Name
Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1954-11-03 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Taipei, Taiwan
Biography
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.
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Known For
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- 1994 Chungking Express as Woman in Blonde Wig
- 1993 The Bride with White Hair 2 as Lien Ni Chang
- 1985 Police Story as Salina Fong
- 1992 New Dragon Gate Inn as Yau Mo Yan
- 1994 Ashes of Time as Murong Yang / Murong Yin / Dugu Qiubai
- 1983 Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain as Ice Queen
- 1983 Fantasy Mission Force as Lily
- 1994 The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains as Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
- 1977 The Dream of the Red Chamber as Jia Baoyu
- 1986 Peking Opera Blues as Tsao Wan
- 1993 Swordsman III: The East Is Red as Dung Fong Bat Bai
- 1992 The Legend of the Swordsman as Dung Fong Bat Bai
- 1994 Deadful Melody as Snow
- 1993 The Bride with White Hair as Lien Ni Chang
- 2001 Peony Pavilion as Narrator
- 1976 The Beauty with Two Faces
- 1983 All the Wrong Spies as Bridget
- 1983 Seven Black Heroines as 黑狐方慧君 Black Fox
- 1982 Pink Force Commando as Jackal
- 1994 The Three Swordsmen as Ming Kim
- 1984 The Other Side of Gentleman as Jo Jo
- 1994 Fire Dragon as Ha / Fire Dragon
- 1981 Love Massacre as Ivy
- 1992 Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land as Yun Zhifan
- 1989 Web of Deception as Jane Lin
- 1986 Dream Lovers as Cheung Yuet-Heung
- 1988 Starry Is the Night as To Caimei
- 1993 The Black Panther Warriors as Chin Chin
- 1990 Red Dust as Shen Shao-Hua
- 1976 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- 1987 Lady in Black as May
- 1993 Boys Are Easy as Ching Siu Tung
- 1986 True Colours as May
- 1993 The Eagle Shooting Heroes as Third Princess
- 1992 Handsome Siblings as More
- 1983 Fire Dragon as Lily (archive footage)
- 1975 The Forest of Forever as Luo Ya-nan
- 1983 Black and White
- 1976 Different Love as Sung Hsiao Yu
- 1974 Ghost of the Mirror as Su-Su / Yau Ying
- 1973 Outside the Window as 江雁容 Chiang Yen Yung
- 1974 Gone with the Cloud
- 1974 Moon River as 梁新蘭 Liang Hsin Lan
- 1976 Forever My Love
- 1976 My Funny Intern
- 1981 The Women Soldiers
- 1987 The Thirty Million Dollar Rush as Sister Maria
- 1975 Misty Drizzle
- 1975 Little Sister-in-law
- 1978 Love of the White Snake as White Snake
- 1976 Come Fly with Me as Liu Yen-mei
- 1982 Phoenix the Raider
- 1977 There's No Place like Home
- 1976 The Autumn Love Song as Zhi Jun
- 1974 The House for Love as Xiao Yu
- 1982 The Switch as Shen Yin-Pai
- 1975 Run Lover Run as Hsu Li Ping
- 1978 Love's Many Faces
- 1980 The Marigolds
- 1984 Be Careful Sweetheart
- 1979 Return of Monsoon as Wen Jiayi
- 1987 Flag of Honor
- 1977 Orchid in the Rain as Chiu Meng
- 1979 By Love Obsessed
- 1998 Bishonen as Narrator
- 1985 Seven Foxes
- 1983 The Four Sheepish Dummies
- 1980 Poor Chasers as Shen Jung
- 1978 Morning Fog
- 1977 Love in My Heart
- 1982 Lily Under the Gun as Lily
- 1982 Burn Phoenix Burn as Wei Yen-jan
- 1975 Eight Hundred Heroes as Yang Hui Min
- 1975 The Unforgettable Character as Tu Hsiao-Shuang
- 1975 Hot Wave as Hsiao Shao-Yu
- 1974 Girl Friend as Hsia Hsiao-tsan
- 1974 Green Green Meadow
- 1976 The Chasing Game
- 1979 The Wild Goose on the Wing as Tao Tan-feng
- 1978 The Misty Moon
- 1979 An Unforgettable Day as Tien Yu-Chiu
- 1983 Night Orchid as Su-su
- 1977 Cloud of Romance as Tuan Wanlu
- 1978 Birds Are Singing Everywhere
- 1974 Love, Love, Love as Lin Chunchun
- 1974 News Hen
- 1974 Long Way from Home
- 1975 The Life God
- 1975 He Loved Once Too Many
- 1975 True Love
- 1977 The Love Affair of Rainbow as Xiao Hong
- 1979 A Love Seed
- 1979 Love Under a Rosy Sky as Tsai Chin
- 1978 The Story of Green House
- 1980 Magnificent 72
- 1976 Love By Post
- 1983 The Great Surprise as Robber Robin
- 1979 Off to Success
- 1976 Tomorrow I'm 20
- 1981 无情荒地有情天
- 1979 A Journey of Love
- 1976 Love Forever as 依莲 I Lien
- 1992 Royal Tramp as Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
- 1992 Royal Tramp 2 as Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
- 2008 Ashes of Time Redux as 慕容嫣、慕容燕
- 1991 A Portrait of Lin Ching Hsia as Self
- 2021 One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart as Self (archive footage)
- 1962 Golden Horse Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Midi Première ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 Celebrity Talk Show ( 2 episodes ) as 林青霞
- Soon 林青霞电影合集 ( 1 episode ) as 主演
