Shu Qi
(Hsu Chi, Shu Kei, Lin Li Hui, Fanny Hsu, Qi Shu)
Actress, Model
Born: April 16, 1976- Taiwan
Shu Qi is a lucky woman. One of Hong Kong's busiest actresses, the straight-talking
Taiwanese sex bomb entered the film business through the back door and gained rapid
success, making over 50 movies since her 1996 debut. Starting out not as an
actress, but as a nude model; Shu Qi has achieved what few trained, veteran actors
have- winning three Hong Kong Film Awards, Taiwan's prestigious Golden Horse Award,
and making her international debut in 2002's The Transporter. From showing her cans,
to appearing at Cannes, Shu Qi has come a long way.
Hong Kong filmmaker Manfred Wong was the first to discover Shu Qi (real name Lin
Li Hui), and cast her in Sex and Zen 2, a graphic Category III picture with Loletta Lee.
A borderline autobiographical role as a soft porn star in Derek Yee's Viva Erotica won
her two Hong Kong Film Awards in 1996. With Manfred Wong as her manager, she
has since worked with distinguished "art-house" directors Ann Hui, Stanley Kwan and
Hou Hsiao-Hsien, appeared in music videos with the likes of Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai,
sung onstage with Leslie Cheung, and been seen in advertisements all over Asia.
All this from an actress whose early film roles seemed to mandatorily require nudity.
Yet Shu Qi's transition to mainstream fare was as unlikely as it was inevitable. Though
her magnetic full lipped sexuality was undeniable, she also has a bubbly, precocious,
innocent side to her personality that found its way into her roles. Her part as Jackie
Chan's love interest in Gorgeous was a powerful indication of her crossover success.
It hadn't been long since her days of simulated screen sex with Tsui Kam Kong
and Simon Yam; now she was talking about love to dolphins.
Shu Qi narrowly missed international recognition when she was unable to commit to the
schedule of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (her role ended up going to Zhang Ziyi).
Her second chance for such exposure has come in the form of Luc-Besson's
The Transporter (with Jason Statham), and Corey Yuen's So Close,
(with fellow Asian femmes Vicki Zhao Wei and Karen Mok), distributed by
Columbia Tristar.
Shu Qi Filmography
2001 |
Beijing Rocks |
1998 | Bishonen |
1998 | The Blacksheep Affair |
2000 | Born To Be King |
1998 | City of Glass |
2006 | Confession of Pain |
1998 | Extreme Crisis |
2004 | The Eye 2 |
2001 | Flyin Dance |
2004 | Foliage |
2000 | For Bad Boys Only |
2007 | Forest of Death |
1997 | The Fruit is Swelling |
1999 | Gorgeous |
1996 | Growing Up |
2002 | Haunted Office |
2005 | Home Sweet Home |
2000 | The Island Tales |
2002 | Just One Look (cameo) |
2003 | Looking For Mister Perfect |
1997 | Love, Amoeba Style |
1998 | Love Generation Hong Kong |
1997 | Love is Not a Game, But a Joke |
1997 | L-O-V-E... Love |
2001 | Love Me, Love My Money |
1998 | The Lucky Guy |
1999 | A Man Called Hero |
2001 | Martial Angels |
1999 | Metade Fumaca |
2001 | Millenium Mambo (TAIWAN) |
1997 | My Dad is a Jerk |
1999 | My Loving Trouble |
2000 | My Name is Nobody |
2006 | My Wife is a Gangster 3 (KOREA) |
1998 | Portland Street Blues |
1997 | A Queer Story |
2005 | Seoul Raiders |
1996 | Sex and Zen II |
2000 | Skyline Cruisers |
2002 | So Close |
1998 | The Stormriders |
1996 | Street Angels |
1997 | Those Were the Days |
2005 | Three Times (TAIWAN) |
1996 | Till Death Do Us Laugh |
2001 | Visible Secret |
1996 | Viva Erotica |
2002 | The Wesley's Mysterious File |
1999 | When I Look Upon the Stars |
2002 | Women From Mars |
1998 | Young and Dangerous 5 |
1998 | Young and Dangerous: the Prequel |
Shu Qi- Taiwan Films
Hidden Whisper |
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Home in My Heart | |
1999 | Iron Sister |
2001 | Millennium Mambo |
Shu Qi- American Films
2002 |
The Transporter |
Shu Qi -TV Credits
The Duke of Mount Deer 2000 |
Feel 100% |
Up Where We Belong |
Shu Qi -Video Pictorials
True Woman * |
* features nude modeling by Shu Qi
Hong Kong Film Awards
Best New Performer Award- Shu Qi
1996 Viva Erotica
Best Supporting Actress Nominations- Shu Qi
1998 The Stormriders
Best Supporting Actress Awards- Shu Qi
1996 Viva Erotica
1998 Portland Street Blues
Best Actress Nominations- Shu Qi
1997 Love is Not a Game, But a Joke
1998 City of Glass
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