Cheng Pei-Pei
Department: 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.
Known For
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
Naked Weapon
2002
Kung Fu Mistress
1994
Kung Fu Killer
2008
Golden Swallow
1968
Come Drink with Me
1966
Wing Chun
1994
The Lady Hermit
1971
Fortune King Is Coming to Town!
2010
Brothers Five
1970
Flirting Scholar
1993
The Shadow Whip
1971
They Wait
2007
Legendary Amazons
2011
Blood Ties
2009
Taishan Kung Fu
2009
The Legend of Run Run Shaw
2014
Dragon Swamp
1969
The Gods Must Be Funny in China
1994
Lady of Steel
1970
The Jade Raksha
1968
Painted Faces
1988
The Golden Sword
1969
The Flying Dagger
1969
The Scroll of Wing Chun White Crane
2014
Time and Tide Wait for No Man: A Touch of King Hu
2012
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003
Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio
2003
Insuperable Kid Huoyuanjia
2005
Hong Kong Nocturne
1967
The Thundering Sword
1967
That Fiery Girl
1968
Raw Courage
1969
All the King's Men
1983
None But the Brave
1973
Love Under the Sign of the Dragon
2008
Lilting
2014
The Yellow Muffler
1972
Operation Lipstick
1967
The Counting House
2007
The Truth About Jane and Sam
1999
Book and Sword
2002
Book and Sword: The Final Battle
2006
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022
Fist Power
2000
Lover's Rock
1964
Song of Orchid Island
1965
The Lotus Lamp
1965
The Last Woman of Shang
1964
The Dragon Creek
1967
Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger
2002
The Guardsman
2011
Whiplash
1974
Princess Iron Fan
1966
Blue Skies
1967
How to Meet the Lucky Stars
1996
Goldstone
2016
A Man Called Hero
1999
Good Take, Too!
2016
Singular Cay
2012
The Miracle Box
2004
Lady Piranha
1982
The Eyes of Dawn
2014
Wong Fei Hung Series : The Final Victory
1996
Lost in Wrestling
2015
Meditation Park
2017
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005
Dragon Girls!
2016
Flirting Scholar from the Future
2019
The Joy of Spring
1966
In a New York Minute
2019
Shanghai Baby
2007
Lover's Lover
1994
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
2001
Mulan
2020
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019
Shadow Mask
2001
Kidnap of Wong Chak Fai
1993
Coming Back
2011
Speed Angels
2011
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
2009
Flirting Scholar 2
2010
Lavender
2000
Four Chefs and a Feast
1999
From Zero to Hero
1994
House of Harmony
2005
Bell Chamber
2019
My Wedding and Other Secrets
2011
Basic Love
2009
Special Boys
2008
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022
Sex and the Beauties
2004
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003
杨门女将之天波府风波
2001
杨门女将之八妹游春
2001
杨门女将之女将初征
2001
杨门女将之白马贺寿
2001
Lord Of Imprisonment
1999
Divas Hit the Road
2014
Li Wei Resigns from Office
2005
Wong Fei Hung Series
1995
Blind Date
2017
回到未來錢
2015
Dandelion
2005
Heroes in Black
2001
Remembrance Of Dreams Past
2009
Romance of Book and Sword
2002
Huo Dong Ge
1984
Return of the Heiress
2013
Hua Mulan
1999
Legendary Fighter: Yang's Heroine
2001
至尊红颜
2006
自古英雄出少年
2012
Shanghai Legend
2011
Young Justice Bao
2000
咏春传奇
2012
Springs of Life
2002
The Sleeping Beauty
2016
Little Valentine
2017
Legend of Hua Mulan
2013
Mysterious House
2009
非常后妈
2012
Master Ma
1997
一一向前冲
2010
Young Master Of Shaolin
1999
马永贞之争霸上海滩
1998
Club Sparkle
2009
Strange Tales of Liao Zhai
2005
A Weaver on the Horizon
2010
Shui Yue Dong Tian
2004
杨门女将
2001
Watery Moon Hollow Sky
2004
裂变
2012
天下太平
2005
Kung Fu Killer
2008
The Lost Tomb
2015
千秋家国梦
1997
The Inn
2017
My Amazing Bride
2015
大侠胡金铨
2022