Cheng Pei-pei
Acting
Born: 1946-12-04 in Shanghai, China
Biography
Cheng Pei-pei (Chinese: 鄭佩佩, December 4, 1946–July 17, 2024) was an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. It made her a contender for one of the first female action star. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s. In 2000, she returned to international attention with her role as Jade Fox in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. She followed this up with her portrayal of Long Po in the 2004 television miniseries Watery Moon, Hollow Sky, which was shown on Asian-American television as Paradise. She worked for Zhouyi Media in mainland China.
Known For
Mulan
The Matchmaker
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Jade Fox
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Zhilan
Naked Weapon
Faye Ching
Flirting Scholar
Madame Wah
Come Drink with Me
Golden Sparrow
Lilting
Junn
Goldstone
Mrs. Lao
Wing Chun
Ng Mui
A Man Called Hero
Hero's Mother
They Wait
Aunt Mei
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Self
Golden Swallow
Golden Swallow Xie Ru Yan
Painted Faces
Master Cheng
The Lady Hermit
Leng Yu Shuang (Lady Hermit)
Kung Fu Killer
Myling
The Shadow Whip
Miss Yun/Yang Kai Yun
Legendary Amazons
She Taijun
The Flying Dagger
Yu Ying
The Lost Tomb
Granny Huo
The Gods Must Be Funny in China
Lavender
Md Tung
Meditation Park
Maria
Lady of Steel
Fang Yingqi
The Young Detective
包大娘
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Self
Divas Hit the Road
Brothers Five
Heroine Yen Hsing-kung
How to Meet the Lucky Stars
The Jade Raksha
Leng Qiu Han (The Jade Raksha)
All the King's Men
My Wedding and Other Secrets
Mrs Chu
The Golden Sword
Ngai Jin-Feng
Flirting Scholar 2
Madame Wah
Dragon Swamp
Qing-Erh / Fan Ying
Speed Angels
Auntie Fen
Strange Tales of Liao Zhai
苗婆婆【阿宝】
Blood Ties
Madam Lee
The Thundering Sword
So Jiau Jiau
Fist Power
Brian's mother