Brigitte Lin

Known for ActingBorn 1954-11-03 (age 71)Taipei, Taiwan

Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia (Chinese: 林青霞; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiá; born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen. She was born in Taipei, and was "discovered" in 1972 by a film producer, and first appeared in many Taiwanese romance films based on the novels of Chiung Yao. Her movie debut is in Chuangwai. She later switched over to making movies in Hong Kong. At the height of her popularity she was arguably one of the most sought-after actresses in the Chinese film industry. She starred in more than 100 movies. In Hong Kong movies, Lin made a career of playing transgender roles: in Peking Opera Blues she plays a tomboy who dresses in male Western clothes; in New Dragon Gate Inn she is a woman who dresses as a man, and in Swordsman II and III she plays a male character who castrates himself for power and so is now slowly turning into a woman. She had a good working relationship with Tsui Hark, acting in many of the films he directed (like Peking Opera Blues) and produced (Swordsman II). She married businessman Michael Ying in 1994 and left the film industry. She has two daughters, born in 1997 and 2001. She made her first public appearance since her marriage at a screening of Ashes of Time Redux at the 2008 New York Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Lin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Lily Under the Gun

Run Lover Run

Celebrity Talk Show

The Wild Goose on the Wing

Off to Success

Love of the White Snake

Orchid in the Rain

Midi Première

Golden Horse Awards

Ashes of Time Redux

Lady in Black

Chungking Express

Poor Chasers

There's No Place like Home

Different Love

He Loved Once Too Many

Girl Friend

True Colours

Be Careful Sweetheart

Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land

Police Story

New Dragon Gate Inn

Boys Are Easy

The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

Royal Tramp

Royal Tramp 2

Ashes of Time

Peking Opera Blues

Red Dust

Peony Pavilion

All the Wrong Spies

Magnificent 72

By Love Obsessed

Misty Drizzle

Ghost of the Mirror

Dream Lovers

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain

Fire Dragon

Eight Hundred Heroes

The Legend of the Swordsman

The Bride with White Hair

Starry Is the Night

Night Orchid

Handsome Siblings

The Dream of the Red Chamber

Bishonen

Web of Deception