Cheng Pei-pei
Actor
- Born
- December 4, 1946 · Shanghai, China
- Died
- July 17, 2024 (age 77)
Cheng Pei-pei (Chinese: 鄭佩佩, December 4, 1946–July 17, 2024) was an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. It made her a contender for one of the first female action star. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s. In 2000, she returned to international attention with her role as Jade Fox in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. She followed this up with her portrayal of Long Po in the 2004 television miniseries Watery Moon, Hollow Sky, which was shown on Asian-American television as Paradise. She worked for Zhouyi Media in mainland China.
Known for
Mulan
September 4, 2020
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
July 6, 2000
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
February 27, 2009
Naked Weapon
November 15, 2002
Flirting Scholar
July 1, 1993
Come Drink with Me
April 7, 1966
Lilting
August 8, 2014
Goldstone
July 7, 2016
Wing Chun
March 24, 1994
A Man Called Hero
July 17, 1999
They Wait
September 6, 2007
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
August 14, 2019
Acting99
- 2022The King of Wuxia Part 2 as Self
- 2022The King of Wuxia Part 1 as Self
- 2020Mulan as The Matchmaker
- 2019Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self
- 2019Bell Chamber as Qin Yi
- 2019In a New York Minute as Amy's Mother
- 2019Flirting Scholar from the Future as Mistress Hua
- 2017Escaping as 翠英
- 2017Meditation Park as Maria
- 2016Goldstone