Brigitte Lin
Acting
Born: November 3, 1954 (age 71) · Taipei, Taiwan
Highest Rated
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Lin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Chungking Express
1994
Police Story
1985
Ashes of Time
1994
New Dragon Gate Inn
1992
Royal Tramp
1992
The Legend of the Swordsman
1992
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
Royal Tramp 2
1992
The Bride with White Hair
1993
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
1983
Peking Opera Blues
1986
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
1993
Photos (9)
Movies (104)
Police Story
Salina Fong
Chungking Express
Woman in Blonde Wig
The Legend of the Swordsman
Dung Fong Bat Bai
Ashes of Time
Murong Yang / Murong Yin / Dugu Qiubai
New Dragon Gate Inn
Yau Mo Yan
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
Dung Fong Bat Bai
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Third Princess
Royal Tramp 2
Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Ice Queen
Peking Opera Blues
Tsao Wan
Deadful Melody
Snow
Royal Tramp
Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
Fantasy Mission Force
Lily
The Bride with White Hair 2
Lien Ni Chang
Fire Dragon
Ha / Fire Dragon
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
The Bride with White Hair
Lien Ni Chang
The Three Swordsmen
Ming Kim
Handsome Siblings
More
Bishonen
Narrator
True Love
1975
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Sister Maria
Boys Are Easy
Ching Siu Tung
Love, Love, Love
Lin Chunchun
Red Dust
Shen Shao-Hua
Ashes of Time Redux
慕容嫣、慕容燕
Peony Pavilion
Narrator
Love Massacre
Ivy
The Black Panther Warriors
Chin Chin
The Other Side of Gentleman
Jo Jo
All the Wrong Spies
Bridget
Web of Deception
Jane Lin
The Dream of the Red Chamber
Jia Baoyu
Hot Wave
Hsiao Shao-Yu
Eight Hundred Heroes
Yang Hui Min
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
2021
Long Way from Home
1974
Starry Is the Night
To Caimei
Fire Dragon
Lily (archive footage)
Dream Lovers
Cheung Yuet-Heung
The Women Soldiers
1981
The Marigolds
1980
The Four Sheepish Dummies
1983
Green Green Meadow
1974
Night Orchid
Su-su
Seven Black Heroines
黑狐方慧君 Black Fox
News Hen
1974
Ghost of the Mirror
Su-Su / Yau Ying
Poor Chasers
Shen Jung
Little Sister-in-law
1975
The Great Surprise
Robber Robin
The Chasing Game
1976
Seven Foxes
1985
A Love Seed
1979
Different Love
Sung Hsiao Yu
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
Yun Zhifan
Lady in Black
May
Love in My Heart
1977
Tomorrow I'm 20
1976
Outside the Window
江雁容 Chiang Yen Yung
Morning Fog
1978
Pink Force Commando
Jackal
By Love Obsessed
1979
Girl Friend
Hsia Hsiao-tsan
Be Careful Sweetheart
1984
True Colours
May
Flag of Honor
1987
Return of Monsoon
Wen Jiayi
Lily Under the Gun
Lily
Come Fly with Me
Liu Yen-mei
Gone with the Cloud
1974
Forever My Love
1976
An Unforgettable Day
Tien Yu-Chiu
Love of the White Snake
White Snake
Love's Many Faces
1978
There's No Place like Home
1977
Burn Phoenix Burn
Wei Yen-jan
Moon River
梁新蘭 Liang Hsin Lan
The Switch
Shen Yin-Pai
Cloud of Romance
Tuan Wanlu
The Unforgettable Character
Tu Hsiao-Shuang
The Wild Goose on the Wing
Tao Tan-feng
He Loved Once Too Many
1975
Love Forever
依莲 I Lien
Off to Success
1979
Misty Drizzle
1975
The Autumn Love Song
Zhi Jun
A Journey of Love
1979
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1976
The Forest of Forever
Luo Ya-nan
Magnificent 72
1980
The Misty Moon
1978
My Funny Intern
1976
The Story of Green House
1978
The Life God
1975
Orchid in the Rain
Chiu Meng
Love By Post
1976
The House for Love
Xiao Yu
The Love Affair of Rainbow
Xiao Hong
Birds Are Singing Everywhere
1978
Love Under a Rosy Sky
Tsai Chin
Black and White
1983
The Beauty with Two Faces
1976
Run Lover Run
Hsu Li Ping
