Fan Bingbing

Fan Bingbing born September 16 1981 in Qingdao Shandong is a Chinese actress producer singer and businesswoman She launched her acting career in the mid1990s and rose to fame in 1998 as Jinsuo in My Fair Princess later shifting focus from television to film and exploring diverse genres In the 2000s Fan appeared in Fall in Love at First Sight 2002 and Battle of the Warriors 2006 She won Best Actress at the 27th Hundred Flowers Awards for Cell Phone 2003 in 2004 After founding her own studio in 2007 she became involved in producing television dramas including Rouge Snow 2008 and Memoirs of Madam Jin 2009 Her film work during this period included Lost in Beijing 2007 which competed at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival and The Matrimony 2007 for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 44th Golden Horse Awards For her performance in I Am Not Madame Bovary 2016 she received several acting awards and nominations including those from the 31st Golden Rooster Awards the 11th Asian Film Awards and the 8th China Film Directors Guild Awards From the 2010s onward Fan Bingbing became increasingly active in international cinema appearing at major film festivals and serving on festival juriesIn 2010 Chongqing Blues 2010 competed at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival and she won Best Actress at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival for Buddha Mountain 2010 She served on the main competition jury of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2011 In 2016 she won Best Actress at the 64th San Sebastián International Film Festival for I Am Not Madame Bovary 2016 becoming the third Chineselanguage actress to win Best Actress at two international Acategory film festivals In 2017 she featured on the Asia edition cover of Time and was listed among its 100 Most Influential People That year she joined the jury of the 70th Cannes Film Festival and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with lifetime Oscar voting rights Beyond Chineselanguage cinema her international credits include Stretch 2011 My Way 2011 XMen Days of Future Past 2014 and The Lady in the Portrait 2017 In 2018 she was investigated by Chinese tax authorities over taxrelated violations and was ordered to pay back taxes late fees and fines Afterwards she reduced public activities in mainland Chinas entertainment sector but kept working on overseas film projects In recent years Fan has starred in international productions served as festival jury member and received multiple international acting honours Her recent works include South Korean Green Night 2023 Hollywood productions The 355 2022 and Ice Road Vengeance 2025 Singaporean short She Said 2026 and international coproduction Diary of a Mad Old Man 2026 Many of her works have been selected for major international festivals including Busan Toronto and Tokyo In 2023 she joined the main competition jury of the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival In 2025 she won Best Actress at the 62nd Golden Horse Awards for Malaysian film Mother Bhumi 2025 and served on the jury of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival Fan Bingbings career spans television film production and international cinema with work across Chineselanguage and international productions