Brigitte Lin
1954-11-03 ( 70 years old ) in Taipei, Taiwan

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.

Movies

Peony Pavilion 2001-12-07
Bishonen 1998-08-14
Ashes of Time 1994-09-17
Fire Dragon 1994-08-13
Deadful Melody 1994-01-08
Boys Are Easy 1993-08-12
Royal Tramp 2 1992-09-24
Dragon Inn 1992-08-22
Royal Tramp 1992-07-30
Red Dust 1990-11-23
Flag of Honor 1987-10-07
Lady in Black 1987-01-11
True Colours 1986-12-18
Dream Lovers 1986-04-25
Police Story 1985-12-14
Seven Foxes 1985-10-03
Fire Dragon 1983-09-02
Night Orchid 1983-01-01
The Switch 1982-02-07
Love Massacre 1981-03-26
Magnificent 72 1980-06-11
The Marigolds 1980-03-29
Poor Chasers 1980-02-16
A Love Seed 1979-01-23
Off to Success 1979-01-01
Morning Fog 1978-07-30
The Misty Moon 1978-02-07
Love By Post 1976-09-25
Different Love 1976-04-17
Run Lover Run 1975-10-24
True Love 1975-07-05
Hot Wave 1975-06-06
The Life God 1975-04-26
Misty Drizzle 1975-03-28
Girl Friend 1974-12-12
News Hen 1974-12-05
Moon River 1974-01-01