Li Bingbing

Li Bingbing is one of those rare actors who can carry a blockbuster in two completely different languages, and I find that genuinely impressive. She built her reputation in China the hard way — a Golden Horse Award win for Best Leading Actress in 2009, standout turns in The Message and the Detective Dee films — before crossing over to Hollywood with roles in Resident Evil: Retribution and Transformers: Age of Extinction. Some people wrote off those Hollywood gigs as cash grabs, but I think she held her own in productions that would have buried a lesser talent under CGI. What I respect most is her range: she can do historical epic, thriller, comedy, and action without looking lost in any of them. She's been one of China's biggest female stars for over two decades, and that kind of longevity doesn't happen by accident.

Name (English)

Li Bingbing

Name (Japanese)

李冰冰

Reading

りー・びんびん

Born

February 27, 1973 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

Origin

Wuchang City, People's Republic of China

Occupation

actor / stage actor / film actor / singer

Awards & achievements

• 2009 Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.libingbing.net/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/libingbing/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%86%B0%E5%86%B0

Tags

• actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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