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Bingbing Li(I)

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Bingbing Li
A deep-sea submersible -- part of an international undersea observation program -- has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific ... with its crew trapped inside.  With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew -- and the ocean itself -- from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon.  What no one could have imagined is that, years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature.  Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below
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Li Bingbing (born 27 February 1973) is a Chinese actress and singer. She rose to fame with her role in Seventeen Years (1999) and since then received critical acclaim for her roles in A World Without Thieves (2004), Waiting Alone (2005), The Knot (2006), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), The Message (2009), Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010), and Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2015). Li has also starred in Hollywood blockbusters Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).

Li was born in Wuchang, Heilongjiang. She had no intention of becoming an actress initially and she enrolled specifically in a high school for prospective school teachers. However, upon graduation, she discovered her interest in acting and was eventually persuaded by a friend to join the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1993.

Li rose to fame after starring in Zhang Yuan's Seventeen Years (1999), which won her the Best Actress Award in the 1999 Singapore Film Festival. In 2001, Li starred in the television series Young Justice Bao, which propelled her to become one of the most famous actresses in China.

Li was subsequently labelled as an "action actress" as she starred in a number of wuxia television series, such as Taiji Prodigy and Eight Heroes.

Li achieved breakthrough with her performance in Feng Xiaogang's A World Without Thieves. She then starred in Dayyan Eng's romantic comedy film Waiting Alone, for which she received her first Best Actress nomination at the Golden Rooster Awards.

In 2006, Li starred in romance film The Knot, directed by Yin Li. The film was China's entry for the Best Foreign Film award at the 2008 Academy Awards. Li won Best Actress awards at the 2007 Huabiao Awards and at the 2008 Hundred Flowers Awards. In 2008, she co-starred with Jet Li and Jackie Chan in the 2008 blockbuster The Forbidden Kingdom as the White-Haired Witch. The film was her first appearance in an international film, and gave her a solid international following.

In 2009, Li won Best Actress at the 46th Golden Horse Film Awards for her performance in The Message, about Japanese invaders in China who try to ferret out a spy among their Chinese collaborators.

Li then starred in Tsui Hark's 2010 action-mystery film Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame. She played Shangguan Jing'er, a fictional character based off Shangguan Wan'er, a prestigious politician during the Tang Dynasty. She established her studio in the same year, co-starring and co-producing the film 1911 with Jackie Chan, which was released in September 2011 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution.

Li's first-time in an English-language film is Wayne Wang's Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, adapted from Lisa See's 2005 novel of the same title. The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Li started to gain recognition in Hollywood after starring in Resident Evil: Retribution, playing Ada Wong. The same year, she was cast in action fantasy film 400 Boys, directed by British director Alastair Paton.

In 2013, Li attended the 4th Annual US-China Film Summit and received the East-West Talent Award. Hollywood magazine Variety also named her Asian Star of the Year. The following year, Li featured in Transformers: Age of Extinction, the fourth installment of the film franchise. This helped solidify her success overseas.

In 2015, she was cast in 3D science fiction thriller Nest (also known as Guardians of the Tomb), a Chinese-Australian co-production that was finally released in January 2018. The same year, it was announced that Li would play China's first female superhero in upcoming film Realm, written by Stan Lee.

In 2016, Li joined the cast of Meg, an American shark film based on Steve Alten's 1997 novel.

She is also one of the members of China Zhi Gong Party.
BornFebruary 27, 1973
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    • 11 wins & 14 nominations

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Bingbing Li and Michael Jai White in Silver Hawk (2004)
Bingbing Li in Silver Hawk (2004)
Bingbing Li and Shuya Sophia Cai in The Meg (2018)
Bingbing Li in The Meg (2018)
Jason Statham and Bingbing Li in The Meg (2018)
Jason Statham, Cliff Curtis, Bingbing Li, Page Kennedy, and Ruby Rose in The Meg (2018)
Bingbing Li in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Bingbing Li in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Bingbing Li in Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
Bingbing Li and Chao Deng in Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Stanley Tucci, Peter Cullen, John DiMaggio, Bingbing Li, Ken Watanabe, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Stanley Tucci and Bingbing Li in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Known for

Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
5.6
  • Su Yueming
  • 2014
The Meg (2018)
The Meg
5.6
  • Suyin(as Li Bingbing)
  • 2018
Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
Resident Evil: Retribution
5.3
  • Ada Wong
  • 2012
Bingbing Li in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
The Forbidden Kingdom
6.5
  • Ni Chang(as Li Bing Bing)
  • 2008

Credits

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Actress

  • Ordinary Hero (2022)
    Ordinary Hero
    • 2022
  • The Meg (2018)
    The Meg
    • Suyin (as Li Bingbing)
    • 2018
  • Kelsey Grammer, Bingbing Li, and Kellan Lutz in 7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018)
    7 Guardians of the Tomb
    • Jia
    • 2018
  • Winston Chao, Bingbing Li, Kun Chen, Zishan Yang, and Bei'er Bao in Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2015)
    Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
    • Snow Girl
    • Little Snow
    • 2015
  • Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
    Transformers: Age of Extinction
    • Su Yueming
    • 2014
  • Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
    Resident Evil: Retribution
    • Ada Wong
    • 2012
  • I Do (2012)
    I Do
    • Tang Weiwei
    • 2012
  • Jackie Chan in 1911 (2011)
    1911
    • Xu Zonghan (as Bingbing Lee)
    • 2011
  • Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
    • Nina
    • Lily
    • 2011
  • Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
    Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame
    • Shangguan Jing'er (as Li Bing Bing)
    • 2010
  • Showtime (2010)
    Showtime
    • 2010
  • Triple Tap (2010)
    Triple Tap
    • 2010
  • The Message (2009)
    The Message
    • Li Ning Yu
    • 2009
  • Bingbing Li in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
    The Forbidden Kingdom
    • Ni Chang (as Li Bing Bing)
    • 2008
  • Linger (2008)
    Linger
    • Foo Yan Kai (as Li Bing Bing)
    • 2008

Producer

  • Kelsey Grammer, Bingbing Li, and Kellan Lutz in 7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018)
    7 Guardians of the Tomb
    • producer
    • 2018

Visual Effects

  • Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
    Transformers: Age of Extinction
    • digital roto paint artist (as Li Bingbing)
    • 2014
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U.S. Version
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Detective Dee
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Detective Dee
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
Trailer 1:06
Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
Guardians of the Tomb
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Guardians of the Tomb
Resident Evil: Retribution
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Resident Evil: Retribution
Triple Tap
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Triple Tap
7 GUARDIANS OF THE TOMB Official Trailer
Trailer 1:29
7 GUARDIANS OF THE TOMB Official Trailer

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    • Li Bing Bing
  • Height
    • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
  • Born
    • February 27, 1973
    • Harbin, China
  • Parents
      Zhang Chuan-mei
  • Relatives
    • Li Xue(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 7 Pictorials
    • 34 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Her entire dialogue in Resident Evil: Retribution was dubbed by Sally Cahill who voiced Ada Wong in the video games.
  • Quotes
    My first time playing a main character was in 'Seventeen Years.' It was directed by famous Sixth Generation director Zhang Yuan, but it wasn't a large commercial film.

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