: 高圆圆; traditional Chinese: 高圓圓; pinyin: Gāo yuányuán, born 5 October 1979) is a Chinese actress.

Career

Gao Yuanyuan was born in Beijing and graduated from China Institute of Industrial Relations. Gao entered the entertainment industry in 1996. Gao, unlike other mainland Chinese actresses, did not graduate from any drama academic institutions. Rather, she started acting in a television commercial for Meadow Gold ice-cream after being spotted on the street at Beijing's Wangfujing shopping district.[1]

Gao made her debut in the 1997 film Spicy Love Soup. Thereafter, she starred in Beijing Bicycle (2001), which won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and romance film Spring Subway (2002).[2] She rose to fame in 2003 for her role as Zhou Zhiruo in the television adaptation of Louis Cha's The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.[3]

Gao made inroads into the international market with the film Shanghai Dreams (2005), directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, which won the Prix de Jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival.[4] She was then picked by Jackie Chan to star in the action comedy movie Rob-B-Hood (2006).[5][2] Chan has characterized Gao as having the "freshest look and chaste spirit no Hong Kong actress could approach".[6]

Gao next starred in the romance film Love in the City (2007) opposite Shawn Yue, where she plays a deaf-mute kindergarten teacher.[7] Her performance won her the Newcomer Award at the 11th Golden Phoenix Awards.

Gao was then cast in City of Life and Death (2009), directed by Lu Chuan and based on the events of the Nanjing Massacre. Departing from her "girl-next-door" image, Gao played a middle-aged teacher who helped Nanjing people survive the horrors of the Japanese atrocities in 1937. Gao called the role a "turning point" in her career, stating that she had never started taking acting seriously until she worked on the film.[8][9][10][11] City of Life and Death won the top prize at the 2009 San Sebastian Film Festival.[12]

In 2010, Gao starred alongside Korean actor Jung Woo-sung in the romantic film A Season of Good Rain directed by Hur Jin-ho.[13] The following year, she starred in Johnnie To's romantic comedy Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) alongside Daniel Wu.[14][15]

In 2012, Gao starred in Chen Kaige's Caught in the Web where she plays a young woman who commits suicide after she becomes embroiled in a social media controversy.[16] The film was especially popular among young viewers, drawing more than six million viewers and praise from critics.[17][18]

Gao returned to television in 2013 with the television series Let's Get Married,[19] playing a "leftover" unmarried woman who gets entangled with a man who has a phobia of marriage.[20] The series was a commercial hit, and was the highest rated drama of 2013. For her performance, Gao won the Best Actress Award at the 18th Beijing Chunyan Awards.

Gao then starred alongside Nicholas Tse in the romantic film But Always (2014).[21] She won the Best Foreign Actress Award at the 52nd Grand Bell Awards.[22]

After a two-year hiatus, Gao confirmed her return to the screen with Juno Mak's gangster epic Sons of the Neon Night.[23]

Other activities

Gao was a torch-bearer in the Nanjing leg of the torch relay for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.[24]

In 2012, Gao became the first Chinese brand ambassador for French luxury house Longchamp.[25]

Gao was appointed as California's tourism ambassador to China in 2013. She was picked as she "embodies the California brand and spirit and will share her authentic passion for California with the Chinese public, inspiring their California dreams".[24]

Personal life

Gao married Taiwanese actor Mark Chao in 2014. The two met on the set of Caught in the Web.[26]

Filmography

Film

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
1997Spicy Love Soup爱情麻辣烫He Ling
2001Beijing Bicycle十七岁的单车Xiaoxiao
2002Spring Subway开往春天的地铁Tian'ai
2005Shanghai Dreams青红Wu Qinghong
2006Rob-B-Hood宝贝计划Melody
2007Love in the City男才女貌Qin Xiaoyou
Unfinished Girl第三个人Xiao Ke[27]
2008In Love We Trust左右School teacherCameo
xXx:A Forbidden Love StoryxXx：被禁锢的爱Short film[28]
2009City of Life and Death南京！南京！Jiang Shuyun
2010A Season of Good Rain好雨时节Wu Yue (May)
The Love of Three Smile三笑之才子佳人Top Female ScholarCameo
Ocean Heaven海洋天堂Da Fu's mother
Driverless无人驾驶Xiao Yun
Color Me Love爱出色Herselfguest star
2011Don't Go Breaking My Heart单身男女Cheng Zixin
2012Romancing in Thin Air高海拔之恋IIDing Yuanyuan
Caught in the Web搜索Ye Lanqiu
2013Blind Detective盲探Ting Ting[29]
2014But Always一生一世An Ran
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2单身男女2Cheng Zixin
2015Let's Get Married咱们结婚吧Ye Wenwen
2019Sons of the Neon Night风林火山

Television series

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
1998Shixi Sheng De Gushi实习生的故事Gao Fei
Zhaobuzhao Bei找不着北Jiang Xin
1999Za Laobaixing咱老百姓Yu Qian
2003The 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
Zhundian Chuji准点出击Huang Li
2004Nizai Weixiao Woque Kule你在微笑我却哭了Shen Xiao
Haide Shiyan海的誓言Ye Yu
Yanhua Sanyue烟花三月Shen Wan
Ai Yu Meng Feixiang爱与梦飞翔HongjieCameo
Miracle Healers神医侠侣Qinzi
2005The Royal Swordsmen天下第一Liusheng Piaoxu
The Prince of Qin, Li Shimin秦王李世民Yang Ruoxi
2007Love No Regrets爱无悔Gao Mingyue
2009The Qin Empire大秦帝国Bai Xue
2013Let's Get Married咱们结婚吧Yang Tao
The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils天龍八部Li Biyun

Theater

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2007Glamorous Encounter艳遇Lin Momo[30]
2008Hamlet 1990哈姆雷特1990Ophelia[28]

Awards and nominations

YearNominated workAwardCategoryResultRef.
2007Love in the City11th Golden Phoenix AwardsNewcomer AwardWon
2008Rob-B-Hood29th Hundred Flowers AwardsBest ActressNominated
2012Don't Go Breaking My Heart31st Hong Kong Film AwardsBest ActressNominated
12th Chinese Film Media AwardsMost Anticipated ActressNominated
2013Caught in the Web4th China Film Director's Guild AwardsBest ActressNominated
2014Let's Get Married20th Shanghai Television FestivalBest ActressNominated
But Always6th Macau International Movie FestivalBest ActressNominated
2015Let's Get Married18th Chunyan AwardsBest ActressWon[31]
N/A52nd Grand Bell AwardsBest Foreign ActressWon

References

  1. ↑ "5 questions with Gao Yuan Yuan". Today Online. November 22, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Golden Gao". China Daily. August 24, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Almond-eyed actress". China Daily. October 27, 2009.
  4. ↑ ""Shanghai Dreams" Honored Jury Prize at Cannes". China Radio International. May 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gao Yuanyuan in "Rob-B-Hood"". China Daily. September 7, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Jackie Chan Picks Gao Yuanyuan for New Film". China.org.cn. December 30, 2005.
  7. ↑ ""Love in the City" to premiere in Beijing". CCTV.com. October 1, 2007.
  8. ↑ "How the girl next door moved away and grew up". China.org.cn. December 23, 2008.
  9. ↑ ""Nanking!" Actress Gao Yuanyuan in Fright". China Radio International. April 2, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Be More Versatile in Acting: Gao Yuanyuan". China Radio International. March 2, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Hell of a story". China Daily. April 27, 2009.
  12. ↑ "'City of Life and Death' wins Spanish film award". The San Diego Union Tribute. September 26, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Chengdu film ready for release". China.org.cn. December 23, 2009.
  14. ↑ "In the mood for love". China Daily. April 11, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Johnnie To's drama to open HK Int'l Film Festival". February 28, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Gao Yuanyuan Portrays Annoying White Collar in "Caught in the Web"". Chinese Films. May 11, 2012.
  17. ↑ "China, Framed by the Cinema and the Web". New York Times. September 14, 2012.
  18. ↑ ""Human flesh search" film renews discussion of Internet vigilantism". Global Times. July 27, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Singles movie season gets under way". China Daily. November 4, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Gao Yuanyuan and Huang Haibo star in new TV series". Sina. November 4, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Gao Yuanyuan, Nicholas Tse Play Lovers in New Film". China Radio International. July 9, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Trier's 'Louder' wins Stockholm Film Fest's Bronze Horse – 'Ode' takes ten trophies at Grand Bell Awards". Arab Times. November 22, 2015.
  23. ↑ "A look at Juno Mak's gangster flick 'Sons of the Neon Night'". City of Fire. September 29, 2017.
  24. 1 2 "China cast in role of tourism hero". China Daily. April 15, 2013.
  25. ↑ "2012 fashion watch in China". China Daily. July 16, 2012.
  26. ↑ ""National Godess" Gao Yuanyuan married to Taiwanese Actor Mark Zhao". Sina. June 6, 2016.
  27. ↑ "A good man's evil secret". China Daily. October 26, 2007.
  28. 1 2 "Mainland Actress Gao Yuanyuan Looking ahead". CRI English. October 30, 2008.
  29. ↑ "Gao stars again in To film". China Daily. May 30, 2013.
  30. ↑ "Glamorous Encounter". China Daily. April 5, 2007.
  31. ↑ "第十八届春燕奖 高圆圆获最佳女主角奖". Sina (in Chinese). August 9, 2015.
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