Chen Chong

essential information

Early experience

Chen Chong grew up in a family of medical workers. Influenced by his parents, he developed the habit of reading. When she was in primary school, she began to learn to play the piano and accordion. When I was in middle school, I participated in the activities of the school troupe and performed many literary and artistic programs, which laid a solid foundation for future performances.

In 1978, she was admitted to Shanghai Institute of foreign languages, majoring in English and American literature. In order to get rid of the confusion of becoming famous, he went to the United States to study in 1981 and made a living through scholarships, libraries and restaurants. In 1981, he studied at the State University of New York at new Palz, but found that film was still his hobby. After that, he studied film production at California State University at Northridge. Since 1986, he has been going to Hollywood alone.

Acting experience

In 1976, she came to the fore as a dumb girl in the film youth directed by Xie Jin.

In 1979, he starred in the film "Xiaohua" with Tang Guoqiang and Liu Xiaoqing. Zhao Xiaohua, who has a special destiny, was portrayed as extremely emotional. The next year, 19-year-old Chen Chong won the best actress award of the third popular film Hundred Flowers Award and the best actress award of the Yugoslavia Film Festival.

In 1981, he starred in the film awakening directed by Teng Wenji. In 1986, Chen Chong was found in the parking lot by Italian producer Dino de Laurentius, and was invited to star in the American film Da Ban.

In 1987, she played the heroine Wanrong in the film the last emperor directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

In 1990, she gradually emerged in the American film world. In 1990, he took part in the TV series double peaks directed by David Lynch.

In 1993, she became the "mother" in heaven and earth. In the same year, Chen Chong also took over the film "seducing monks" directed by Luo zhuoyao.

In 1994, she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress for her role in the film Red Rose and white rose.

In 1995, Chen Chong became a judge of the Berlin Film Festival. Seeing many meaningless and worthless films, Chen Chong decided to write and direct his own.

In 1997, he directed the film Tianyu for the first time, which won seven awards, including best director, best actor and heroine, and best music, at the 35th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. In 1998, he was invited back to China to take part in the TV series "green card clan".

In 2000, Chen Chong invested 50 million US dollars and directed the film autumn in New York. Although the film was limited by the producers, it still made 100 million US dollars for the film company.

In 2005, Chen Chong starred in the film face directed by Alice Wu and won the outstanding Chinese American award from the American Chinese museum together with the governor of Washington, Locke.

In 2007, Chen Chong won the best actress award of the 44th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards for his Australian film "the story of his hometown", and won the lifetime achievement award of the Hawaii International Film Festival in the same year.

In 2008, Chen Chong won the best supporting actress award of the 2nd Asian Film Awards and the 100 media tribute Award for his film "the sun also rises".

In 2012, Chen Chong played Dugu Jialuo, the literature queen in the TV series heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties, a native of Yunzhong in the Sui Dynasty, and the seventh daughter of Dugu Xin, the great Sima of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

In 2013, he participated in CCTV variety show "dancing out of my life" with Qi Zhifeng as his partner. On June 16, in the eighth issue of CCTV "dancing out of my life", Chen Chong and Qi Zhifeng performed a song "brothers".

In 2014, he participated in the screening ceremony of the last emperor in California; on October 1, he participated in the selection of the 51st Golden Horse Awards of Taiwan film, and appointed the chairman of the jury.

In 2015, his partners Huang Xiaoming, Yang Mi, Yang Ying, etc. took part in the film "how can Sheng and Xiao Mo" and played Pei Fangmei. In 2016, he took part in the film "no other love" directed by Zhao Wei, and in the costume drama "Ruyi biography" in the same year.

In 2018, she joined Jessica chastan to star in the new film Eve. On December 13, 2019, the starring movie "manslaughter" will be released. In 2020, he and Wang Xun played in the film "firm as a rock" directed by Zhang Yimou.

In March 2021, the movie "loyal dog" starring Feng Xiaogang will be released on December 31, in which she plays Li Jiazhen.

Personal life

family background

Grandfather: Chen Wengui, microbiologist, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Grandfather: Chen Wenjing, who studied medicine in the United States in his early years;

Grandfather: Zhang Changshao, founder of Chinese pharmacology;

Grandmother: Shi Yifan, a famous sociologist;

Father: Chen Xingrong, radiologist of Shanghai Huashan Hospital;

Mother: Zhang Anzhong, Professor of Fudan University;

Uncle: Chen Xingbei, Chen Xingji;

Aunt: Chen Xiaoqing;

Brother: Chen Chuan, Chinese painter in America.

Meet your grandfather again

Zhang Changshao, Chen Chong's grandfather, enjoys a high reputation in the medical field in China. He once studied in the UK, received his doctor of medicine and doctor of philosophy, and also studied at Harvard University. When Chen Chong was 6 years old, in 1967, his grandfather committed suicide. In the following years, adults never mentioned him in front of her and her brother Chen Chuan. After getting married, Chen Chong accidentally saw his grandfather's name in the dictionary of people of the people's Republic of China, and then realized that he was a "great" person. Then, finally, she and her mother sat down and talked about grandfather for the first time.

Original name

The first time he left Shanghai to study in the United States, Chen Chong took only a small amount of luggage, but unconsciously took his grandfather's old photos with him. Later, she was surprised to find that she had not forgotten her grandfather, "but all I remember is the day he left, and I can't remember anything else. I must have tried my best to recall every move he made that day and to understand why he never went home. That day, like the solar eclipse, blocked all the sunshine in my memory But her mother also told her, "your name is from my grandfather, which means the second ah Zhong."

Emotional experience

In 1981, Chen Chong went to the United States to study film making. In order to earn tuition, I made movies in Hollywood in my spare time and met my ex husband Liu Qing. He was a body coach in Hollywood. Liu Qing not only takes care of Chen Chong's life, but also acts as her agent. But after marriage, because of the wrong life background, way of thinking and other aspects of divorce.

On New Year's Eve in 1991, Chen Chong met Peter. In 1992, they got married. Peter is a famous cardiologist from Guangdong. Chen Chong and Pei have two daughters, Xu Wenting and Xu Wenshan. Xu Wenting, the eldest, graduated from Harvard University, and Xu Wenshan, the youngest, is an actor.

Main works

Take part in the film

Take part in TV series

variety show

Directing works

Magazine Photo

social activities

In 2008, Chen Chong, Ma Yili and Ke LAN served as pink ambassadors to promote breast health.

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Chen Chong is a famous actor, screenwriter and director with the spirit of exploration. (Phoenix Online Review)

Chen Chong is a girl who can act. She can even act in voice, body, finger, eye and eyebrow. (comments by Guan Jinpeng)

Chen Chong is one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. (review of People magazine)

Her performance gives us unlimited possibilities. We are not sure about all these. If you watch Chen Chong's performance more than once, you will have a different understanding. But she was the representative of that era, and she made the whole film come true. (comment by Ang Lee)

Character controversy

In 1998, Chen Chong applied to China Adoption Center for international adoption, asking for adoption of children under 2 years old. In July, he adopted two twin sisters Xueying and Xuehua in Nanning social welfare center. In October, Chen Chong's daughter was born, but she insisted in an interview: "we treat the three daughters equally." Agent response: Chen Chong didn't have much energy to take care of three children at the same time, so he "transferred" his twin daughter to a New York couple. Since Chen Chong is a U.S. citizen, the child will also become a U.S. citizen after being adopted, so the procedures for re selecting adoptive families will be operated by the U.S. adoption department, and the China adoption center cannot participate in the specific operation procedures.

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