Nickname:	Ling Bai / Bai Ling /
Known for:	The Crow / Anna and the King / Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Birthday:	10 October 1970, Chengdu, China
Height:	5' 3" (1.60 m)
Available Photos	18

We greatly admire how Bai Ling stood up to the Chinese government and made a new life for herself in America. If only all political refugees were so beautiful and talented -- but then again, we might have to rethink immigration laws if that were the case. Bai Ling first riveted American audiences in Red Corner (1997), then went on to take parts in Wild Wild West (1999), Anna and the King (1999), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004). If you missed her appearances on Touched by an Angel and The Chris Isaak Show, you can catch her in Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith (2005).
One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World 1998" Bai Ling served three years in the People Liberation's Army in China entertaining troops in Tibet. She had a bout of depression which sent her to a mental hospital. She then became a Chinese movie star. All of this was occurred before she was 18. Had a four line appearance in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Unfortunately her appearance (along with a small cameo of George Lucas's daughter) got cut out (G. Lucas: "It wasn't like it was a major thing to begin with and I just cut that whole secondary story out of the movie quite a while ago"). Lives in Marina Del Rey Name means 'white spirit' in English Member of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in 2005; for her light dresses that didn't always cover her essentials all the time, German tabloids nicknamed her "die Berlinackte" ("the Berlinaked"). Claimed that her role on Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith was cut during editing because of her posing for the June 2005 issue of US "Playboy" magazine. She was the first woman from the People's Republic of China on its cover. George Lucas strongly denied that this was the reason she was cut. She took classes at The Lee Strasberg Institute (1991) and New York University. (1991) Cut off most of her waist-length hair for her role in Anna and the King. Was the July 2007 entry in Stuff magazine's 2006-2007 pin up calendar. She turned in one of the most acclaimed performances for her first Hong Kong movie Three... Extremes ( "Three Extremes: Dumplings"). Her character is a creepy 60 year old ageless beauty, and she helps women by performing illegal abortions, but she also uses the unwanted fetuses to be made into dumplings which is her secret for ageless beauty. Good friends with Kimberly Stewart. Arrested for shoplifting at Los Angeles International Airport on February 13, 2008.

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