Acting
Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia
CN, ZH, EN cinema · 107 credits
Born
3 November 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Taipei, Taiwan
Also known as Venus Lin · Lam Ching-Ha · Lin Ching-Ha · Lin Ching-Tsia · Lam Cheng-Ha · Lin Chin-Hsia
Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia (Chinese: 林青霞; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiá; born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen. She was born in Taipei, and was "discovered" in 1972 by a film producer, and first appeared in many Taiwanese romance films based on the novels of Chiung Yao. Her movie debut is in Chuangwai. She later switched over to making movies in Hong Kong. At the height of her popularity she was arguably one of the most sought-after actresses in the Chinese film industry. She starred in more than 100 movies. In Hong Kong movies, Lin made a career of playing transgender roles: in Peking Opera Blues she plays a tomboy who dresses in male Western clothes; in New Dragon Gate Inn she is a woman who dresses as a man, and in Swordsman II and III she plays a male character who castrates himself for power and so is now slowly turning into a woman. She had a good working relationship with Tsui Hark, acting in many of the films he directed (like Peking Opera Blues) and produced (Swordsman II). She married businessman Michael Ying in 1994 and left the film industry. She has two daughters, born in 1997 and 2001. She made her first public appearance since her marriage at a screening of Ashes of Time Redux at the 2008 New York Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Lin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
as Self (archive footage)
Ashes of Time Redux
as 慕容嫣、慕容燕
Peony Pavilion
as Narrator
Bishonen
as Narrator
Chungking Express
as Woman in Blonde Wig
Ashes of Time
as Murong Yang / Murong Yin / Dugu Qiubai
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
as Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
Deadful Melody
as Snow
The Three Swordsmen
as Ming Kim
Fire Dragon
as Ha / Fire Dragon
The Bride with White Hair 2
as Lien Ni Chang
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
as Dung Fong Bat Bai
The Bride with White Hair
as Lien Ni Chang
The Black Panther Warriors
as Chin Chin
Boys Are Easy
as Ching Siu Tung
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
as Third Princess
New Dragon Gate Inn
as Yau Mo Yan
The Legend of the Swordsman
as Dung Fong Bat Bai
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
as Yun Zhifan
Royal Tramp
as Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
Royal Tramp 2
as Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
Red Dust
as Shen Shao-Hua
Web of Deception
as Jane Lin
Starry Is the Night
as To Caimei
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
as Sister Maria
Peking Opera Blues
as Tsao Wan
Dream Lovers
as Cheung Yuet-Heung
True Colours
as May
Police Story
as Salina Fong
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
as Ice Queen
All the Wrong Spies
as Bridget
Seven Black Heroines
as 黑狐方慧君 Black Fox
Fire Dragon
as Lily (archive footage)
Night Orchid
as Su-su
The Great Surprise
as Robber Robin
Pink Force Commando
as Jackal
The Switch
as Shen Yin-Pai
Burn Phoenix Burn
as Wei Yen-jan
Poor Chasers
as Shen Jung
Return of Monsoon
as Wen Jiayi
The Wild Goose on the Wing
as Tao Tan-feng
An Unforgettable Day
as Tien Yu-Chiu
Love Under a Rosy Sky
as Tsai Chin
Love of the White Snake
as White Snake
The Dream of the Red Chamber
as Jia Baoyu
Orchid in the Rain
as Chiu Meng
Cloud of Romance
as Tuan Wanlu
The Love Affair of Rainbow
as Xiao Hong
Different Love
as Sung Hsiao Yu
Come Fly with Me
as Liu Yen-mei
The Autumn Love Song
as Zhi Jun
Love Forever
as 依莲 I Lien
The Forest of Forever
as Luo Ya-nan
Run Lover Run
as Hsu Li Ping
Eight Hundred Heroes
as Yang Hui Min
The Unforgettable Character
as Tu Hsiao-Shuang
Hot Wave
as Hsiao Shao-Yu
Ghost of the Mirror
as Su-Su / Yau Ying
Moon River
as 梁新蘭 Liang Hsin Lan
The House for Love
as Xiao Yu
Girl Friend
as Hsia Hsiao-tsan
Love, Love, Love
as Lin Chunchun
Outside the Window
as 江雁容 Chiang Yen Yung