Xu Jinglei
Xu Jinglei (Chinese: 徐静蕾; pinyin: xú jìnglěi; born April 16, 1974 in Beijing, China) is an actress and director most famous in Mainland China. Xu graduated from the Beijing Film Academy's prestigious Performance Institute in 1997.[1] Along with Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, and Zhao Wei, the mainland Chinese media considers her a member of the Four Young Dan actresses (Chinese: 四小花旦).[2]

Although not well known outside of China, her domestic importance cannot be underestimated: in mid 2006, her Chinese language blog had the most incoming links of any blog in any language on the Internet, according to Technorati.[3



2003 - Best Actress (for Spring Subway) at the 26th annual Popular Cinema Hundred Flowers Film Awards[6]
2003 - Best Actress (for Far From Home and I Love You) at the 9th annual Huabiao Film Awards[7]
2003 - Best Supporting Actress (for Far From Home) and Best New Female Director (for My Father and I) at the 23rd annual Chinese Golden Rooster Awards[8]
2004 - Best New Director and Best Actress (both for My Father and I) at the 4th annual Chinese Film Media Awards[9]
2004 - Silver Shell for Best Director for A Letter from an Unknown Woman at the 52nd annual Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival[10]