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Bai Ling

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Also known as Ling Bai

Chinese-American actress

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Bai Ling is a Chinese and American actor, television actor, model, and former military personnel. Born in Chengdu on October 10, 1966, she began her professional work period in 1989. Her military rank was that of a soldier. She holds citizenship in both China and the United States.

Ling is educated at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She speaks English and Standard Chinese. Her native name is 白靈. She is identified as distinct from Bei Ling.

As an author, she has eleven listed works, including *Fa no bao yang*, *Fa zhi bao yang*, *Gu bao guai hun*, *Hai di you ling*, and *Jin mu ou*. Crossref lists five of her works. Her official website is available online.

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Film & TV

Chengdu, China

Bai Ling (born October 10, 1966) is a Chinese actress with American citizenship, known for her work in the films The Crow, Nixon, Red Corner, Crank: High Voltage, Dumplings, Wild Wild West, Anna and the King, Southland Tales, and Maximum Impact, as well as TV shows Entourage and Lost. Notably, she won the Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 Hong Kong Film Awards and the 2004 Golden Horse…

Known for

  • Someone Dies Tonight — Wang Xuan2026
  • The Magnificent Raiders of Dimension War One2026
  • Kung Fu Slayers — Elvira2025
  • Werewolf Game — Demi2025
  • A Hard Place — Zuri2025
  • Things Like This — Lady Princess2025
  • Wrongful Death 2: Bloodlines — Ginger2025
  • The Omicron Killer — Nurse Nancy2024
  • Desert Fiends — Lucy2024
  • Them, Behind the Door — Aunt Sun2024

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Key facts

Born
( 1966-10-10 ) October 10, 1966 (age 59) , Chengdu , Sichuan , China
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1981–present
Parent s
Bai Yuxiang, Chen Binbin
Traditional chinese
白靈
Simplified chinese
白灵
Hanyu pinyin
Bái Líng
Ipa
[pa ̌ ɪ li ̌ ŋ]

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Bai
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Chengdu
Occupation
voice actor
Languages spoken
Standard Chinese
Military rank
soldier
Official website
officialbailing.com
Image
Bai Ling 2007.jpg
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Commons category
Bai Ling
date of birth
1966-10-10
name in native language
白靈
start of work period
1989-00-00
different from
Bei Ling
sexual orientation
bisexuality
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Encyclopedic overview

Bai Ling (Chinese: 白灵; born October 10, 1966) is a Chinese American actress and musician. After acting in numerous Chinese productions, she played small roles in American films such as The Crow (1994) and Nixon (1995) before starring as the female lead in Red Corner (1997). She then went on to portray roles in Wild Wild West (1999), Anna and the King (1999), Taxi 3 (2003), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Southland Tales (2006), and Crank: High Voltage (2009).

She won the Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 Hong Kong Film Awards and the 2004 Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan for her role in Dumplings (2004).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bai Ling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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