Cao Lei

Cao Lei

Cao Lei, female voice actor. Born in 1940 in Pujiang, Zhejiang Province. He graduated from the performance Department of Shanghai Academy of drama in 1962 and stayed in school to teach. In 1965, he joined the Shanghai Film Studio as an actor and played major roles in films such as "the Jinsha River" and "the young generation". Since 1982, she has been the dubbing actor and director of Shanghai Film Studio, dubbing the heroines in such translated films as "extraordinary Emma", "doctor Edward", "national interests", "presidential anecdotes", "the last subway", "Putian March", "sister slope" and "Eagle crown Manor"; and acting as "Spartacus", "war and peace", "a room with a view" and "love in Berlin" And so on.

Personal experience

Cao Lei was born in Jiangxi and came to Shanghai at the age of five. Cao Lei's father, Cao Juren, was active in the literary world of Shanghai in the 1930s. During the Anti Japanese War, he was also a famous war reporter and a drama lover. He hopes his daughter can become an actor in the future. When Cao Lei was still in the first grade of primary school, her father wrote a speech for her: "I want to be an actor.". Cao Lei clearly remembers the words in the speech: "I want me to cry, others will cry, I laugh, others will laugh." However, at home, my father speaks "Mandarin" with Zhejiang accent, my mother speaks Shanghai dialect with Suzhou accent, and my grandmother speaks Mandarin with Suzhou accent. The Mandarin language environment for Cao Lei is almost zero. It is the cornerstone of Cao Lei's success not to miss any chance to learn Putonghua. Over the years, Cao Lei and his husband have traveled to more than 40 countries. In pursuit of the trace on the screen, a 302 page book "follow the shadow" was out of print, together with two books "far away echoes". In Xinhua Bookstore, she held a book signing ceremony for fans.

Overcome the disease

In 1962, Cao Lei graduated from Shanghai Drama Academy. After three years as a teacher, he was transferred to Shanghai Film Studio. In the early 1960s, she was a famous film actress, and she had acted in such popular films as "Jinsha by the river" and "the young generation". However, the happiness and aura brought by the film were as short as a fleeting moment, and then the Cultural Revolution began. During those years, all the dreams and expectations of art can only be deeply buried in her heart. Her most beautiful youth can only be pale and silent day after day. By the end of the cultural revolution, she was nearly 40 years old. Originally thought that she could return to the stage and screen, but a serious illness almost took her life. Because of this disease, she had to go from the front of the screen to the back of the screen and began dubbing in Shanghai Film Studio. In the factory, as soon as she got into the studio, she forgot about time and illness. It was this desire and love for art that supported her to overcome her illness. Health Secret according to Cao leilai, a good attitude is the only way to maintain physical and mental health and overcome everything, and travel brings her the feeling of being on the spot. when you come to the home of Cao Lei, a famous dubbing performance artist, you will first be attracted by a magnetic board at the entrance, which is covered with refrigerator stickers such as the head of the Egyptian Pharaoh, Princess Sisi of Austria, Mr. mole of the Czech Republic, etc. Cao Lei said: "these are small things collected from every trip to a place. If you paste them together, you can recall the state of mind at that time." Q & a body five questions Q: do you have regular physical examination? a: Yes, once a year. q: your health rules? a: keep an optimistic attitude and see a doctor in time if you are sick. Q: how do you unzip it? a: travel. Q: how often do you exercise? a: take a walk and do some acupoint exercises. q: what kind of life do you want most? a: I can do something I like every day and leave something beautiful for everyone.

Travel with movies

"I've worked as a translator for more than ten years, watched countless foreign movies, and followed the characters all over the world. But it's not my own experience after all. Instead, it aroused my desire to find the experience of being on the scene. After I had the freedom to control my time, the first thing I did was to go out for a walk. The movie became my guide map. " Cao Lei wrote in her book. Cao Lei and his husband have traveled to more than 40 countries together. They arrange several trips every year and revisit some places several times. Cao Lei especially likes Turkey, Egypt and Andalusia in Spain. On the Nile boat in Egypt, she would think of "the tragedy on the Nile" and follow the trace on the screen. Before each trip, Cao Lei would do his homework well to understand the local history, environment, religion, customs, culture and people's feelings. With a certain amount of knowledge, the harvest of the trip would increase a lot. "Seeing the world, seeing others, and then looking back at himself, how we can and should live our lives will become clear."

Good attitude does not show weakness

he has experienced a lot along the way, Cao Lei said frankly: "when all the barriers come, he will see life more thoroughly and bear more burden. Life itself will educate and transform himself." Having been seriously ill twice, Cao Lei felt that it was a matter of his last life, and he almost forgot it. Recalling the beginning, Cao Lei, who had just finished the operation, did not shed a drop of tears and faced everything very rationally. Cao Lei is famous for telling jokes. She often tells jokes to her patients in the ward. She thinks: "you should be able to find happy things in life and have fun on your own, so many things are easy to extricate yourself." In 1982, she moved from the front stage to the back stage and came to the studio. It was the most glorious time for the studio. There is no doubt that Cao Lei started the work. Her busy state made her forget that she was a patient. "It's better to be busy. It's more substantial and won't think too much." Cao Lei summed up that the secret of his health is a good attitude. Of course, what we should pay attention to can not be ignored. Cao Lei insisted on regular review. After five years of taking traditional Chinese medicine, he ate more light food, avoided sweet food, ate on time, took medicine regularly, and ate a small amount of food. Self control is very important. Today, Cao Lei returns to the stage, performing several plays every year, attending recitations, various charity activities and giving lectures to blind children. In a busy state, Cao Lei would adjust her schedule. She would fill in the calendar one by one, and relax the rest of the time. "When you are old, you should use your brain more, attend recitation meetings, and recite it as much as possible. Open a microblog to share with you, contact with the outside world of new things, don't shut yourself up. Experienced, will understand the day by day valuable, well happily, has the harvest to increase the sense of satisfaction

Back to drama

In 1991, Cao Lei returned to the stage of drama. At that time, an alumni who came back from studying in Japan brought back a script called "passport" and found Cao Lei. At that time, Shanghai's drama stage was still very withered, and there was no small theater. They set up a stage in the banquet hall of Shanghai Portman Hotel, surrounded by the audience. The whole performance only Cao Lei and another actor, but it was recognized and loved by all the audience, which caused quite a stir at that time. This is Cao Lei's first return to the stage since he left the screen in 1964. Since then, she has appeared more and more frequently on the stage. In 1992, she successfully played Song Qingling in the drama "Madame and friends"; in 1996, on the 50th anniversary of Shanghai Academy of drama, seven generations of alumni jointly performed a "secret history of the Qing palace", in which Cao Lei played Empress Dowager Cixi. Later, in Kong Fansen, Cao Lei won the "Magnolia" Drama Art Award for his excellent performance as Kong Fansen's wife. "No matter how small the role is, I will give my heart and soul. Only by playing every role well can we achieve good results. " That's what Cao Lei said and did. Because, she deeply loves the stage of art.

Personal life

Cao Lei and Cao Jingxing are a pair of children born to Cao Juren and his wife Deng Keyun. Cao Lei, a director and actor, now lives in Shanghai. Cao Jingxing once worked for Chinese channel of Phoenix Satellite TV. On May 24, 2013, Cao Jingxing announced that he officially joined Asian United satellite TV (UNB) and took up the post of general manager. He now lives in Hong Kong. Since she first appeared on stage at the age of three and a half, her father Cao Juren has exerted a subtle influence on her. In her speech, her father wrote a sentence: "I cry and people cry, and I laugh and people laugh." it became the enlightenment light of Cao Lei's art road. Later, Cao Lei, who is already a famous film actor and drama actor, came off the stage because of a serious illness. After a struggle with fate, she made her second artistic life by translating and dubbing. "I love dubbing with all my heart." Cao Lei said. The story of Cao Lei's "killing" into the Shanghai Film Studio has become a good talk because he voiced a character who killed a lot in the first work. She is good at playing, but she has become a professional voice operator for "Queen". From "Queen Elizabeth" in foreign countries to "Empress Wu" in China, the dignified female images are portrayed deeply through her voice, and Cao Lei himself is addicted to "Queen".

Main works

film

"Dr. Edward" Constance (Ingrid Bergman) "Princess Sisi" Sufi queen mother "extraordinary Emma" Emma "sin in the sun" Daphne "Kung Fu Panda 2" Yang Xiangu "queen in Prada" Miranda

TV play

Daming Palace Ci by Wu Zetian (GUI Yalei) Hanwu emperor by Empress Dowager Dou (GUI Yalei) the Pleiades of the sky by Cixi (Yuzi Tanaka) 2010 version of dream of Red Mansions by Jia Mu (Zhou Caiqin) thunderstorm TV

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