Background

Fan Bingbing was born on 16 September 1981 in Qingdao, Shandong, China to Fan Tao and Zhang Chuanmei. She is of Han Chinese ethnicity. Her family later moved to Yantai city in North-eastern Shandong, where she was brought up.

Although the girl was born in the family of a hereditary military (both the father and grandfather of the future actress served in the navy), her parents supported her passion for art.

The actress’s younger brother, Fan Chengcheng, also took up show business. He managed to finish the talent show Idol Producer in the third place. He is currently a member of the band Nine Percent.

Education

The girl learned to play the flute and piano, and at the age of 11-12, she became interested in acting. After completing high school, Fan earned a degree from Shanghai Xie Jin Film and Television Arts College and went on to learn theatre from Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Career

In 1996, the series Powerful Woman was released in China. For two years, Fan Bingbing played a friend of one of the title characters. But she became famous for the role of Jin Suo in the series My Fair Princess about China of the 18th century. It premiered in 1999. After the success of the soap opera, the film company signed an eight-year contract with the young actress. Later, Bingbing decided to terminate the agreement, but this was only possible through legal action.

In the first half of the 2000s, Fan Bingbing graduated from Shanghai Theater Academy, starred in numerous TV shows, and appeared in several films. The most successful film was Cell Phone.

The movie was released in 2003 and became the highest grossing project in China. For her work in the film, Bingbing won her first prize, a Best Actress Award at the Hundred Flowers Awards. In China, it has the same significance as the Golden Globe in American.

The actress became more and more popular. In 2005, she released her first album, Just Begun. Bingbing made a breakthrough in 2007. She not only opened her studio but also starred in eight films. For her role in the film Lost in Beijing, the young woman won the first international award, the Best Actress Award at the Eurasia International Film Festival

In subsequent years, Fan Bingbing gained a reputation of an actress who played diverse roles. The filmography included the comedy Sophie's Revenge, the movie about the martial arts Shaolin (co-starred with Andy Lau and Jackie Chan), historical movies.

In 2011, she starred in the French film Stretch with American actor David Carradine. It was the last work for the actor. In 2013, Bingbing was cast for a Hollywood blockbuster base on the Marvel Comics. In the movie Iron Man 3, she got a bit part of Dr. Wang's assistant. She topped the Forbes China Celebrity 100 List.

In 2014, Bingbing got the first significant role in the Hollywood film. She played superheroine Clarice Ferguson (Blink) in the movie X-Men: Days of Future Past, which also starred high-profile actors.

The same year, Fan returned to television after a 6-year hiatus and did it in a big way. Her studio released one of the most expensive TV shows in the history of China, the bright costumed historical drama The Empress of China, which included 82 episodes. Bingbing performed the title role of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in the history of the country.

In 2015, Fan joined the CCTV variety show as a judge in Amazing Chinese and as a contestant in the reality television show Challenger's Alliance. She starred in Ever Since We Love, her fourth collaboration with director Li Yu. Fan won the Best Actress award at the 1st Berlin Chinese Film Festival for her role in the film. Fan also starred in the historical film Lady of the Dynasty, where she plays Yang Guifei. She was ranked 4th on Forbes World's Highest-Paid Actresses list for 2015.

In 2016, Fan featured in action comedy Skiptrace alongside Jackie Chan and American actor Johnny Knoxville, which won her the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1st Golden Screen Awards. Fan then starred in Guo Jingming's L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties. The film, which was released on 30 September, is China's first computer-animated motion film. Fan won the Silver Shell for Best Actress at the 64th San Sebastián International Film Festival and Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress for her performance in I Am Not Madame Bovary directed by Feng Xiaogang.

In 2018, Fan was cast in Cao Baoping's crime drama film The Perfect Blue. Fan was named global ambassador of several brands such as ReFa Beauty Care Tools, De Beers, King Power and Montblanc.

Achievements

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  Fan Bingbing is one of China’s highly paid and influential actresses and singers. She was ranked first on the ‘50 Most Beautiful People in China’ and topped the ‘Forbes Chine Celebrity List’.
  
  Fan won Best Actress Awards for her performance in ‘Cell Phone’, ‘Lost in Beijing’, ‘Buddha Mountain’, ‘Double Xposure’, ‘Ever Since We Love’ and ‘I Am Not Madame Bovary’.
  
  Fan got the Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in ‘The Matrimony’ and ‘Skiptrace’.
  
  Fan was recognised as the Most Influential Chinese Actress Overseas at the 1st China Film International Festival, London in 2013.

Works

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  • Chinese Tall Story 2005
  • Matrimony 2007
  • Lost in Beijing 2007
  • Shinjuku Incident 2009
  • Sophie's Revenge 2009
  • Bodyguards & Assassins 2009
  • Future X-Cops 2010
  • Watch Iron Man 3 2013
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past 2014
  • Lady of the Dynasty 2015
  • Skiptrace 2016
  • League Of Gods 2016
  • L.O.R.D: Legend Of Ravaging Dynasties 2016

Religion

Fan's religion is Buddhism.

Views

Heart Ali, a project started by Fan and Chen Lizhi (the general manager of Beijing Maxtimes Culture Development Co.Ltd), is aimed at helping children suffering from congenital heart disease in Ngari Prefecture in Tibet. Fan has visited them several times with medical teams to identify children in need of treatment. After identification, the children and their parents are brought in groups to Beijing or Shanghai for surgery.

The first screening was held on 8 August 2010, when Fan and several others from Beijing went to Ngari to screen children with congenital heart disease. They diagnosed 267 children with congenital heart disease. The second screening was In June 2011. A volunteer group, convened by Fan Bingbing Studio and Chen Lizhi, including members from Fan's studio, two doctors from Tsinghua University First Affiliated Hospital Heart Diseases Center and nine other volunteers, carrying portable echocardiography equipment, went to Ngari to diagnose children with congenital heart disease. This time, the group screened 336 children and diagnosed 78 cases of congenital heart disease. The third screening was on 5 April 2012. Fan Bingbing Studio members, Chen Lizhi, two doctors from Tsinghua University First Affiliated Hospital, two doctors of the Shanghai Yodak Cardio-thoracic Hospital and some other volunteers, went to Ngari to screen the children with congenital heart disease. In 12 days, volunteers screened almost 10,000 children and diagnosed more than 160 cases of congenital heart disease. Since August 2010, more than 200 children with congenital heart disease have received medical treatment in Beijing and Shanghai.

Quotations: "Looking back at how more and more children have been helped, it feels a bit like writing a diary – one page a day does not feel like much but after some time you hold it and, wow, you realise that it is already very thick. I think this is the feeling of achievement."—Fan talks about Heart Ali in an interview with Financial Times, 20 September 2013.

Personality

Fan Bingbing is a fashion icon. On 13 May 2010, Fan wore a "Dragon Robe" on the red carpet of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. The dress, co-designed by Chinese designer Laurence Hsu and Fan herself, features two leaping dragons and crashing waves on the hem, in the bright yellow colour that was exclusively used by emperors in ancient China. The dress was collected by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London on 12 March 2012. Laurence Hsu announced that the dress shown at the museum is a modified version of the original, which was bought by Madame Tussauds.

On 11 May 2011, Fan, wearing a crane dress, appeared on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 64th Cannes Film Festival. The dress was auctioned off by Fan herself for about a million RMB for her charity project, Heart Ali, on 27 April 2012.

On the red carpet of the opening ceremony of the 65th Cannes Film Festival, Fan wore an elegant pale strapless gown designed by her friend Christopher Bu, decorated with bright floral designs and stories about the Four Beauties of ancient China. Inspired by a porcelain vase, the ancient vibe of her dress was complemented by her hairstyle, which made her look like a young maiden in the Tang dynasty.

Due to these appearances in Cannes, Fan has attracted notable media attention. In recent years, Fan received various invitations from fashion brands such as Valentino Garavani, Giorgio Armani, Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A., Atelier Versace, Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton, to attend fashion shows in Paris, Beijing and Shanghai. On 3 July 2012, she closed the Stéphane Rolland Couture show in Paris, and was featured in the fashion show's finale. On 31 July, she was ranked number nine on Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed list 2012. On 19 September, she was honoured with the Personal Style Award by Elle (USA Edition). On 2 December, she became the new ambassador of Louis Vuitton "Epi Alma" series of handbags. On 5 December, she was awarded "The Most Beautiful Woman of the Year" by the magazine Esquire (China Edition). On 24 December, she was selected by the website Red Carpet Fashion Awards as the Best Dressed International Star 2012.

Fan joined the opening ceremony of 2013 Cannes Film Festival premiere, wearing a custom Louis Vuitton gown, and that was the first time the French fashion house had created a gown especially for an Asian actress. In December, Fan posed for Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2014 ad campaign.

Fan was ranked on Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed list 2015 and 2016.

Physical Characteristics: Height - 5 ft 6¼ in or 168 cm

Weight - 53 kg or 117 lbs

Hair Color - Black (Natural)

Eye Color - Dark Brown

Connections

Fan Bingbing is engaged. For two years, the actress dated her colleague, a star of Chinese films, Li Chen. The couple did not hide their relationship. On September 16, Li Chen made her a marriage proposal on Bingbing’s birthday, and the lovers got engaged.

Father:

Fan Tao

Mother:

Zhang Chuanmei

Brother:

Chengcheng Fan

Boyfriend :

Li Chen

(born 24 November 1978)

He is a Chinese actor and director. He is a cast member of the popular variety program, Keep Running.

colleague:

Constance Wu

Constance Wu is an American TV and film actress.

References

• Celebrity Photo: Bingbing Fan: Peach Collection Book
• Beauty Fan Bingbing