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Gong Li (Wallpaper 3). Gong Li widescreen wallpapers 3. Gong Li hot pictures and photoshoots collection 3. Gong Li beautiful and hot images gallery 3. Over the next several years after her 1987 debut in Red Sorghum, Gong received international acclaim for her roles in several more Zhang Yimou films: She appeared in Ju Dou in 1990; Her performance in the Oscar-nominated Raise the Red Lantern put her in the international spotlight; In The Story of Qiu Ju, she was named Best Actress at the 1992 Venice Film Festival. These roles established her reputation, according to Asiaweek, as "one of the world's most glamorous movie stars and an elegant throwback to Hollywood's golden era." In many of her early movies, Gong Li represents a tragic victim and an abused soul (physically or emotionally), trying to release her self from an impossible maze of corruption, violence and suppression. In Raise the Red Lantern and Shanghai Triad an additional tragic element is added to her being as she unintentionally becomes the executer of new innocent victims, making her realize that she has assisted the dark cynical system. Li Gong hasappeared in most films directed by Zhang Yimou up until 1995. Gong Li (Wallpaper 3). Gong Li widescreen wallpapers 3. Gong Li hot pictures and photoshoots collection 3. Gong Li beautiful and hot images gallery 3. She grew up in Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province. She knew froma young age that she wanted to be an actress, and at school sheexcelled at singing and dancing almost to the exclusion of othersubjects. In spite of failing her college exam twice, she waseventually accepted to the Beijing Central College of Drama in 1985and graduated in 1989.She was still a student there when Zhang Yimou chose her in 1987 forthe lead role in his first film as a director, Red Sorghum, which wasawarded the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.Gong Li has since become one of the most successful actresses inChinese cinema, with fame that has extended abroad to many areas. Herwork has been recognized with awards from the Venice InternationalFilm Festival and New York Film Critics Circle, and she retains astrong popularity.In addition to acting, she is also an exceptional singer, asdemonstrated during her performance in Shanghai Triad. She was alsopresented the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in June 1998.She starred in Zhang Yimou's films well into the mid-1990s. Duringtheir long collaboration, the two created a scandal for beinglong-term lovers, despite Zhang's marital status. The duo eventuallybroke up in 1995, and Gong Li married Singaporean tobacco tycoon OoiHoe Soeng the next year.Gong Li's limited Hollywood appearances include 1997's Chinese Box,and expanded with 2005's Memoirs of a Geisha, in which she spokeEnglish fluently, and she, in the words of Time Magazine film criticRichard Corliss, was "gloriously channeling Bette Davis". She alsoappears in the 2006 released film adaptation of Miami Vice.She is also expected to team up with Zhang Yimou one more time in theupcoming Autumn Remembrance as well as starring in Hannibal Rising,the prequel to the other three Hannibal Lecter films.In 2006, Premiere ranked her performance in Farewell My Concubine asthe 89th greatest performance of all time. Gong Li (Wallpaper 3). Gong Li widescreen wallpapers 3. Gong Li hot pictures and photoshoots collection 3. Gong Li beautiful and hot images gallery 3.