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Biography
Lǚ Lìpíng (simplified Chinese: 吕丽萍; traditional Chinese: 呂麗萍; pinyin: Lǚ Lìpíng; born 3 April 1960) is a Chinese actress.
Her career accolades include one Golden Rooster Award, Flying Apsaras Award, Golden Horse Award and Golden Phoenix Award, two Hundred Flowers Awards, Golden Eagle Awards and Chinese Film Media Awards, and she has won the 6th Tokyo International Film Festival - Best Actress, 1st Singapore International Film Festival - Best Actress and 13th Shanghai International Film Festival - Best Actress.
Life
Lü was born in Beijing on April 3, 1960. After graduating from Central Academy of Drama in 1984 she was assigned to Shanghai Film Studio as an actress.
She has married three times. She married her first husband, actor Zhang Fengyi, in 1988, with whom she had a son, Zhang Boyu (张博宇). The couple divorced in 1991.
She married for the second time on January 16, 1999, in Los Angeles, to Tao Wei, a Chinese footballer. They divorced in 2001.
She married actor Sun Haiying in 2002 in Shenyang, Liaoning.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Chinese Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Childhood Friends | 《童年的朋友》 | Sister Luo | |
| 1985 | The Zhang Family's Daughter-in-Law | 《张家少奶奶》 | Zhang Wenying | |
| Under the Big Tree | 《大树底下》 | Wuyue | ||
| 1986 | Old Well | 《老井》 | Duan Xifeng | |
| Hey! Brother | 《嘿！哥儿们》 | guest | ||
| 1987 | 《危险的蜜月旅行》 | guest | ||
| 1988 | 《龙年警官》 | Wife | ||
| 《荒火》 | a girl | |||
| 1990 | 《大气层消失》 | a woman | ||
| Fortress Besieged | 《围城》 | Sun Roujia | ||
| Bitter Experience Fervor | 《遭遇激情》 | Liang Xiaoqing | ||
| 1991 | No Regrets About Youth | 《青春无悔》 | former wife | |
| The Lone Woman | 《独身女人》 | guest | ||
| 1997 | The Story of Editorial Department 2 | 《编辑部的故事之万事如意》 | Ge Ling | |
| 1998 | Beijing People | 《北京人》 | Zeng Siying | |
| 1999 | Tianshang Renjian | 《天上人间》 | A Yan | |
| 2000 | 《好日子一块过》 | Sister Lu | ||
| 2001 | The Marriage Certificate | 《谁说我不在乎》 | Xie Yuting | |
| Shanghai Woman | 《假装没感觉》 | Mother | ||
| 2002 | The Holidays in My Heart | 《心中的节日》 | guest | |
| 2003 | Two Families Together | 《团圆两家亲》 | Xin Ran | |
| 2008 | 24 City | 《二十四城记》 | Da Li | |
| 2010 | Traffic Jam | 《堵车》 | Nian Hua | |
| Under the Hawthorn Tree | 《山楂树之恋》 | guest | ||
| City Monkey | 《玩酷青春》 | Luo Sufang | ||
| 《百合》 | a female writer | |||
| 2011 | The Sino-Japanese War at Sea 1894 | 《1894·甲午大海战》 | Empress Dowager Cixi | |
| 2012 | The Marriage | 《今世姻缘》 | Yao Jin'e | |
| 2013 | Our Sunny Lives | 《我们的生活充满阳光》 | Zhang Yuying | |
| 2016 | Out of Ordinary | 《非同小可》 |
Television
| Year | Title | Chinese Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Moon of the Mountains | 《山月》 | Shan Yue | |
| 1989 | Fortress Besieged | 《围城》 | Sun Roujia | |
| 1990 | The Story of Editorial Department | 《编辑部的故事》 | Ge Ling | |
| 1996 | 《雷锋的死与我有关》 | Qiao Anshan's Wife | ||
| 1997 | 《康熙情锁金殿》 | Mother Han | ||
| 《看不见的太阳》 | guest | |||
| 1998 | 《来来往往》 | Duan Li'na | ||
| Home With a Capable Wife | 《家有仙妻2》 | Mother Zhuo | ||
| 2001 | The Young Wong Fei Hung | 《少年黄飞鸿》 | Wu Xian | |
| 《七品钦差》 | guest | |||
| The Years of Intense Emotion | 《激情燃烧的岁月》 | Chu Qin | ||
| 《大栅栏》 | Empress Dowager Cixi | |||
| 2002 | Gatherings of Heroes | 《群英会》 | Aunt Feng | |
| Princess Shisan | 《十三格格》 | Empress Dowager Cixi | ||
| Empress Ma | 《大脚马皇后》 | Empress Ma | ||
| 2003 | High Flying Songs of Tang Dynasty | 《大唐歌飞》 | Empress Mei | |
| The Legend of the Condor Heroes | 《射雕英雄传》 | Li Ping | ||
| 2004 | The Queen is Here | 《皇后驾到》 | Empress Ma | |
| 2006 | A Happy Man and Wife | 《非常夫妻》 | Tian Ge | |
| 《谁为梦想买单》 | Ma Cuilan | |||
| The Most Pro-Enemy | 《最亲的敌人》 | Doctor Tang | ||
| 2007 | The Son of the Mountains | 《大山的儿子》 | Deng Shufen | |
| 2008 | Tiandi Minxin | 《天地民心》 | Wife Liu | |
| 《天伦劫》 | Lin Qiuxia | |||
| 《人活一张脸》 | Pan Fengxia | |||
| 2010 | Shachun | 《傻春》 | Xu Minrong | |
| You Are My Brother | 《你是我兄弟》 | Sister Qin | ||
| 2011 | From General To Soldier | 《从将军到士兵》 | Li Lujin | |
| 2012 | 《传承》 | guest | ||
| Life Always Beautiful | 《生活永远沸腾》 | Li Xinfeng | ||
| 2013 | 8848 | 《8848》 | guest | |
| 《让生活充满阳光》 | Zhang Yuying | |||
| The New Story of Editorial Department | 《新编辑部的故事》 | Ge Ling |
Awards
| Year | Work | Award | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Old Well | 8th Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress | Won | |
| 11th Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress | Won | |||
| 1st Golden Phoenix Award | Won | |||
| 1991 | Bitter Experience Fervor | 11th Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress | Nominated | |
| 1992 | No Regrets About Youth | 15th Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress | Won | |
| The Blue Kite | 6th Tokyo International Film Festival - Best Actress | Won | ||
| The Blue Kite | 1st Singapore International Film Festival - Best Actress | Won | ||
| The Story of Editorial Department | 12th Flying Apsaras Award for Best Actress | Won | ||
| 1998 | Spicy Love Soup | 18th Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Tianshang Renjian | 36th Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| 2002 | The Years of Intense Emotion | 20th Golden Eagle Award for Most Popular Actress | Won | |
| The Marriage Certificate | 2nd Chinese Film Media Award for Best Actress | Won | ||
| 2003 | Empress Ma | 21st Golden Eagle Award for Most Popular Actress | Won | |
| Shanghai Woman | 3rd Chinese Film Media Award for Most Popular Actress | Won | ||
| 2010 | City Monkey | 13th Shanghai International Film Festival - Best Actress | Won | |
| City Monkey | 47th Golden Horse Award for Best Actress | Won | ||
| 2011 | City Monkey | 14th Huabiao Award for Best Actress | Nominated | |
| City Monkey | 28th Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress | Nominated |