Chen Hao (born December 9, 1979)
is a Chinese actress, singer, and model.
Brief Bio
Chen Hao, came into limelight in 1998 after the release of her award winning film the “
Postman in the Mountains” in which she revealed her ample acting ability on screen. Her leading role in the TV drama “
Li Wei the Magistrate”(2000/2001) made her popular with the Chinese public. Chen Hao followed this with a role in a TV comedy play called the “Pink Ladies" in
Taiwan
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. The movie proved a blockbuster among the Chinese community living across
Asia
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Chen Hao, as one of the heroines, in the Pink Ladies, won the heart of the cine-goers with her superb acting in the role of a sensuous woman given to exploiting the men. With TV films like the 2003 “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils”, Chen Hao became a roaring success.
Chen Hao also started to include singing as a part of her career. Her maiden music album hit the market in 2005, produced by Japanese producer Tetsuya Komuro.
Her album, ''Chen Hao'', bagged the
Channel V
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's the most popular female singer award in 2006.
A graduate from the Central Academy of Drama with majors in acting in 1997, more awards seem to come her way as she was again decorated with the Jury Award at the 2009 Seoul TV Festival for her outstanding performance in the film, "Live a Luxurious and Dispassionate Life". She portrays the character of a permissive woman given to gambling and an indulgent life.
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Chen, in a popularity online poll made by Sohu in 2012, was able to collect over one million votes pronouncing her the "Most Beautiful Woman" in China.]
Personal life
Born in the coastal city of Qingdao
Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...
, Shandong
Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...
province
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, Chen is married to a business tycoon, David Liu Haifeng. She gave birth to a girl in May 2011.[
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Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Chen Hao Official Blog
(Chinese)
Chen Hao Biography
(English)
Chen Hao Picture Galleries
(English)
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1979 births
Living people
Actresses from Qingdao
Chinese female models
Singers from Shandong
Chinese film actresses
Chinese television actresses
Chinese voice actresses
21st-century Chinese women singers