Fan Bingbing

ABOUT

Fan Bingbing (范冰冰) is a Chinese actress, model, television producer and singer. The actress rose to fame in East Asia in 1998–1999 with the TV costume drama series My Fair Princess along side the two main actress Vicki Chow and Ruby Lin.  In 2003, she starred in Cell Phone, which became the highest-grossing film of the year, and received critical acclaim at the Hundred Flowers Awards.

PROFILE

• Name: Fan Bingbing
• Chinese: 範氷氷
• Birthdate: September 16, 1981
• Birthplace: Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
• Height: 168cm
• Blood Type: B
• Zodiac Sign: Virgo

TRIVIA

She has starred in many Chinese films, most notably Lost in Beijing (2007), Buddha Mountain (2011), Double Xposure (2012) and I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016), where she received awards from the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, the Tokyo International Film Festival, the San Sebastián International Film Festival and Golden Rooster Awards. She has participated in many foreign-language films, such as the French film Stretch (2011), the Korean film My Way (2011) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), in which she portrayed Blink.

Since 2013, Fan has been listed as the highest-paid celebrity in the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list for four years in a row after ranking in the top 10 every year since 2006. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in the world and has been called a global fashion icon due to her frequent appearances on the red carpet, at movie premieres, and at fashion shows.

Fan was secretly detained by Chinese authorities, disappearing from public on 1 July 2018 for nearly three months. She subsequently appeared on social media, offering a public apology over tax evasion, for which the Chinese authorities fined her more than CN¥883 million (US$127 million).

-She has a younger brother, Fan Chengcheng of the boy groups NEX7 and Nine Percent.
-Her first important role was her supporting role in the drama “Princess Pearl” in 1998.
-She debuted as a soloist in 2005 with her first album, “Just Begun”.
-In 2006 she won Forbes China’s most important award, the “Star of the Year”.
-In 2007 she started her own studio, called Fan Bingbing Studio.
-In 2008, she started an arts school in Beijing, but the school was run by her parents.
-She was ranked 1st on 2013 Forbes China Celebrity 100 List.
-She was a judge in the Chinese show “Amazing Chinese” (2015).
-She was a contestant in the reality tv show “Challenger’s Alliance” (2015).
-In 2015 she was ranked 4th on Forbes World’s Highest-Paid Actresses list for that year.
-On 16 September 2017, she got engaged to actor Li Chen.
-In May 2018 she was involved in a tax evasion scandal.
-After the tax evasion scandal, since July 1, 2018 till October 2018 she avoided any public appearance.
-In October 2018 she apologised for her tax evasion and had to pay 883 million yuan (USD 127.4 million) in taxes and penalties.
-She won several awards for her acting career.

FILMOGRAPHY

Drama Series:
2019 “The Legend of Ba Qing”
2014-2015 “The Empress of China” (Wu Meiniang)
2009 “Memoirs of Madam Jin” (Madame Chin (Jin Zhao Li))
2008 “Rouge Snow” (Wen Yuhe)
2007 “Lost in Beijing” (Liu Pingguo)
2007 “Da Tang Lotus Garden” (Yang Yu Huan)
2007 “Qin Shi Huang, The First Emperor” (A’Ruo)
2007 “The Legend and the Hero” (Consort Da Ji)
2006 “Love To Be Found Nowhere” (Cheng Lin)
2006 “Library” (Fan Yun Lian)
2005 “The Proud Twins” (Tie Xinian)
2005 “Eight Heroes” (Chu Xiang Xiang)
2005 “Jian Lin Tian Xia” (Ao’Xue)
2004 “Treasure Bowl”
2003 “Heroic Legend” (Yun Lei)
2002 “Special Police Dragon”
2001 “Qin Shi Huang” (Princess A’ruo opf Chu)
2001 “Young Justice Bao II” (Xiao Qing Ting)
2000 “Da Mo Zu Shi” (A Si)
1999 “Princess Pearl II” (Jin Suo)
2000 “Young Justice Bao” (Xing Er)
1998 “Princess Pearl” (Jin Suo)

Fan Bingbing Movies:
2019 “L.O.R.D 2” (Guishan Lian Quan)
2019 “The Perfect Blue” (Liu Mei)
2018 “Unbreakable Spirit” (Ye Pei Xuan)
2018 “Cell Phone 2” (Wu Yue)
2018 “Air Strike”
2017 “The Lady in the Portrait” (Empress Ulanara)
2017 “Sky Hunter”
2017 “The King’s Daughter” (Mermaid)
2016 “Skiptrace” (Bai)
2016 “League of Gods” (Daji)
2016 “L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties”
2016 “X-Men: Days of Future Past” (Blink)
2016 “I Am Not Madame Bovary” (Li Xuelian)
2015 “Lady of the Dynasty” (Yang Gui Fei)
2015 “Ever Since We Love” (Liu Qing)
2014 “The White Haired Witch Of Lunar Kingdom” (Lian Nishang)
2013 “Iron Man 3” (Wu Jiaqi)
2013 “One Night Surprise” (Michelle)
2012 “Double Xposure” (Song Qi)
2011 “Shaolin” (Yan Xi)
2011 “My Way” (Shirai)
2011 “Stretch” (Pansy)
2010 “Future X-Cops” (Millie)
2010 “Chongqing Blues” (Zhu Qing)
2010 “Sacrifice” (Princess Zhuang)
2010 “Buddha Mountain” (Nan Feng)
2009 “Sophie’s Revenge” (Joanna)
2009 “Bodyguards and Assassins” (Yuet-yu)
2009 “Shinjuku Incident” (Lily)
2009 “Wheat” (Li)
2008 “Desires of the Heart” (Zhang Ying)
2008 “Kung Fu Hip-Hop” (Tina)
2007 “The Matrimony” (Xu Manli)
2007 “Call For Love” (Chen Xiaoyu)
2007 “Contract Lover” (Liu Zao)
2007 “Crossed Lines” (Xin Ran, Ning Can)
2007 “Flash Point” (Julie)
2006 “A Battle of Wits” (Liang Calvary Chief Yi Yue)
2005 “A Chinese Tall Story” (Princess Xiaoshan)
2004 “The Twins Effect II 2004” (Red Vulture)
2003 “Cell Phone” (Wu Yue)
2002 “The Lion Roars” (Princess Ping’an)