Biography for
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Date of Birth

16 April 1976, Taipei, Taiwan

Birth Name

Li-Hui Lin

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

Shu Qi was born in Taiwan and is of Taiwanese nationality. She has been described as having a "manic" acting style, which (unfortunately) has won her detractors. However, she has proved her acting credibility by winning the prestigious Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan (regarded as the "Asian Oscars") for Best Supporting Actress. She has also received a nomination for Best Actress from the Golden Horse Awards. She appeared with Jackie Chan in the wonderful romantic comedy Gorgeous (1999) ("Gorgeous"). Her name is spelled in a variety of ways, including Hsu Qi, Hsu Chi, Qi Shu, and Shu Kei, and there are quite a few other variations on her name on foreign VCDs, DVDs, and Internet sites.

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Trivia

She was once considered to play the role of Jiao Long in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).

Born in Taiwan.

Her (soon-to-be-fired) manager pulled her out of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to do a commercial instead. Fellow Taiwanese and future co-star (in "Three Times") Chang Chen went on to play opposite her replacement, Zhang Ziyi.

Famously rose from nude pictorials and soft-core sex films to mainstream success.

Posed for renowned Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee for Kee's 2006 charity photo-book "Super Stars", dedicated to the victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami disaster, which consist of photographs of 300 Asian celebrities by Kee.

Jury member of the Berlinale 2008.

Jury member of the Cannes International Film Festival 2009.

Speaks Cantonese.