Li Lingyu

Biography

Li was born in Shanghai in 1963. She is a student of the notable singer Wang Kun.

In 1980, she was admitted to the Beijing Red Flag Yue Opera Company, performing Yue opera. In 1984, she joined the China Oriental Song and Dance Troupe. There she met her first husband and married at the age of 21.

Her first television role was in the 1986 adaptation of Journey to the West. She released her first album in 1987, Sweet Song Queen.

In 1993, she moved to Japan, partly because of marital difficulties, and worked there for two years as an anchorwoman for MTV Japan.

Li migrated to Canada in 1995, married a Canadian investment manager in 1997, and gave birth to a son in 2000.

In 2005, she was appointed a part-time lecturer at the School of Continuing Education in California. She also returned to singing with a RMB one million deal for her successful album Beauty Chant.

Filmography

Films

1988: A Mysterious Heroine as Wu Qi / Ning Ning

1988: A Dream of Red Mansions as Third Sister You

1989: Sister Outlaw as singer

1990: The Ninth Unresolved Case as Su Chunni

2005: Life Adventure (musical 3-D film) as Yu the Sun Goddess

2010: Chongqing Blues as Fang Hui

2012: Harpoon as Laura

2016: When We Were Young as Fang Ziyun

2018: Equity Situation as Li Xuehui

2019: Pegasus as Zhu Chunjuan

Television

1986: Journey to the West as Yu Tu / Princess Jade Rabbit

1992: Stories from the Editorial Board as Fei Lili

1993: Haima Song and Dance Hall as friendship guest appearance

1994: Temporary Family as friendship guest appearance

2002: Legendary Li Cui Lian II as Yan Guifei

2004: Xiaozhuang Mishi as an imperial concubine

2012: The youth I never indulged as Liang Yiyun

2013: Military woman as Ming Kexin

2014: New Moment in Peking as Yao's wife

2014: The Love Is Inconceivable as cameo

2015: The Cage of Love as Mrs. Jiang

2015: Cao Cao as Lady Ding

2017: Love of Aurora as Lei Cai Ying (Li Ming Zhe's mother)

2020: Storm in the Black River as Lin Yin

2020: Qing Qing Zi Jin as Yu Maid