
Jiang Wenli
Known for ActingBorn 1969-06-20 (age 56)Bengbu, Anhui Province, China
Jiang Wenli was born in a highbrow family. Her father was a railroad engineer, her mother was a railroad telephone operator, and her parents love literature and art. Since Wenli was a little girl, her father taught her to read famous book and painting, and listen to famous songs. When she was 5 years old, she dreamt about being a gymnast, so her mother sent her to study dance and gymnastics. However, since her stature didn’t fit the standard of a gymnast, the coach of Bengbu city gymnastic team refused to regard her as a formal team member. After that, she spent five years to practice as an informal team member of the gymnastic team. At the age of 17, she took the college entrance examination and regard going to normal university as her goal. However, she got accepted by a water conservation secondary school because her score was five points lower than the acceptance line of the normal university. In 1986, she graduated from the secondary school and starts to work in Bengbu City Water Company. Her job was to design ways of water transportation for residents. Nevertheless, she was not satisfied with her current life and decided to go to Beijing in 1988 and start her new life. Without any preparation, she got accepted by Beijing Film Academy. After become a student of film academy, there were countless film companies inviting her to play role in their films. Her first role was a nursery school teacher in a TV series named The Lily on Cliff, and this TV series won the Feitian TV Awards of that year. Also, she was a candidate for Best Supporting Actress Reward. After this, she played Shuixiu in a movie named Li Li Yuan Shang Cao, and this film won the award from French film festival. The last film of her college period was The Story of Xing Hua, and she played the girl named Xing Hua. After graduate from college, she went to America for a long time and then returned to China to continue her career. After came back to China, she played a role in Miaomiao Liu’s movie *Who you think you are. In 1993, she played an important role which is Chengyi’s mother in movie Farewell My Concubine,and this movie won the Best Movie Award at French Cannes Film Festival of that year. In 1999, she played a 20 episode TV series named Lead by the Hand, and this helped her won the highest honor of Chinese TV industry, Best actress from both Golden Eagle Awards and Feitian TV Awards. In 2000, based on the outstanding performance in film Team Spirit,she won the best actress from Huabiao Film Awards. In 2001, movie The treatment made her career even more successful. In 2011, the TV series When Happiness Knocks became a huge success in her career. This TV series is broadcasting on CCTV-1, which is the most important channel in China. Also, the average audience rating was 3%, which is on the top of other TV series in the whole country.Read more
Movies & web series
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A Son of the Good Earth
1995 · Series
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Golden Marriage
2007 · Series
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Round Table
2016 · Series
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The Grand Mansion Gate
2005 · Series
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Chinese Style Divorce
2004 · Series
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The Grand Mansion Gate
2001 · Series
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The Story of Zheng Yang Gate
2018 · Series
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Happiness Comes Knocking
2011 · Series
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My Bittersweet Taiwan
2004 · Movie
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非常公民
2002 · Series
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Black Ice
2001 · Series
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National Treasure
2017 · Series
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Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Movie
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We'll Meet in Heaven
2009 · Movie
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挟刀揉手
2017 · Movie
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The Secret of China
2019 · Movie
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Keep the Marriage as Jade
2016 · Series
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The Final Master
2015 · Movie
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娘要嫁人
2013 · Series
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Hidden Strike
2023 · Movie
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Hero of the Year
2004 · Series
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All the Invisible Children
2006 · Movie
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Love for Life
2011 · Movie
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Female Coach & Male Player
2000 · Movie
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Lost Indulgence
2008 · Movie
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Mr. Zhao
1998 · Movie
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Trump Card
2016 · Series
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And the Spring Comes
2007 · Movie
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Family Portrait
1992 · Movie
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The Left Ear
2015 · Movie
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Our Time Will Come
2017 · Movie
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Major Secretary
2010 · Movie
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Distance
2016 · Movie
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The Gua Sha Treatment
2001 · Movie
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Midnight Diner
2019 · Movie
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No. 7 Cherry Lane
2019 · Movie
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The Story of Xinghua
1994 · Movie
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Love On The Cloud
2014 · Movie
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Cat's Eye
1997 · Movie

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Magic 7
2023 · Movie

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The Corner of Love
2023 · Series

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Wandering Days
2022 · Movie

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Live to Love
2019 · Movie

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Nice to Meet You
2018 · Movie

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The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018 · Series

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The Flowers and Distant Place
2017 · Series

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Hey, Kids
2016 · Series

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The Beautiful Kokonor Lake
2015 · Movie