Cheng Pei-Pei
December 4, 1946 – 2024
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.
Known For
Divas Hit the Road
2014
Club Sparkle
2009
Strange Tales of Liao Zhai
2005
Young Justice Bao
2000
Shui Yue Dong Tian
2004
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
Mulan
2020
The Inn
2017
Legendary Fighter: Yang's Heroine
2001
Legend of Hua Mulan
2013
Master Ma
1997
Lord Of Imprisonment
1999
The Lost Tomb
2015
Hua Mulan
1999
My Amazing Bride
2015