Peng Dan

essential information

Early experience

When Peng Dan was 8 years old, he was selected in a national "audition" of Beijing Dance Academy. After graduation, he was assigned to the Central Ballet, an organ directly under the central government. Later, he stayed without pay and was sent to Juilliard College of the United States to major in film performance and further study dance. Due to excellent academic performance, he became the first Chinese American student to receive a full scholarship. While studying in school, Peng Dan won the Miss Chinese American Championship in 1992, the miss China American Championship in 1993, and the Miss Asian American Championship in 1994. She became the only Oriental woman who won three consecutive titles in the world beauty contest. In 1995, the news that playboy magazine refused an invitation of 250000 US dollars to take nude photos aroused the attention of Chinese performing arts circles.

Acting experience

In 1995, Peng Dan played the heroine Lina in the English film "falling bird" supervised by Ang Lee. This is Peng Dan's maiden work. The film won seven awards, including the "best art film award" of the 46th Berlin International Film Festival and the "best film award" of the Montreal International Film Festival. After making "falling bird", Peng Dan was appreciated by Huang Baiming and invited to shoot in Hong Kong, directed by Zhang Guoming Peng Dan plays the heroine Zhou Meishi in the comedy thriller the night of wolf kiss. Since then, he has made many third level films, such as "evil killing", "extreme brutality", "six demons", "triad" and so on. In the late 1990s, with the recession of Hong Kong films, Peng Dan moved from Hong Kong to the mainland. In 2000, Peng Dan starred in the National Day gift film "driving a train to Beijing", playing Li Xiufeng, the first generation female driver of diesel locomotive. Therefore, he won the "five one project" award of the Central Propaganda Department for spiritual civilization construction, and became the first actor from Hong Kong and Taiwan to win this award. In 2004, Peng Dan's military history film "soldiers in Huangpu" won four awards, including "best feature film award", "best screenwriter Award", "Best Music Award" and "outstanding film Achievement Award". In 2005, Peng Dan took part in the Anti Japanese war drama railway guerrillas starring Zhao hengxuan, Shi LANYA and Liu Changchun, playing red apricot. In 2006, Peng Dan played a simple female soldier of the Eighth Route Army in the movie Zhang sider. The film won the "five one project" award of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the "best feature film" award of China Film Huabiao award, the "best feature film" award of Changchun International Film Festival and the "best feature film" award of China Film Hundred Flowers Award. At the end of the same year, Peng Dan and Deng Jiajia co starred in the same-sex movie "except Wushan", in which Liu Yin, the female writer played by Peng Dan, is a modern urban intellectual woman with high intelligence and emotional intelligence. In 2009, Peng Dan starred in the patriotic feature film "lovely China", which was one of the four key recommended films for the 60th anniversary of the Central Propaganda Department. In January 2013, Peng Dan was recommended by the China Zhi Gong Party to the Gansu Provincial CPPCC. After the deliberation and approval of the chairman meeting of the Gansu Provincial CPPCC, he submitted to the 21st standing committee meeting of the 10th Gansu Provincial CPPCC for consultation and decision, and became one of the 19 members of the "cultural and art sector" of the Gansu Provincial CPPCC. Later, Peng Dan directed and starred in Nanniwan, a film promoting the spirit of the Chinese nation, which was widely recognized by the state The State Administration of electricity and power (SARFT) has determined that it is the "key gift film of the 18th CPC National Congress", and Peng Dan has won the "2013 best new director award" and "the best screenwriter award of the 5th Macau International Film Festival". In July 2014, Peng Dan won the best actress award of the first Sino US International TV festival for his main theme film Nanniwan; meanwhile, Peng Dan is in the process of scene selection for the Sino US Anti Japanese War feature film B29 love affair, and is preparing a 30 episode TV series Fuzhou people in the United States.

Personal life

Peng Dan was born in a "red" family. His grandfather was vice mayor of Zunyi City.

Main works

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Director's work

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social activities

From 1996 to 2013, Peng Dan provided free financial assistance to 14 poor out of school children of sunshine primary school in Jintang County, Sichuan Province for 18 consecutive years. from 2001 to 2010, Peng Dan donated 1.5 million yuan to Sichuan Kanggu hospital twice and established "Peng Dan love foundation". In 2004, Peng Dan was appointed as the "health image ambassador" of the international Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Prevention and control activities. In 2006, Peng Dan donated money for the "love of the earth - mother's water cellar" project to help poor families in Northwest China. In 2008, Peng Dan was appointed as the spokesperson of Hua Mulan cultural image of China's new socialist countryside project. in 2010, Peng Dan donated 1 million yuan to the "Zeng AI public welfare foundation" and set up the "Zeng AI Peng Dan special fund" to contribute to the welfare of the orphans and disabled in the mine disaster and children; in July, he served as the public welfare image ambassador of the 2010 Guangdong idol competition. in the 2013 Gansu earthquake, Peng Dan bought at his own expense tents, bedding, folding beds and other materials with a total value of 400000 yuan to help the local people; in may 2014, Dunhuang City, Gansu Province hired Peng Dan as the image spokesman.

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Peng Dan is a sexy spokesperson, she has "devil figure" body proportion: height 1.69 meters, three circumference are 36, 24, 36, beautiful appearance and mature behavior. (Shangdu online review) after moving to the mainland market, she has become the heroine of CCTV's first spring documentary drama for six consecutive years, so she is known as the leader of red artists. (Tencent Entertainment review)

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