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Tang Wei
Tang Wei (simplified Chinese: 汤唯; traditional Chinese: 湯唯; pinyin: Tāng Wéi; Korean: 탕웨이; born 7 October 1979) is a Chinese actress. She rose to international fame for her role in Golden Lion-winning Lust, Caution (2007) by Ang Lee, for which she was banned by the Chinese government due to the explicit sexual nature of her performance, until her comeback in Crossing Hennessy in 2010. She gained further acclaim for her performances in Late Autumn (2010), Finding Mr. Right (2013), The Golden Era (2014), Long Day's Journey into Night (2018), Decision to Leave (2022), and Wonderland (2024).
Tang is the first and only non-Korean to be honored as the Best Actress at the Baeksang Arts Awards (twice), Blue Dragon Film Awards, Chunsa Film Art Awards and Buil Film Awards. She is also the first Asian actor to have won the Trophée Chopard, which she received at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Tang ranked 72rd on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2008, 70th in 2013, 38th in 2014, and 55th in 2015.
Tang Wei was born on 7 October 1979 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. She is the only child of Tang Yuming, a painter, and Shi Xifeng, who works as a Yue opera actress. From 1992 to 1994, Tang attended school in Shenzhen, Guangdong due to her father's job. She graduated from a vocational school in Hangzhou, where she studied fine arts, in 1996 and worked as a model afterward.
Initially aspiring to study acting at the Central Academy of Drama, she failed three times before being admitted to the directing program in 2000 on her fourth attempt. At university, she caught the attention of producer Yuan Hong and Taiwanese stage director Stan Lai, leading her to be cast in a production of the latter's play A Dream Like a Dream, a role she held until she was cast for the film Lust, Caution in 2006.
In 2004, Tang starred in a TV series, Policewoman Swallow (2004), and a stage play, Che Guevara. She also appeared in TV dramas Sons and Daughters of the Red Cross (2004), Leaving Seafront Street (2005), East Meets West (2005), Born in the 60s (2006) and Silent Tears (2006).
In July 2006, Tang was cast from more than 10,000 actresses to star in Ang Lee's classic film Lust, Caution (2007), adapted from Eileen Chang's novella inspired by the story of female spy Zheng Pingru. Tang learned Shanghainese and Suzhou Pingtan, which is sung in the Suzhou dialect, for her role. She won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a BAFTA Award for the film.
Despite the critical acclaim for her performance, China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) ordered a media ban on Tang because of the sexual nature of her performance. All print ads and feature content using Tang were removed, and her endorsements were discontinued. In August 2008, Tang obtained Hong Kong citizenship through the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, which was expected to enable her to work in a relatively censorship-free market. She, however, was replaced by Maggie Q in Tian Zhuangzhuang's big-budget period film The Warrior and the Wolf (2009). In February 2009, during her absence from the show business, Tang briefly attended drama classes at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.
In 2009, Bill Kong, head of Edko Films and executive producer of Lust, Caution, gave Tang a chance to relaunch herself with the Hong Kong romantic comedy Crossing Hennessy (2010), directed by Ivy Ho. For her role, Tang honed her Cantonese, which she had picked up during her school days in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Crossing Hennessy is the first film starring Tang to be shown in China since Lust, Caution, marking the lift of the ban. She was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress and Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress for this film.
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Tang Wei
Tang Wei (simplified Chinese: 汤唯; traditional Chinese: 湯唯; pinyin: Tāng Wéi; Korean: 탕웨이; born 7 October 1979) is a Chinese actress. She rose to international fame for her role in Golden Lion-winning Lust, Caution (2007) by Ang Lee, for which she was banned by the Chinese government due to the explicit sexual nature of her performance, until her comeback in Crossing Hennessy in 2010. She gained further acclaim for her performances in Late Autumn (2010), Finding Mr. Right (2013), The Golden Era (2014), Long Day's Journey into Night (2018), Decision to Leave (2022), and Wonderland (2024).
Tang is the first and only non-Korean to be honored as the Best Actress at the Baeksang Arts Awards (twice), Blue Dragon Film Awards, Chunsa Film Art Awards and Buil Film Awards. She is also the first Asian actor to have won the Trophée Chopard, which she received at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Tang ranked 72rd on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2008, 70th in 2013, 38th in 2014, and 55th in 2015.
Tang Wei was born on 7 October 1979 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. She is the only child of Tang Yuming, a painter, and Shi Xifeng, who works as a Yue opera actress. From 1992 to 1994, Tang attended school in Shenzhen, Guangdong due to her father's job. She graduated from a vocational school in Hangzhou, where she studied fine arts, in 1996 and worked as a model afterward.
Initially aspiring to study acting at the Central Academy of Drama, she failed three times before being admitted to the directing program in 2000 on her fourth attempt. At university, she caught the attention of producer Yuan Hong and Taiwanese stage director Stan Lai, leading her to be cast in a production of the latter's play A Dream Like a Dream, a role she held until she was cast for the film Lust, Caution in 2006.
In 2004, Tang starred in a TV series, Policewoman Swallow (2004), and a stage play, Che Guevara. She also appeared in TV dramas Sons and Daughters of the Red Cross (2004), Leaving Seafront Street (2005), East Meets West (2005), Born in the 60s (2006) and Silent Tears (2006).
In July 2006, Tang was cast from more than 10,000 actresses to star in Ang Lee's classic film Lust, Caution (2007), adapted from Eileen Chang's novella inspired by the story of female spy Zheng Pingru. Tang learned Shanghainese and Suzhou Pingtan, which is sung in the Suzhou dialect, for her role. She won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a BAFTA Award for the film.
Despite the critical acclaim for her performance, China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) ordered a media ban on Tang because of the sexual nature of her performance. All print ads and feature content using Tang were removed, and her endorsements were discontinued. In August 2008, Tang obtained Hong Kong citizenship through the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, which was expected to enable her to work in a relatively censorship-free market. She, however, was replaced by Maggie Q in Tian Zhuangzhuang's big-budget period film The Warrior and the Wolf (2009). In February 2009, during her absence from the show business, Tang briefly attended drama classes at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.
In 2009, Bill Kong, head of Edko Films and executive producer of Lust, Caution, gave Tang a chance to relaunch herself with the Hong Kong romantic comedy Crossing Hennessy (2010), directed by Ivy Ho. For her role, Tang honed her Cantonese, which she had picked up during her school days in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Crossing Hennessy is the first film starring Tang to be shown in China since Lust, Caution, marking the lift of the ban. She was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress and Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress for this film.