Xu Jinglei

Xu Jinglei
Xu Jinglei
Born	April 16, 1974; Beijing, China
Alma mater	Beijing Film Academy
Occupations	Actress; director;
Years active	1994–present
Organization(s)	Beijing Kaila Pictures Co., Ltd.
Awards	San Sebastián International Film Festival – Silver Shell for Best Director (Letter from an Unknown Woman); ; ; Huabiao Awards – Outstanding New Actress (I Love You); ; ; Golden Rooster Awards – Best New Director (My Father and I); ; ; Golden Rooster Awards – Best Supporting Actress (Far From Home); ; ; Hundred Flowers Awards – Best Actress (Spring Subway); ; ;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	徐靜蕾
Simplified Chinese	徐静蕾
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xú Jìnglěi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Ceoi4 Zing6-leoi4

Xu Jinglei (Chinese: 徐静蕾, born April 16, 1974) is a Chinese actress and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses in China, Xu rose to fame with television series A Sentimental Story (1997) and Cherish Our Love Forever (1998), followed by TV series Divine Retribution (2000) and films Spring Subway (2002), Confession of Pain (2006), The Warlords (2007), and Eternal Moment (2011).

After making her directorial debut with My Father and I (2003), Xu established herself as one of the most successful female directors in China with such films as Letter from an Unknown Woman (2004), for which she won the Best Director at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, Go Lala Go! (2010), Dear Enemy (2011) and The Missing (2017).