Cai Ming (; born 21 October 1961) is a Chinese singer, actress, and sketch comedy performer.
Cai is notable for performing
sketch comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and ...
in
CCTV New Year's Gala
The ''CCTV New Year's Gala'', also known as the ''Spring Festival Gala'', and commonly abbreviated in Chinese as ''Chunwan'', is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Media Group (CMG). It is broadcast annually on the eve of Chinese Ne ...
since 1991.
Biography
Cai was born into an educated family in Beijing on October 21, 1961, and she is of
Hui ethnic group, the daughter of Tian Hua (), a doctor, and Cai Yuping (), a professor at
Capital University of Economics and Business
Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB) () is a modern, multi-disciplinary financial and economic public university in Beijing, China. Founded in 1956 when the Ministry of Education founded the Beijing Economics Institute. In 199 ...
.
After graduating from junior high school, Cai entered the Beijing Film Studio Troupe.
In 1973, she starred in Xie Tieli's film ''Haixia'' (), and this made her become famous overnight.
Cai performed
sketch comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and ...
in
CCTV New Year's Gala
The ''CCTV New Year's Gala'', also known as the ''Spring Festival Gala'', and commonly abbreviated in Chinese as ''Chunwan'', is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Media Group (CMG). It is broadcast annually on the eve of Chinese Ne ...
since 1991.
Since July 2020, she has been working as a voice actress for
Virtual YouTuber ''Nanako'', who belongs to
VirtuaReal Star.
Personal life
At the age of 22, Cai met her husband Ding Qiuxing (), who is a Chinese director, they married in 1985, their son, Ding Ding (), was born in July 1986.
Works
Discography
* ''Across'' (), Cai Ming's debut studio album, was released on 1 January 2004.
Film
Television
CCTV New Year's Gala
Awards
References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
21st-century Chinese actresses
20th-century Chinese actresses
Singers from Beijing
Chinese women singers
Chinese film actresses
Chinese television actresses
Actresses from Beijing
Hui actresses
Hui singers
Chinese stage actresses