Jiang Wenli
Born: 1969-06-20 in Bengbu, Anhui Province, China
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jiang Wenli was born in a highbrow family. Her father was a railroad engineer, her mother was a railroad telephone operator, and her parents love literature and art. Since Wenli was a little girl, her father taught her to read famous book and painting, and listen to famous songs. When she was 5 years old, she dreamt about being a gymnast, so her mother sent her to study dance and gymnastics. However, since her stature didn’t fit the standard of a gymnast, the coach of Bengbu city gymnastic team refused to regard her as a formal team member. After that, she spent five years to practice as an informal team member of the gymnastic team. At the age of 17, she took the college entrance examination and regard going to normal university as her goal. However, she got accepted by a water conservation secondary school because her score was five points lower than the acceptance line of the normal university. In 1986, she graduated from the secondary school and starts to work in Bengbu City Water Company. Her job was to design ways of water transportation for residents. Nevertheless, she was not satisfied with her current life and decided to go to Beijing in 1988 and start her new life. Without any preparation, she got accepted by Beijing Film Academy. After become a student of film academy, there were countless film companies inviting her to play role in their films. Her first role was a nursery school teacher in a TV series named The Lily on Cliff, and this TV series won the Feitian TV Awards of that year. Also, she was a candidate for Best Supporting Actress Reward. After this, she played Shuixiu in a movie named Li Li Yuan Shang Cao, and this film won the award from French film festival. The last film of her college period was The Story of Xing Hua, and she played the girl named Xing Hua. After graduate from college, she went to America for a long time and then returned to China to continue her career. After came back to China, she played a role in Miaomiao Liu’s movie *Who you think you are. In 1993, she played an important role which is Chengyi’s mother in movie Farewell My Concubine,and this movie won the Best Movie Award at French Cannes Film Festival of that year. In 1999, she played a 20 episode TV series named Lead by the Hand, and this helped her won the highest honor of Chinese TV industry, Best actress from both Golden Eagle Awards and Feitian TV Awards. In 2000, based on the outstanding performance in film Team Spirit,she won the best actress from Huabiao Film Awards. In 2001, movie The treatment made her career even more successful. In 2011, the TV series When Happiness Knocks became a huge success in her career. This TV series is broadcasting on CCTV-1, which is the most important channel in China. Also, the average audience rating was 3%, which is on the top of other TV series in the whole country.
Filmography
2023
- Hidden Strike as Professor Cheng
- Magic 7 as Ma Zheng
- The Corner of Love as Fang Ling
2022
2021
- The Dance of the Storm as Ruan Tai Yuan
2019
- No. 7 Cherry Lane as The Woman in Yellow (voice)
- Midnight Diner as Ms. Jin
- The Secret of China as Song Qingling
- Live to Love
2018
- The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
- Nice to Meet You as Dorm Keeper Wang
- The Story of Zheng Yang Gate as 徐慧真
2017
- National Treasure as 窦太后
- Our Time Will Come as Mrs. Shen
- 花儿与远方 as Hao Yulan
- 挟刀揉手 as 自己
2016
- Trump Card
- Round Table
- Distance as Xie Hong
- Hey, Kids
- Keep the Marriage as Jade
2015
- The Final Master as Master Zou
- The Left Ear as Xu Yi's mother
- Three Soldiers as Mother Xiao
- The Beautiful Kokonor Lake
2014
- Love On The Cloud as landlord's sister
2012
2011
- Love for Life as Cook
- 幸福来敲门 as 江路
2010
2009
- We'll Meet in Heaven ... (Screenplay)
2008
- Lost Indulgence as Li
- 震撼世界的七日 as Du Lijuan
2007
- Golden Marriage as Wen Li
- And the Spring Comes as Wang Cailing
2006
- All the Invisible Children as Song Song's Mother (segment "Song Song and Little Cat")
- The Winter of Three Persons
2005
- Silver Age as wen li
- The Grand Mansion Gate as 白玉婷
2004
- Chinese Style Divorce as Lin Xiaofeng
- 穿越激情 as Wen Qiang
- Hero of the Year as Tan Ailin
- My Bittersweet Taiwan
2002
2001
- The Grand Mansion Gate as 白玉婷
- The Gua Sha Treatment as Jian Ning
- Black Ice as 汪静雯/鲁晓飞
- 警戒线 as Li Jingwei
1999
1997
- Cat's Eye as Miss Ou
1994
1993
- Farewell My Concubine as Douzi's Mother