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Acting · Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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…
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- Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema — Self2026
- New Old Boy : Dir. Park — Self2025
- Wonderland — Bai Li2024
- Decision to Leave — Song Seo-rae2022
- Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies — Self2022
- Push and Shove2019
- The Whistleblower — Zhou Wen2019
- Ming Dynasty — Sun Ruowei2019
- Long Day's Journey Into Night — Wan Qiwen / Kaizhen
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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.
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1979 births20th-century Chinese actresses21st-century Chinese actressesActresses from WenzhouAlumni of the University of ReadingBest Actress Asian Film Award winnersBest Actress Blue Dragon Film Awards winnersBest Actress Paeksang Arts Award (film) winnersCentral Academy of Drama alumniChinese emigrants to South KoreaChinese film actresses