Siqin Gaowa

Siqin Gaowa
Chinese name	斯琴高娃
Pinyin	Sīqín Gāowá (Mandarin)
Ancestry	Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, China
Born	19 January 1950 Guangzhou, China
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1970-present
Spouse(s)	Chen Liangsheng (1986-)
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress 1984 Homecoming 2007 The Postmodern Life of My Aunt Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress 1995 The Day the Sun Turned Cold 2007 The Postmodern Life of My Aunt Golden Rooster Awards Best Actress 1982 Rickshaw Boy Other awards Golden Phoenix Awards 1993 Special Contribution Award

Siqin Gaowa (ᠰᠡᠴᠡᠩᠭ᠋ᠣᠣ᠎ᠠ, Mongolian Cyrillic Цэцэнгуа, born 19 January 1950), born Duan Anlin, is a Chinese actress with a Han Chinese father and a Mongolian mother. She was born in Guangzhou. Her father died early and she was brought up by her mother in Inner Mongolia.^[1] She is married to musician Chen Liangsheng (陈亮声) since 1986 and currently holds Swiss citizenship together with her husband.

Siqin Gaowa made her debut in the 1982 film Rickshaw Boy, an adaptation of Lao She's novel of the same title, where she played "Tigress", the love interest of Zhang Fengyi's character "Xiangzi". She won the Golden Rooster Award and Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress that year.

In 1995, she was a member of the jury at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Her works include Kangxi Dynasty and Full Moon in New York. She won the award for Best Actress at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards for Homecoming.^[3] In 2008, she won her second Best Actress in the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in The Postmodern Life of My Aunt.

Filmography

• Rickshaw Boy (1982)
• Homecoming (1984)
• Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (1985)
• Full Moon in New York (1990)
• Woman Sesame Oil Maker (1993)
• In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
• The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994)
• Kangxi Dynasty (2001)
• Xiaozhuang Mishi (2003)
• Wu Zi Bei Ge (2006)
• The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2006)
• Secret History of Empress Wu (2011)
• You Must Marry This Year (2011)
• Full Circle (2012)
• Happy Life of Yang Guang (2013)
• Switch (2013)
• Avalokitesvara (2013)
• Beijing Love Story (2014)
• One Day (2014)
• Lost in Wrestling (2015)
• An Accidental Shot of Love (2015)

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References

1. Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Stefanowska, A. D.; Wiles, Sue (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women. M.E. Sharpe. p. 465. ISBN 978-0-7656-0798-0.
2. "45th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
3. 第四屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單 (in Chinese). Hong Kong Film Awards. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
4. Siqin Gaowa at imdb.com
5. Siqin Gaowa at chinesemov.com

External links

• Siqin Gaowa at the Internet Movie Database