Brigitte Lin
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Born in Taipei in 1954, Brigitte Lin became a defining face of Taiwanese and Hong Kong cinema across three decades. She debuted at nineteen in the romance Outside the Window (1973) and became the go-to lead of Chiung Yao literary adaptations. In Hong Kong she reinvented herself in Tsui Hark s wuxia wave, unforgettable in Swordsman II (1992) as Invincible Asia and in The Bride with White Hair (1993). Wong Kar-wai then used her in Ashes of Time (1994) and Chungking Express (1994), sealing her arthouse aura. She retired from acting in 1994 at the height of her powers.
Brigitte Lin
65 Movies
Born in Taipei in 1954, Brigitte Lin became a defining face of Taiwanese and Hong Kong cinema across three decades. She debuted at nineteen in the romance Outside the Window (1973) and became the go-to lead of Chiung Yao literary adaptations. In Hong Kong she reinvented herself in Tsui Hark s wuxia wave, unforgettable in Swordsman II (1992) as Invincible Asia and in The Bride with White Hair (1993). Wong Kar-wai then used her in Ashes of Time (1994) and Chungking Express (1994), sealing her arthouse aura. She retired from acting in 1994 at the height of her powers.
Movies
Plays Woman in Blonde Wig
Chungking Express
1994
Plays Salina Fong
Police Story
1985
Plays Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
Royal Tramp 2
1992
Plays Dung Fong Bat Bai
The Legend of the Swordsman
1992
Plays Ice Queen
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
1983
Plays Yau Mo Yan
New Dragon Gate Inn
1992
Plays Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
Royal Tramp
1992
Plays Murong Yang / Murong Yin / Dugu Qiubai
Ashes of Time
1994
Plays Tsao Wan
Peking Opera Blues
1986
Plays Third Princess
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
Plays Dung Fong Bat Bai
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
1993
Plays Lien Ni Chang
The Bride with White Hair
1993
Plays Lily
Fantasy Mission Force
1983
Plays Snow
Deadful Melody
1994
Plays More
Handsome Siblings
1992
Plays Shen Shao-Hua
Red Dust
1990
Plays Ha / Fire Dragon
Fire Dragon
1994
Plays May
Lady in Black
1987
Plays Chin Chin
The Black Panther Warriors
1993
Plays Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
1994
Plays Lien Ni Chang
The Bride with White Hair 2
1993
Plays Yang Hui Min
Eight Hundred Heroes
1975
Plays Jia Baoyu
The Dream of the Red Chamber
1977
Plays 慕容嫣、慕容燕
Ashes of Time Redux
2008
Plays Ching Siu Tung
Boys Are Easy
1993
Plays Jane Lin
Web of Deception
1989
Plays Ming Kim
The Three Swordsmen
1994
Plays 梁新蘭 Liang Hsin Lan
Moon River
1974
Plays Sister Maria
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
Plays Cheung Yuet-Heung
Dream Lovers
1986
Plays Bridget
All the Wrong Spies
1983
Plays Su-Su / Yau Ying
Ghost of the Mirror
1974
Plays Ivy
Love Massacre
1981
Plays 黑狐方慧君 Black Fox
Seven Black Heroines
1983
Plays To Caimei
Starry Is the Night
1988
Plays Jackal
Pink Force Commando
1982
Plays May
True Colours
1986
Plays Yun Zhifan
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
1992
Plays Hsu Li Ping
Run Lover Run
1975
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Ashes of Time Redux
慕容嫣、慕容燕
2008
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Ashes of Time
Murong Yang / Murong Yin / Dugu Qiubai
1994
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Fire Dragon
Ha / Fire Dragon
1994
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The Three Swordsmen
Ming Kim
1994
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Chungking Express
Woman in Blonde Wig
1994
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The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
1994
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Deadful Melody
Snow
1994
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The Bride with White Hair 2
Lien Ni Chang
1993
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The Black Panther Warriors
Chin Chin
1993
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Brigitte Lin and where are they from?
Brigitte Lin is 71 years old, born on November 3, 1954 in Taipei, Taiwan.
What are the most famous roles of Brigitte Lin?
Brigitte Lin is best known for roles in Chungking Express, Police Story, Ashes of Time.
How many movies has Brigitte Lin been in?
Over a 53-year career (since 1973), Brigitte Lin has appeared in 65 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Brigitte Lin's first movie?
The career of Brigitte Lin began with Outside the Window (1973).
What is Brigitte Lin's most recent movie or series?
Brigitte Lin's most recent release is Ashes of Time Redux, which premiered on May 18, 2008.
Brigitte Lin
1954-11-03 · Taipei, Taiwan
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.Brigitte Lin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.