Cheng Pei-Pei
Actor
Biography
Cheng Pei-Pei (Chinese: 鄭佩佩, December 4, 1946–July 17, 2024) was an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. It made her a contender for one of the first female action star. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s. In 2000, she returned to international attention with her role as Jade Fox in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. She followed this up with her portrayal of Long Po in the 2004 television miniseries Watery Moon, Hollow Sky, which was shown on Asian-American television as Paradise. She worked for Zhouyi Media in mainland China.
Filmography
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
as Jade Fox 2000
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
as Zhilan 2009
Naked Weapon
as Faye Ching 2002
Flirting Scholar
as Madame Wah 1993
Come Drink with Me
as Golden Sparrow 1966
Lilting
as Junn 2014
Goldstone
as Mrs. Lao 2016
Wing Chun
as Ng Mui 1994
They Wait
as Aunt Mei 2007
A Man Called Hero
as Hero's Mother 1999
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self 2019
Golden Swallow
as Golden Swallow Xie Ru Yan 1968
Painted Faces
as Master Cheng 1988
Kung Fu Killer
as Myling 2008
The Lady Hermit
as Leng Yu Shuang (Lady Hermit) 1971
The Shadow Whip
as Miss Yun/Yang Kai Yun 1971