Jiang Wenli (, born 20 June 1969) is a Chinese actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. A native of Tianjin, she graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1992. Li ranked 52nd on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2014. In 2008, she became the first Chinese actress to win the "Grand Slam", after winning "Best Actress" trophy at the three biggest Chinese-language television awards including the Feitian Award, the Golden Eagle Award, and the Magnolia Award.
Early life
Jiang was born into an affluent family. Her father Jiang Peiji () was a railroad engineer and her mother was a railroad telephone operator. Both of her parents love literature and the arts. She is the youngest of three sisters, her elder sister is Jiang Wenjuan (). Since Jiang was a young girl, her father taught her to appreciate famous books, paintings, and songs. When she was 5 years old, she dreamt about being a gymnast, so her mother sent her to study dance and gymnastics. However, since her stature did not fit the standards of a gymnast, the coach of the Bengbu city gymnastics team refused to regard her as a formal team member. Afterwards, she spent five years practicing as an informal member. At the age of 17, she took the college entrance examination with the goal of going to normal university. However, she was instead accepted by a water conservation secondary school because her score was five points below the acceptance line for a normal university. In 1986, she graduated from the secondary school and started to work at the Bengbu City Water Company. Her job was to design ways of water transportation for residents. Nevertheless, she was not satisfied with her life at the time and decided to go to Beijing in 1988 to start her new life.
Her niece Ma Sichun (daughter of Jiang Wenjuan) is also an active actress now.
Career Without any preparation, Jiang was accepted by the Beijing Film Academy. After she became a student of the academy, countless film companies invited her to play roles in their films. Her first role was a nursery school teacher in a TV series called Lily on Cliff, and that series won the Flying Apsaras Awards the same year. Jiang was also a candidate for the Best Supporting Actress award. After this, she played Shuixiu in the movie Li Li Yuan Shang Cao, which won an award at a French film festival. The last film of her college period was The Story of Xing Hua in which Jiang played a girl named Xing Hua. After graduating from college, she went to America for a long time before returning to China to continue her career.
After coming back to China, Jiang played a role in Miaomiao Liu's movie The Story of Xinghua. In 1993, she played an important role as Chengyi's mother in the movie Farewell My Concubine, which won the Best Movie Award at the Cannes Film Festival that year. In 1999, Jiang acted in a 20 episode TV series called Lead by the Hand, and for her performance she won one of the Chinese television industry's highest honors, Best Actress, from both the Golden Eagle Awards and the Flying Apsaras Awards. In 2000, for her performance in the film Female Coach & Male Player, Jiang won the Best Actress award from Huabiao Film Awards.
Personal life Jiang Wenli was married to Gu Changwei, the couple has a son Gu Hehe ().
Filmography Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes/ 1989 Lili in Grassland Shui Xiu 1991 A Mysterious Couple Bai Li 1992 The Story of Xinghua Xinghua 1993 Farewell My Concubine Mother of Xiao Douzi 1996 Family Matters Yi Xin 1997 Mr. Zhao Lin Cao The Cat Steals Eyes Miss. Wang 1999 Female Coach & Male Player Wen Jie 2000 The Gua Sha Treatment Jian Ning 2003 Taiwan Story The Mother 2005 Shuangshuang and Her Cat Shuangshuang's mother 2006 The Winter of Three Persons Yun Feng 2007 And the Spring Comes Wang Cailing 2008 Lost Indulgence Fan Li 2009 Lan Dentist Wang also director, producer, writer 2010 Major Secretary The Judge 2011 Love for Life Liang Fang Son of the Stars associate producer 2013 Clear Truth 2014 Love on the Cloud The landlord Cameo 2015 The Left Ear Xu Yi's mother Cameo The Master Zou Rong Distance Xie Hong July Water Xiu Lan 2016 A Wishing Tree 2017 Our Time Will Come Mao Dun's wife 2018 Nice to Meet You Housemaster also producer 2019 Midnight Diner Guest appearance 2023Hidden Strike Professor Chang
Television series Year English title Chinese title Role Notes/ 1989 Cliff Lilies Su Shan 1991 On the Mountain of Horse Race Sister Li 1993 Shenheyuan Mei Lian 1995 Son of the Earth Jiang Yuemei 1997 Holding Hands Xia Xiaoxue Sunset in the Forbidden City Consort Zhen Waiting One Thousand Years A Xiu 1998 Love You Xu Wan Guo Moruo and Anna Anna 2000 Warning Line Li Jingwei 2001 Black Ice Wang Jingwen The Grand Mansion Gate Bai Yuting 2002 Unusual Citizen Wan Rong 2003 The Grand Mansion Gate 2 Bai Yuting 2004 He Loved Me, She Let Me Go Wen Qiang I'm Looking Forward to Being Loved Tan Ailin Chinese Divorce Lin Xiaofeng 2005 Deep Breath Xiao Xiumeng 2006 Madam Yu Ching Madam Yu Ching 2007 Golden Anniversary Wen Li Fuwa Athena Voice role 2008 Seven Days that Shocked the World Du Lijuan 2009 Blood Marriage Xu Ke 2011 Happiness Knocks the Door Jiang Lu 2013 Mother Wants to Remarry Qi Zhifang Woman Gang Zhu Li 2014 The Love Is Inconceivable Niu Meili 2016 Keep the Marriage as Jade Su Ran Hey, Kids Fang Yun 2017 The Flowers and Distant Place Hao Yulan 2018 The Story of Zheng Yang Gate Xu Huizhen 2021 The Dance of the Storm Ruan Taiyuan TBA The Corner of Love Fang Ling Rights and Benefits Qin Huinan
Jiang Wenli at hkmdb.comJiang Wenli at chinesemov.com
Awards and nominations Film awards Year Nominated work Award Result Huabiao Film Awards 1999 (6th) Female Coach & Male Player Outstanding Actress 2003 (10th) Taiwan Story Golden Rooster Awards 2003 (23rd) Taiwan Story Best Actress 2009 (27th) And the Spring Comes 2011 (28th) Lan Best Directorial Debut 2017 (31st) The Final Master Best Supporting Actress Hundred Flowers Film Awards 2012 (31st) Love for Life Best Supporting Actress Golden Horse Awards 2011 (48th) Love for Life Best Supporting Actress 2015 (52nd) The Final Master Asian Film Awards 2009 (3rd) And the Spring Comes Best Actress Chinese Film Media Awards 2002 (2nd) The Gua Sha Treatment Best Actress 2009 (9th) And the Spring Comes Golden Phoenix Awards2001 (8th)Society Award rowspan=2 2005 (10th) Macau International Movie Festival 2009 (1st) Lan Best Director Rome International Film Festival 2007 And the Spring Comes Best Actress Chinese American Film Festival 2009 (5th) And the Spring Comes Best Actress
Television series awards Year Nominated work Award Result Magnolia Awards 2008 (14th) Golden Anniversary Best Actress 2013 (19th) Mother Wants to Remarry 2019 (25th) The Story of Zheng Yang Gate Gold Panda Awards 2013 (12th) Mother Wants to Remarry Best Actress Flying Apsaras Awards 1989 (9th) Cliff Lilies Outstanding Supporting Actress 1999 (19th) Holding Hands Outstanding Actress 2009 Golden Marriage 2011 Happiness Knocks the Door Golden Eagle Awards 1999 (17th) Holding Hands Outstanding Actress Best Actress 2008 (24th) Golden Anniversary 2020 (30th) The Story of Zheng Yang Gate China Golden Eagle TV Arts Festival2008 (7th) Golden Anniversary Best Performing Arts Award Most Popular ActressThe Actors of China Award Ceremony2019 (6th) Best Actress (Sapphire Category)The Story of Zheng Yang GateHuading Awards2019 (26th)Best ActressThe Story of Zheng Yang Gate
References
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External links
Jiang Wenli on Mtime Jiang Wenli on Douban Jiang Wenli at the Chinese Movie Database