Qing Xu(I)
- Actress
- Producer
Summer Qing is a native of Beijing, and graduated from Beijing Film
Academy's renowned performing division. She made an attention-grabbing
film debut as the female lead in Kaige Chen's
1990 Cannes Film Festival-competing
Life on a String (1991), about a pair of blind musicians in a rural village.
Qing's naturalistic performance contributed greatly to the film, which
cemented Chen's reputation as one of the foremost international
filmmakers. Soon after, she played the lead in the film of another
acclaimed director, Zifeng Ling's Kuang
(Crazy), and was nominated for Best Actress at one of China's top film
awards, the Hundred Flowers awards. The TV series, "Close to Forbidden
City", then shot her to fame across the country as a sweet-natured
ingénue.
In 1996, she starred in the Chinese historical epic,
The Emperor's Shadow (1996) (The Emperor's Shadow),
which is a fictionalized account of China's first emperor and his
relationship with a court musician. In official competition at the San
Sebastian Film Festival, the film was widely recognized for its vast
scope and breathtaking visuals. Qing's leading men were
You Ge, one of China's most popular actors today,
and Jiang Wen, the internationally renowned
actor and director. Testament to her popularity then was Disney's
choice to have her voice the part of Mulan (1998), an important Chinese folk
figure, in the dubbed Chinese version of their 1998 worldwide hit
animated movie. That period also saw her play memorable parts in such
TV series as Sun Rise in the East, Rain in the West and Coming and
Going. Most Chinese TV audiences remember her from the 2000 big-budget
China Central Television landmark production of
Xiao ao jiang hu (2001) (The
Legendary Swordsman), which was based on a popular martial arts novel
by Louis Cha.
She continued to play regularly in films and TV series over the course
of the next decade. In 2007, she was featured in the Hong Kong action
movie, Flash Point (2007), which was a
box-office hit across Asia. Most memorably, she played the pivotal part
of Soong Ching-ling, wife of Sun Yat-sen and an honored historical
figure known to every Chinese person, in the hugely successful 2009
film The Founding of a Republic (2009). The
film was made to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the People's
Republic of China and produced by China Film Group and DMG
Entertainment, which is also one of the producers behind Looper. For
that role, she won a Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She won the same prize at the Macau International Film Festival.
In 2011, Qing joined the cast of Looper (2012). Director
Rian Johnson acclaimed her as the perfect
figure for Chinese women. Qing worked with
Bruce Willis,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and
Emily Blunt in her first Hollywood
production. Looper got released worldwide on September 28th, 2012.
Academy's renowned performing division. She made an attention-grabbing
film debut as the female lead in Kaige Chen's
1990 Cannes Film Festival-competing
Life on a String (1991), about a pair of blind musicians in a rural village.
Qing's naturalistic performance contributed greatly to the film, which
cemented Chen's reputation as one of the foremost international
filmmakers. Soon after, she played the lead in the film of another
acclaimed director, Zifeng Ling's Kuang
(Crazy), and was nominated for Best Actress at one of China's top film
awards, the Hundred Flowers awards. The TV series, "Close to Forbidden
City", then shot her to fame across the country as a sweet-natured
ingénue.
In 1996, she starred in the Chinese historical epic,
The Emperor's Shadow (1996) (The Emperor's Shadow),
which is a fictionalized account of China's first emperor and his
relationship with a court musician. In official competition at the San
Sebastian Film Festival, the film was widely recognized for its vast
scope and breathtaking visuals. Qing's leading men were
You Ge, one of China's most popular actors today,
and Jiang Wen, the internationally renowned
actor and director. Testament to her popularity then was Disney's
choice to have her voice the part of Mulan (1998), an important Chinese folk
figure, in the dubbed Chinese version of their 1998 worldwide hit
animated movie. That period also saw her play memorable parts in such
TV series as Sun Rise in the East, Rain in the West and Coming and
Going. Most Chinese TV audiences remember her from the 2000 big-budget
China Central Television landmark production of
Xiao ao jiang hu (2001) (The
Legendary Swordsman), which was based on a popular martial arts novel
by Louis Cha.
She continued to play regularly in films and TV series over the course
of the next decade. In 2007, she was featured in the Hong Kong action
movie, Flash Point (2007), which was a
box-office hit across Asia. Most memorably, she played the pivotal part
of Soong Ching-ling, wife of Sun Yat-sen and an honored historical
figure known to every Chinese person, in the hugely successful 2009
film The Founding of a Republic (2009). The
film was made to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the People's
Republic of China and produced by China Film Group and DMG
Entertainment, which is also one of the producers behind Looper. For
that role, she won a Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She won the same prize at the Macau International Film Festival.
In 2011, Qing joined the cast of Looper (2012). Director
Rian Johnson acclaimed her as the perfect
figure for Chinese women. Qing worked with
Bruce Willis,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and
Emily Blunt in her first Hollywood
production. Looper got released worldwide on September 28th, 2012.