2000Nominee
Best Performance
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Cheng Pei-pei
Actor
Shanghai, China
December 4, 1946
Biography
Cheng Pei-pei (Chinese: 鄭佩佩, December 4, 1946–July 17, 2024) was an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. It made her a contender for one of the first female action star. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s. In 2000, she returned to international attention with her role as Jade Fox in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. She followed this up with her portrayal of Long Po in the 2004 television miniseries Watery Moon, Hollow Sky, which was shown on Asian-American television as Paradise. She worked for Zhouyi Media in mainland China.
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2020Nominee
Best Performance
Mulan
1993Winner
Best Performance
Flirting Scholar
Career Highlights
2009Highlight
Best Performance
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
1994Highlight
Best Performance
Wing Chun
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Mulan
Flirting Scholar