Gong Beibi
Gong Beibi is a Chinese film actress. Beginning her career as a child actress, she later graduated from the prestigious Central Academy of Drama where she gained fame and popularity among young audiences in China after starring in several popular TV series and feature films in both China and Hong Kong. Due to her success while still a student, she became dubbed in the media at the time as "little Gong Li".
After graduating, she continued diversifying her roles with different projects, including Bus 44, which gained her critical acclaim in China, Europe, and North America where it premiered and won awards at the Venice Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival.
In 2005, Gong Beibi starred in the feature film Waiting Alone which opened to critical raves at the Tokyo Film Festival. The indie film was released nationwide in September 2005 and became a hit with youth audiences across China[2] and one of the best reviewed and most talked about Chinese films the year. Later in the year, Waiting Alone was nominated for several awards including "Best Picture" at the Chinese Academy Awards (Golden Rooster Awards). Gong Beibi's memorable performance in Waiting Alone, which Variety magazine called "impressive", caught the attention of Hollywood.
Gong's 2007 Chinese holiday ensemble comedy Call for Love was a success at the box office, she followed up with a special appearance in Connected the Hong Kong action film remake of Cellular.
In 2010, Gong co-starred with Aaron Kwok in Oxide Pang's thriller The Detective 2. In 2011, Gong starred alongside Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey and Daniel Wu in the dramedy/psychological suspense Inseparable. Inseparable was named one of The Wall Street Journal's Top 10 Most Notable Asian Films of 2011.
Gong Beibi was next seen in several back-to-back TV series in China, most notably The Legend of Qin in 2015, and Ice Fantasy based on Guo Jingming popular fantasy novel, in 2016.
In 2017, Gong won the Jury Award for "Best Actress" at the Beijing Youth Film Festival for her starring role in the indie drama Lack of Love. She was also in the hit TV series Fighter of the Destiny and the Monkey King comedy A Chinese Odyssey: Love You a Million Years playing Princess Ironfan. Behind the camera, she was a co-producer on the summer fantasy comedy indie hit Wished.
In 2018, Gong Beibi starred in the TV series The Flame's Daughter which had over 700 million viewing hits in China and was later on Amazon Prime, as well as, co-starring in the surprise summer blockbuster hit, Dying to Survive, which become one of the biggest box office films in China. Beibi played two different lead characters in Summer Blur, which won awards at Busan Film Festival and the 2021 Berlin Film Festival.
In 2021, Gong starred in the indie sports drama On Your Mark which did well at the Chinese box office, the film was directed by Malaysian director Chiu Keng Guan. Beibi Gong was next seen in the TV series remake of The Return of the Condor Heroes playing one of the iconic roles, as well as two other popular TV series in China: Pride & Price and Master of My Own. In 2023, she was in the hit ensemble TV series Meet Yourself, playing Liu Yifei's tough yet loving sister. Next up, Gong stars alongside Duan Yihong in the Jia Zhang-Ke produced crime drama Heaven and Hell releasing in 2024.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.522 |
Birthday | 1978-02-21 |
Place of Birth | Fujian, China |
Also Known As | 龚蓓苾, Beibi Gong, |
2005
The Ghost Inside
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A young mother and runs from her abusive husband with her daughter only to discover that their new apartment may be haunted by the spirit of a woman w...
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The Ghost Inside
2011
The Detective 2
6.2/39
Bumbling private detective Chan Tam is enlisted by police pal Fung Chak to help in the investigation of a serial murder case. The victims a middle-age...
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The Detective 2
2008
Connected
6.389/96
A debt collector receives a call from a woman who is kidnapped by an unknown gang. He thinks it is a joke but soon, he realises that it is not a prank...
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Connected
2012
Inseparable
6.2/39
A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and b...
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Inseparable
2001
Bus 44
7.2/19
On the outskirts of a small town, a bus driver and her passengers encounter highway robbers.
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Bus 44
2005
Waiting Alone
7.043/22
An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspirin...
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Waiting Alone
2009
The Founding of a Republic
5.316/57
The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
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The Founding of a Republic
2000
An Unusual Love
6/1
The day before his wedding, Tian gets into a serious accident, and falls into a coma. He will probably be a vegetable for the rest of his life. His fi...
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An Unusual Love
1998
The Lord of Hangzhou
5/1
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The Lord of Hangzhou
2003
Life with Noodles
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Life with Noodles
2018
Dying to Survive
8.048/167
When a mysterious visitor appears, the life of Yong Cheng, owner of a store that stocks aphrodisiac products, changes dramatically. He becomes the exc...
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Dying to Survive
2019
My People, My Country
6.836/61
Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.
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My People, My Country
2007
Call For Love
5.7/22
After being married for seven years, Xu Lang, a white collar office manager, has started to get tired of the same routine in his marriage. After askin...
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Call For Love
2019
Adoring
7/8
This movie tells 6 stories of how people interact with their pets to find love.
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Adoring
2017
Lack of Love
8/1
A villager helps the left-behind kids of migrant workers.
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Heaven and Hell
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The movie tells the story of a restaurant owner (played by Duan Yihong) who's chased after the murderer of his son for seven years. On the way, he met...
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Heaven and Hell
2020
Shu Zhen
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The warm daily life of a harmonious family in a Siheyuan is on stage, and a dusty and beautiful memory in the long river is about to open.
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Shu Zhen
2020
Summer Blur
8/1
Yang Guo, a girl who lives with her aunt's house, is in a dilemma after witnessing an accident by her friend. In the summer when she was constantly st...
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Summer Blur
2021
On Your Mark
4/1
Xiao Erdong, a young man with a congenital disease but a "marathon dream", Xiao Daming, a taxi driver who stubbornly forced his son to preview the "li...
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On Your Mark
2022
The Fallen Bridge
5.222/9
A bridge collapses in broad daylight.From the wrecks investigators discover a human skeleton and a whistleblowing letter revealing the corruption behi...
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The Fallen Bridge
2013
石器时代之百万大侦探
5/1
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2023
Look Up and See Joy
8/1
The film focuses on hot topics such as midlife crisis, family responsibilities, care for the elderly, and children's education. The younger brother; t...
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Look Up and See Joy
2023
Gods Are Watching
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It retains the reflection of the unique cultural atmosphere of southeast China in "Koali & Rice", whil at the same time the protagonist focuses on the...
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Gods Are Watching
2023
All Ears
5.7/7
Wen Shan is a mediocre screenwriter struggling to make a living in Beijing. Commercial projects are left undone, and his own stories fall by the waysi...
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All Ears
1994
You're Not at 16
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The Hutong Cowboy
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Zhang Beijing loss his face at his son’s engagement party. After that he refunds the sense of purpose by helping Liu Angxi, a screenwriter of the Beid...
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