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  • BIRTH 03/11/1954
  • Country Taiwan
  • MOVIES 33

Brigitte Lin

Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia (Chinese: 林青霞; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiá; born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen.

She was born in Taipei, and was "discovered" in 1972 by a film producer, and first appeared in many Taiwanese romance films based on the novels of Chiung Yao. Her movie debut is in Chuangwai. She later switched over to making movies in Hong Kong. At the height of her popularity she was arguably one of the most sought-after actresses in the Chinese film industry. She starred in more than 100 movies.

In Hong Kong movies, Lin made a career of playing transgender roles: in Peking Opera Blues she plays a tomboy who dresses in male Western clothes; in New Dragon Gate Inn she is a woman who dresses as a man, and in Swordsman II and III she plays a male character who castrates himself for power and so is now slowly turning into a woman. She had a good working relationship with Tsui Hark, acting in many of the films he directed (like Peking Opera Blues) and produced (Swordsman II).

She married businessman Michael Ying in 1994 and left the film industry. She has two daughters, born in 1997 and 2001. She made her first public appearance since her marriage at a screening of Ashes of Time Redux at the 2008 New York Film Festival.

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Brigitte Lin

Movies (33)

重慶森林
重慶森林
Woman in Blonde Wig
東邪西毒
東邪西毒
Murong Yang / Murong Yin
警察故事
警察故事
Salina Fong
東方不敗之風雲再起
東方不敗之風雲再起
Dung Fong Bat Bai
蜀山 - 新蜀山劍俠
蜀山 - 新蜀山劍俠
Ice Queen
槍口下的小百合
槍口下的小百合
Lily
新天龍八部之天山童姥
新天龍八部之天山童姥
Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
笑傲江湖II東方不敗
笑傲江湖II東方不敗
Dung Fong Bat Bai
我愛夜來香
我愛夜來香
Bridget
我是一沙鷗
我是一沙鷗
Liu Yen-mei
鹿鼎記 II : 神龍敎
鹿鼎記 II : 神龍敎
Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
我是一片雲
我是一片雲
Tuan Wanlu
火雲傳奇
火雲傳奇
Ha / Fire Dragon
愛殺
愛殺
Ivy
暗戀桃花源
暗戀桃花源
Yun Zhifan
君子好逑
君子好逑
Jo Jo
鹿鼎記
鹿鼎記
Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
迷你特攻隊
迷你特攻隊
Lily
真白蛇傳
真白蛇傳
White Snake
驚魂記
驚魂記
Jane Lin
滾滾紅塵
滾滾紅塵
Shen Shao-Hua
夢中人
夢中人
Cheung Yuet-Heung
新龍門客棧
新龍門客棧
Yau Mo-yan
射鵰英雄傳之東成西就
射鵰英雄傳之東成西就
Third Princess
白髮魔女傳
白髮魔女傳
Lien Ni Chang
紅粉兵團
紅粉兵團
Black Fox
旗正飄飄
旗正飄飄
刀馬旦
刀馬旦
Tsao Wan
煙雨
煙雨
八百壯士
八百壯士
Yang Hui Min
英雄正傳
英雄正傳
May
月朦朧鳥朦朧
月朦朧鳥朦朧
美少年之戀
美少年之戀
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