Bai Ling
Bai Ling (Chinese白灵/白灵, Pinyin Bai Ling, born October 10, 1970 in Chengdu, Sichuan ) is a Chinese actress.
Life
Bai Ling is now next to Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi to the world's most famous actresses of the People's Republic of China. She began in a children's choir to appear and was recruited as a 14 -year-old for the army. With the army she came for three years in a theater group to Tibet. After her army service she went to Beijing, where he played also theater. She was active in 1989 during the student protests that were bloodily suppressed at Tiananmen Square. In 1991 she emigrated to the USA and began acting classes at Lee Strasberg 's famous Actors Studio in New York City to take. After numerous roles in Hollywood they can be seen again today in Chinese productions.
In addition to her film career, Bai Ling is also known for its sensational and often provocative appearances at major media events. In its capacity as an official member of the jury of the Berlinale, usually appeared in dresses that showed a lot of skin and made it a favorite subject of the press. Since then, many times (and lavishly illustrated ) via the " beautiful Chinese woman " reported.
In June 2005, she graced the first woman from the People's Republic of China the cover of the American men magazine Playboy. Because their scenes as Senator Bana Breemu from the (then not yet completed ) movie Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith were removed, claiming Ling, the photos from the Playboy were the reason. However, George Lucas denied this immediately - the scenes were cut from film- technical reasons. Ling also appeared in the U.S. show They Can Act - But Can They Sing? with.
She played the lead role in the movie Shanghai Baby, is an adaptation of the eponymous book of the Chinese author Zhou Wei Hui, which was banned in China and a book burning fell prey. She also had a brief cameo appearance in 2007 in the American hit series Lost.
In February 2008 Bai Ling was briefly arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for shoplifting two magazines and a pack of batteries. In March 2008, she owned the " disruption of order" guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $ 200 for this. They also participated in the fifth season of the reality TV show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and had to be accompanied during a drug withdrawal.