Cheng Pei-Pei
Known for Acting
Biography
Cheng Pei-Pei (Chinese: 鄭佩佩, December 4, 1946–July 17, 2024) was an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. It made her a contender for one of the first female action star. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s. In 2000, she returned to international attention with her role as Jade Fox in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. She followed this up with her portrayal of Long Po in the 2004 television miniseries Watery Moon, Hollow Sky, which was shown on Asian-American television as Paradise. She worked for Zhouyi Media in mainland China.
Filmography
Mulan
2020
as The Matchmaker
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
as Jade Fox
Flirting Scholar
1993
as Madame Wah
A Man Called Hero
1999
as Hero's Mother
Legendary Amazons
2011
as She Taijun
None But the Brave
1973
as Shao Ying
Golden Swallow
1968
as Golden Swallow Xie Ru Yan
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
2009
as Zhilan
Come Drink with Me
1966
as Golden Sparrow
Fist Power
2000
as Brian's mother
The Lotus Lamp
1965
as Liu Yan-Chang
Fortune King Is Coming to Town!
2010
as Mrs Liang
The Shadow Whip
1971
as Miss Yun/Yang Kai Yun
Speed Angels
2011
as Auntie Fen
How to Meet the Lucky Stars
1996
Basic Love
2009
Lilting
2014
as Junn
Coming Back
2011
as God Ni
Lady of Steel
1970
as Fang Yingqi
Flirting Scholar 2
2010
as Madame Wah