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

A Son of the Good Earth

Golden Marriage

Round Table

The Grand Mansion Gate

Chinese Style Divorce

The Grand Mansion Gate

The Story of Zheng Yang Gate

Happiness Comes Knocking

My Bittersweet Taiwan

非常公民

Black Ice

National Treasure

Farewell My Concubine

We'll Meet in Heaven

挟刀揉手

The Secret of China

Keep the Marriage as Jade

The Final Master

娘要嫁人

Hidden Strike

Hero of the Year

All the Invisible Children

Love for Life

Female Coach & Male Player

Lost Indulgence

Mr. Zhao

Trump Card

And the Spring Comes

Family Portrait

The Left Ear

Our Time Will Come

Major Secretary

Distance

The Gua Sha Treatment

Midnight Diner

No. 7 Cherry Lane

The Story of Xinghua

Love On The Cloud

Cat's Eye

Magic 7

The Corner of Love

Wandering Days

Live to Love

Nice to Meet You

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

The Flowers and Distant Place

Hey, Kids

The Beautiful Kokonor Lake