Ding Jiali (; born 16 December 1959) is a Chinese actress. Her career accolades include two

Plum Blossom Prize The China Theatre Plum Blossom Award (), more commonly the Plum Blossom Award, is the highest theatrical award in China. It is awarded by the China Theatre Association. Several Taiwanese have also won the award, such as Wei Hai-min. History The ...

s and Golden Rooster Awards, a Hundred Flowers Award,

Flying Apsaras Award China TV Drama Flying Apsaras Awards (), also known as Flying Apsaras Awards or simply Feitian Awards, is a biennial awards ceremony awarding excellent achievement in Chinese television. Named after the ''Gandhanra'' aka ''Flying Apsaras'', the a ...

Huabiao Award China Huabiao Film Awards (), also simply known as Huabiao Awards, is an annual awards ceremony for Chinese cinema. Named after the decorative Chinese winged columns (''huabiaos''), The Huabiao Awards were first instituted in 1957 as the Ministr ...

, Golden Phoenix Award, Chinese Film Media Award and Splendor Award.

Life

Early life

Ding was born in 1959 in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, she graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, majoring in acting. After graduating she was assigned to the

National Theatre Company of China The National Theater of China or National Theater Company of China (), based in Beijing, is China's national theatrical company, founded on December 25, 2001 with the merger of China National Youth Theater () and China National Experimental Theat ...

, where she met her first boyfriend.

Acting career

Ding had her first experience in front of the camera in 1986, and she was chosen to act as "Xiaobaixie" in Wang Junzheng's film ''A Woman In the Mountains'', for which she won the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 7th Golden Rooster Awards. At the same year, she won the 3rd

. In 1992, Ding won the "Best Supporting Actress" at the 12th Golden Rooster Awards for her performance in ''Spring Festival''. In 1993, Ding played the role of Han Liting in Xia Gang's film ''No More Applause'', for which she received "Outstanding Actress" award and "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 2nd Beijing College Student Film Festival and 17th Hundred Flowers Awards respectively. In 1999, Ding won the Golden Phoenix Award for her performance in ''The Red Card'', and won the "Outstanding Actress" award at the 19th Flying Apsaras Awards for her performance in ''Love Unspoken''. One year later, Ding won the Splendor Award and the 17th

. In 2001, Ding acted in Lu Xuechang's film ''

Cala, My Dog! ''Cala, My Dog!'' is a 2003 Chinese comedy film directed by Lu Xuechang. The film had its world premiere at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival and its Chinese release a week earlier on February 2, 2003. The film follows a blue-collar worke ...

'' as Yu Lan, alongside Ge You and Ha Yu; she was nominated for "Best Actress" award at the 26th Hundred Flowers Awards and the 4th Chinese Film Media Awards. In 2006, Ding participated in ''The Lane Premier'', a film directed by Li Qimin, which garnered her an "Outstanding Actress" award at the 12th Huabiao Awards and received nomination at the 8th Changchun Film Festival.

Personal life

Ding was married twice. Her first husband was Wu Guangchuan (). In 1986, when she was pregnant she heard her husband had an affair. Their daughter Hu Duoduo () was born in 1987, and in the same year, they divorced. She remarried in 1990 and her second husband is a professor. Their son Guoguo () was born in 1991,but the couple divorced in the same year.

Works

Film

Television

Awards

References

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