Brigitte Lin

Biography

Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia (Chinese: 林青霞; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiá; born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen. She was born in Taipei, and was "discovered" in 1972 by a film producer, and first appeared in many Taiwanese romance films based on the novels of Chiung Yao. Her movie debut is in Chuangwai. She later switched over to making movies in Hong Kong. At the height of her popularity she was arguably one of the most sought-after actresses in the Chinese film industry. She starred in more than 100 movies. In Hong Kong movies, Lin made a career of playing transgender roles: in Peking Opera Blues she plays a tomboy who dresses in male Western clothes; in New Dragon Gate Inn she is a woman who dresses as a man, and in Swordsman II and III she plays a male character who castrates himself for power and so is now slowly turning into a woman. She had a good working relationship with Tsui Hark, acting in many of the films he directed (like Peking Opera Blues) and produced (Swordsman II). She married businessman Michael Ying in 1994 and left the film industry. She has two daughters, born in 1997 and 2001. She made her first public appearance since her marriage at a screening of Ashes of Time Redux at the 2008 New York Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Lin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Woman in Blonde Wig

重慶森林

Lien Ni Chang

白髮魔女2

Salina Fong

警察故事

Yau Mo Yan

新龍門客棧

Murong Yang / Murong Yin

東邪西毒

Ice Queen

新蜀山劍俠

Lily

迷你特攻隊

Jia Baoyu

金玉良緣紅樓夢

Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi

新天龍八部之天山童姥

Tsao Wan

刀馬旦

Dung Fong Bat Bai

東方不敗之風雲再起

Dung Fong Bat Bai

笑傲江湖II東方不敗

Snow

六指琴魔

Lien Ni Chang

白髮魔女傳

Narrator

遊園驚夢

Divine Lady of Dragon Sect

鹿鼎記 II : 神龍敎

海天一色

Bridget

我愛夜來香

Black Fox

紅粉兵團

Jackal

紅粉游俠

Ming Kim

刀劍笑

Jo Jo

君子好逑

Ha / Fire Dragon

火雲傳奇

Ivy

愛殺

Yun Zhifan

暗戀桃花源

Jane Lin

驚魂記

Cheung Yuet-Heung

夢中人

To Caimei

今夜星光燦爛

Chin Chin

黑豹天下

Self (archive footage)

零點零一公分的距離

Shen Shao-Hua

滾滾紅塵

昨夜,今夜,明夜

May

奪命佳人

Ching Siu Tung

追男仔

May

英雄正傳

More

絕代雙驕

Third Princess

射鵰英雄傳之東成西就

Lily (archive footage)

Fire Dragon

Luo Ya-nan

長青樹

黑白珠

Sung Hsiao Yu

不一樣的愛

Su-Su / Yau Ying

古鏡幽魂

雲飄飄

鬼馬俏醫生

Chiang Yen Yung

窗外

雲河

楓葉情

中國女兵

Sister Maria

橫財三千萬

煙雨

小姨懷春

White Snake

真白蛇傳

Liu Yen-mei

我是一沙鷗

脂粉奇兵

Zhi Jun

秋歌

異鄉夢

Xiao Yu

愛的小屋

Shen Yin-Pai

慧眼識英雄

Hsu Li Ping

愛情長跑

沙灘上的月亮

金盞花

情人，看刀

Wen Jiayi

一片深情

旗正飄飄

Chiu Meng

幽蘭在雨中

Narrator

美少年之戀

情奔

七隻狐狸

四傻害羞

Shen Jung

恋爱反斗星

溫馨在我心

晨霧

Lily

槍口下的小百合

Wei Yen-jan

燃燒吧，火鳥

Yang Hui Min

八百壯士

Tu Hsiao-Shuang

在水一方

Hsiao Shao-Yu

熱浪

Qing qing cao yuan shang

Hsia Hsiao-tsan

女朋友

追球追求

Tao Tan-feng

雁兒在林梢

月朦朧鳥朦朧

Tien Yu-Chiu

An Unforgettable Day

Su-su

午夜蘭華

Tuan Wanlu

我是一片雲

處處聞啼鳥

長情萬縷

Nu ji zhe

Lin Chunchun

純純的愛

雲深不知處

水雲

翩翩情

Xiao Hong

奔向彩虹

Tsai Chin

彩霞满天

一颗红豆

绿色山庄

Bi xue huang hua

戀愛功夫

Divine Lady of Dragon Sect

鹿鼎記

Robber Robin

1938大驚奇

The Star

The Star

成功嶺上

(archival footage) (uncredited)

成龍的特技

明天20岁

无情荒地有情天

焦情莣地有情天

海誓山盟