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Cheng Pei-Pei

Acting Born Dec 4, 1946 Shanghai, China 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

杨门女将之八妹游春

2001
Film

Mulan

as The Matchmaker

Full filmography

  • Divas Hit the Road (2014)
  • 杨门女将之八妹游春 (2001)
  • 杨门女将之天波府风波 (2001)
  • Club Sparkle (2009)
  • Strange Tales of Liao Zhai (2005) as 苗婆婆【阿宝】
  • The Young Detective (2000) as 包大娘
  • Mulan (2020) as The Matchmaker
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) as Jade Fox
  • The Lost Tomb (2015) as Granny Huo
  • Shui Yue Dong Tian (2004) as 龙婆
  • Legendary Fighter: Yang's Heroine (2001)
  • Flirting Scholar (1993) as Madame Wah
  • The Inn (2017)
  • Lord of Imprisonment (1999) as 老板娘
  • Master Ma (1997)
  • Young Master Of Shaolin (1999) as 五枚师太
  • Hua Mulan (1999) as 李亮的母亲
  • Wong Fei Hung Series (1995)
  • Legend of Hua Mulan (2013) as Grandma Xia
  • Shanghai Legend (2011) as 毛坚
  • Romance of Book and Sword (2002) as Empress Dowager Chongqing
  • The Sleeping Beauty (2016) as 秦奶奶
  • 千秋家国梦 (1997) as 朱夫人
  • Blind Date (2017) as Grandma