Badema (born 1965) is a
Chinese actress and singer of
Mongolian ethnicity best known for her role in ''Norjmaa'', which earned her a
Best Actress Award in the
30th Golden Rooster Awards.
Biography
Badema was born in
Ejin Banner,
Alxa League,
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's China–Mongolia border, border with the country of Mongolia. ...
in 1965, to a family of singers. She attended literary and artistic activities since she was a teenager, and she is good at traditional Mongolian folk long song. In 1989 she graduated from
Central Conservatory of Music, majoring in vocal music.
Career
Badema's first leading role came with
Ulrike Ottinger's 1989 West German drama film ''
Joan of Arc of Mongolia'', alongside
Irm Hermann and
Peter Kern. The movie was entered into the
39th Berlin International Film Festival.
[{{cite web , url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1989/02_programm_1989/02_Programm_1989.html , title=Berlinale: 1989 Programme , access-date=12 March 2011 , work=berlinale.de] In 2017 it screened for a week at the
Museum of Modern Art
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. The movie talks about "a group of cosmopolitan women passengers aboard the Trans-Siberian/Mongolian Railway," who are taken captive by the warrior princess Ulan Iga.
In 2013 she played Pagma in
Nikita Mikhalkov's 1991 movie ''
Urga'' (released in North America as ''Close to Eden''). The movie was well received, and won the
Golden Lion at the
Venice Film Festival
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and Best European Film at the
European Film Awards
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. It was also nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Foreign Film,
[{{Cite web, url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 , title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners , access-date=19 September 2015 , work=oscars.org] and for a
Golden Globe in the same category. The movie tells about Gombo, his wife (Badema), and their family, and of their friendship with stranded Russian truck driver Sergei.
In 1997 she was in Wei Lu's ''Journey to Western Xia Empire'', and in 2005 she played Bilike's mother in
Ning Hao's ''
Mongolian Ping Pong''.
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In 2008 she played the title role in
Bayin's ''Last Princess of Royal Blood: Tsetsenhangru''.
Her greatest achievement so far came with the movie ''
Norjmaa'', also directed by Bayin, where she plays the title role. Badema won Best Actress Award at the 33rd
Fajr International Film Festival, and the movie won the Best Film Award at the same awards. Badema won Best Actress at the Yakutsk International Film Festival, and
Best Actress at the
30th Golden Rooster Awards.
Personal life
Badema was married to
Bayin ({{zh, t=, s=巴音额日乐, hp=, labels=no), who is also a notable actor and director in China.
Filmography
Film
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! Year !! Title !! Chinese title !! Role !! Notes
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, 1989 , , ''
Joan of Arc of Mongolia'' , , {{zh, t=, s=蒙古的圣女贞德, hp=, labels=no , , , ,
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, 1991 , , ''
Close to Eden'' , , {{zh, t=, s=蒙古精神, hp=, labels=no , , Gombo's wife / Genghis Khan's wife , ,
, -
, 1994 , , ''
Jiruo and His Deer'' , , {{zh, t=, s=金秋鹿鸣, hp=, labels=no , , , ,
, -
, 1997 , , ''
Journey To Western Xia Empire'' , , {{zh, t=, s=西夏路迢迢, hp=, labels=no , , , ,
, -
, 2005 , , ''
Mongolian Ping Pong'' , , {{zh, t=, s=绿草地, hp=, labels=no , , , ,
, -
, 2008 , , ''Last Princess of Royal Blood: Tsetsenhangru'' , , , , Tsetsenhangru , ,
, -
, rowspan="2", 2009 , , ''Xilingol League and Wenchuan County'' , , {{zh, t=, s=锡林郭勒·汶川, hp=, labels=no , , , ,
, -
, ''Siqin Hangru'' , , {{zh, t=, s=斯琴杭茹, hp=, labels=no , , Siqin Hangru , ,
, -
, 2013 , , ''
Norjmaa'' , , {{zh, t=, s=诺日吉玛, hp=, labels=no , , Norjmaa , ,
[{{cite news, url=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150919/44692188_0.shtml , script-title=zh:金鸡奖揭晓：巴德玛击败赵薇汤唯徐帆封影后 , newspaper=Ifeng , date=19 September 2015, accessdate=26 September 2015, language=zh]
Awards
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! Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result !! Notes
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, rowspan="4" , 2015 , , 3rd
Yakutsk International Film Festival , , rowspan="4" , Best Actress , , rowspan="4" , ''Norjmaa'' , , {{won , ,
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, 1st
Rostov Motivational International Film Festival , , {{won , ,
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, 33rd
Fajr International Film Festival , , {{won , ,
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,
30th Golden Rooster Awards , , {{won , ,
References
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External links
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1965 births
People from Alxa League
Living people
Central Conservatory of Music alumni
Actresses from Inner Mongolia
Chinese film actresses
Chinese people of Mongolian descent
20th-century Chinese women singers
21st-century Chinese women singers