Roast
2026 · TV Show
Liu Xiaoqing
1952-10-30
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Chongqing, China
In her early days Liu worked as a farm labourer, then as a propagandist for the People's Liberation Army and later a stage actor for the Chengdu Military Drama Group. Liu acted in mainland Chinese films before she turned 30 — The Great Wall of the South China Sea (1976), What a Family (1979) and The Little Flower (1980). Her breakthrough role was the ruthless Qing Dynasty Empress Dowager Cixi in The Burning of the Imperial Palace (1983) and Reign Behind the Curtain (1984). Her portrayal of Cixi won her numerous awards in Chinese film festivals and she later reprised the role in two unrelated films, including Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch (1991). She won Best Actress at the Hundred Flowers Award for her role as Hua Jinzhi in The Savage Land, filmed in 1981 but not released until 1987, and again for her role in Hibiscus Town (1986). She holds a record for having won the most number of awards in the actress categories of the Hundred Flowers Award, with three Best Actress and one Best Supporting Actress. Liu left the entertainment industry in the 1990s to focus on business, but later returned to acting in the mid 2000s. One of her latest films was Chunhua (also titled Plastic Flower, released in 2004), in which she played the titular role, Chunhua. She performed in a stage play, The Last Night of Tapan Chin, in China and Taiwan from 2005 to 2008. Liu published a short autobiography I Did It My Way in 1983. She became one of the richest people in China, appearing at 45 on Forbes' list of the 50 richest Chinese businessmen and businesswomen in 1999. She promoted her success by publishing a book titled From A Movie Star to A Billionaire. She was arrested for tax evasion in connection with her company, Beijing Xiaoqing Culture and Arts Company Ltd., in 2002, was fined 7.1 million yuan, and imprisoned for a year. In 2012 Liu Xiaoqing played Sai Jinhua in a performance of the play The Beauty.
Filmography
TONIGHT COMEDY SHOW
2026 · TV Show
Blooming All the Way
2025 · Movie
The Prisoner of Beauty
2025 · TV Show
as Madame Xu
The Blooming Journey
2025 · TV Show
as Self
萌宝助攻：五十岁婚宠
2025 · TV Show
Slow Conversation
2025 · TV Show
Night Rain and Autumn Lantern Hear Strange Stories
2024 · Movie
as Lan Ni
Fantasy Magician 2
2023 · Movie
Ice Sniper 2
2023 · Movie
as Dan Niang
Memories Beyond Horizon
2022 · TV Show
The Eight Hundred
2020 · Movie
as Sister Rong
Air Strike
2018 · Movie
as Madam Zheng
Rock & Roast
2017 · TV Show
For a Few Bullets
2016 · Movie
as Jin Sanniang
Trump Card
2016 · TV Show
The King of Comedy
2016 · TV Show
Mojin: The Lost Legend
2015 · Movie
as Sister Hong
I Have a Dream
2015 · TV Show
as Ye Chun'er
中国好男儿
2014 · TV Show
as 刘晓庆
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花灯满城
2014 · TV Show
as 卓云
徐悲鸿
2013 · TV Show
as 蒋碧微
最佳女主角
2013 · TV Show
The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven
2012 · Movie
as 王母娘娘
37
2012 · Movie
as 蒙古老奶奶红婆婆
Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties
2012 · TV Show
as Lady Xiao, Empress Min of Sui
养女
2012 · TV Show
Legendary Amazons
2011 · Movie
as 6th Lady Yang / Princess Chai
The Legend of Wu Zetian
2011 · TV Show
as 武则天（中年）
红玫瑰黑玫瑰
2010 · TV Show
凝香劫
2010 · TV Show
The Prelude of Lotus Lantern
2009 · TV Show
as Wang Mu
长河东流
2008 · TV Show
as 庄皇太后
女人何苦为难女人
2008 · TV Show
Wang Zhaojun
2007 · TV Show
as 管婕妤
The Shadow of Empress Wu
2007 · TV Show
as 武则天
春蚕织梦
2007 · TV Show
Hui Niang Wan Xin
2006 · TV Show
as 吴太太
281封信
2005 · TV Show
Lotus Lantern
2005 · TV Show
as 王母
阿有正传
2005 · TV Show
as 珍格格
Hero Yongle
2005 · TV Show
as Jin Niang
Plastic Flowers
2004 · Movie
我的兄弟姐妹
2004 · TV Show
as Ai Lian
Empress Wu Cheh Tien
1995 · TV Show
as 武则天
Justice Pao
1995 · TV Show
风华绝代
1992 · TV Show
as Kuang Chunni
Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch
1991 · Movie
as Empress Ci Xi
The Empress Dowager
1989 · Movie
as Empress Dowager Cixi
A Dream of Red Mansions
1989 · Movie
as Wang Xifeng
红楼梦第一部：宝黛相会（上）
1989 · Movie
as 王熙凤
红楼梦第一部：宝黛相会
1989 · Movie
as 王熙凤
红楼梦第二部：黛玉葬花
1989 · Movie
as 王熙凤
红楼梦第三部：凤姐泼醋
1989 · Movie
as 王熙凤
红楼梦第四部：二尤惨死
1989 · Movie
as 王熙凤
红楼梦第五部：晴雯夭亡
1989 · Movie
as 王熙凤
红楼梦第六部：宝玉化石
1989 · Movie
as 王熙凤
A Woman For Two
1988 · Movie
as 春桃
The Imperial Cannon Team
1987 · Movie
as 冯玉舒
Hibiscus Town
1987 · Movie
as Hu Yuyin
Hong Kong People in Shenzhen
1985 · Movie
Bei guo hong dou
1984 · Movie
The Burning of the Imperial Palace
1983 · Movie
as 慈禧太后
Reign Behind a Curtain
1983 · Movie
as Empress Dowager Cixi
心灵深处
1982 · Movie
as 欧阳兰
Xu Mao he ta de nü er men
1981 · Movie
as Qi Gu Niang
Qian wang
1981 · Movie
The Savage Land
1981 · Movie
as Jin Zi
Mysterious Buddha
1980 · Movie
as 梦婕
Oh! What a Family
1979 · Movie
as 张岚
Hun Li
1979 · Movie
The Little Flower
1979 · Movie
as 何翠姑
春歌
1978 · Movie
同志，感谢你
1977 · Movie
The Great Wall of the South-China Sea
1976 · Movie
