Asian beauty queen Gong Li, who was once listed as People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, is an actress from China. She is popular for her role in the movies like Man cheng jin dai Huang Jin Jia, Zhou Yu de Huo che, and many more.
Gong Li was born on December 31, 1965, in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. She was born in a middle-class family to her father Gong Lize and her mother Liu Ying. She is of Chinese nationality and is of Chinese descent.
Gong was raised in Jinan. With the completion of her secondary education, she desired to join China's top music school but she was not offered admission. Later she got enrolled at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing and finally graduated from there in 1989.
While she was still pursuing her higher education, she made her acting debut in Zhang Yimou's first film Red Sorghum. She starred in the role of Jiu'er in this movie. In 1990, she appeared in the movies like The Empress Dowager, Mr. Sunshine, Codename Cougar, and A Terracotta Warrior.
She got her rise in fame after she starred in the movie Qiu Ju da guan si. She is also known for her appearance in the movies like Breaking the Silence, The Emperor and the Assassin, Curse of the Golden Flower, The Monkey King 2, and many more.
Gong became popular as an actress after she began appearing in the film directed by the Chinese director Yimou Zhang. She has had romantic love affairs and romantic relationships while she was working with him. She dated him as her boyfriend. This love life came to an end in 1995.
On the 15th of February 1996, Gong got married to her boyfriend-turned-husband Ooi Hoe Seong. Ooi Wei Ming is a businessman. They welcomed their first child a son Mamoru Yoki Chung Li, the birth detail being undisclosed.
Though they were enjoying a happy married life, they divorced on June 28, 2010. Currently, she is dating French musician Jean-Michel Jarre. The couple started dating in February 2017.
As of 2018, Gong Li blessed with a lucrative amount of salary is estimated to be enjoying a net worth $100 Million.
