Shu Qi

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shu.

Shu Qi
Shu Qi at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
Chinese name	舒淇 (Traditional)
Chinese name	舒淇 (Simplified)
Birth name	林立慧 (Lín Lìhuì)
Born	April 16, 1976 (1976-04-16) (age 33) Taipei, Taiwan
Years active	1996 - present
Official Website	www.shu-qi.com
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best New Performer 1996 Viva Erotica Best Supporting Actress 1996 Viva Erotica 1998 Portland Street Blues Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Supporting Actress 1996 Viva Erotica' Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actress 1998 Your Place or Mine Best Actress 2005 Three Times

Shu Qi (Chinese: 舒淇; pinyin: ShÅ« Qí; Wade-Giles: Shu Ch'i; born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui (æž—ç«‹æ…§). Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi, Shu Qui or Shu Kei (Cantonese). Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order as Qi Shu.

Career

She starred in Derek Yee's 1996 film, Viva Erotica, which was about the erotic film industry in Hong Kong, opposite the late Leslie Cheung and Karen Morris. At the Hong Kong Film Awards, she received the Best Supporting Actress award for the film. Since then, she has appeared in mainstream Hong Kong films such as Gorgeous (1998) opposite Jackie Chan, Stanley Kwan's The Island Tales (1999) and Hou Hsiao-Hsien's critically acclaimed Millennium Mambo (2000).

In 2002, she appeared in the Hollywood film The Transporter and the Asian action film So Close. In 2004, she played the main role in the Hong Kong horror film The Eye 2.

In 2005, she won the Best Actress Award at the 2005 Golden Horse Awards for her three roles in Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Three Times.

From 2006-2009, she was selected by Kenzo to be part of the third advertising campaign for its successful fragrance, Flower by Kenzo.

In 2008, she was member of the jury of the Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2009, she was member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival.

Reputation

Despite her involvements in softcore films during her early stage of career, Shu Qi successfully overcame the pressure arisen from the Chinese conservative culture and gained her popularity through her acting talent and attractive appearance. She has been consistently ranked as one of the 99 most desirable women around the world by AskMen.Com

Shu Qi represents Frederique Constant in Asia as brand ambassador since 2008. Shu Qi, Frederique Constant and Paint-a-Smile Foundation transformed the murals on the walls of the cardiology department at the Beijing Children's Hospital in 2009.¹²

Partial filmography

Other works

"Hong Kong" (2008)--an audio walking tour by Louis Vuitton and Soundwalk³⁴.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Shu Qi

• Official website
• Shu Qi at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.shuqi.org/profile/biography.shtml
• http://www.shuqiworld.com/about-shu-qi.php
• http://www.moono.com/html/shu-qi/shu-qi-biography.cfm
• http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_300/310_shu_qi.html
• http://global.yesasia.com/en/Emagazine/ArticlePage.aspx/articleId-123/
• http://skywoland.narod.ru/HsuChi/Hsu.htm
• http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/12/21/for-the-record-89520-20261711/
• http://www.popsquare.com/hsuchi/
• http://www.shuqilive.com

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