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Fan Bingbing

Fan Bingbing
Fan Bingbing
Fan Bingbing is a Chinese film star and one of the world's highest-paid actresses. She had roles in Lost in Beijing, X-Men: Days of Future Past and I Am Not Madame Bovary, among others. In 2018, she was caught up in a tax evasion scandal.
Born
16 Sep 1981
Industry
Entertainment, Film
Job Title
Actor
Top Chinese talent agent Yang Tianzhen, who has worked with stars such as Fan Bingbing, has swapped the bright lights of entertainment for academia in the United States. Photo: SCMP composite/RedNote/Zhihu
Trending in China

Profile | China talent agent Yang Tianzhen, who works with top stars, pursues US degree

Entrepreneur icon swaps bright lights of entertainment industry for hushed halls of academia, finds it is not easy to shake off fame.

Trending in China

Profile | Stylish, confident actress Zhong Chuxi is China’s new red carpet queen at Cannes

Trending in China

China bride goes viral for her beauty, family is renowned for stunning looks

Malaysia

Melaka hails Fan Bingbing as Chinese tourists flock to Malaysian state

Local leader Ab Rauf Yusoh says the actress has ‘triggered an extraordinary wave of interest’ in the state.

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing meets fans at an event to promote tourism in Malaysia’s Melaka state. Photo: Instagram/bingbing_fan
Asian cinema: Chinese films

How disaster struck for Air Strike, a Chinese film with Bruce Willis

Rated 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, 2018 film Air Strike with Bruce Willis, Liu Ye and Fan Wei is a mishmash of genres and underwhelming action.

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Malaysia

Malaysia courts Chinese tourists with lavish mega-theatre, unsettling locals

Encore Melaka’s gleaming facade and dazzling shows mask tensions, as Malaysia’s push for Chinese tourism upends a historic city.

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Malaysia

Chinese tourists gobble up durians in Malaysia as Fan Bingbing ignites frenzy

A local official said many wanted to try the same durian that the star shared on her social media page when she visited the state in June.

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing enjoying durians in Melaka, Malaysia. Photo: Instagram/bingbing_fan
Malaysia

Fan Bingbing tasked by Malaysia’s Melaka to lure in 1 million Chinese tourists

Melaka is banking on Fan’s star power, local durian and visa-free policy to convince Chinese holidaymakers to head to the southwestern state.

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Cannes Film Festival

Fan Bingbing’s triumphant – and fashionable – return to Cannes Film Festival

After a five-year hiatus from Cannes, the Chinese actress stole the spotlight at red carpets, after-parties and even Naomi Campbell’s birthday bash

Celebrity style

The Asian glitterati take over Cannes Film Festival – 8 best fashion looks

Asia’s glitterati took over the Cannes Film Festival 2023, with looks from Gemma Chan’s red-hot Louis Vuitton cut-out dress to Sakura Ando’s angelic Chanel piece

Asian celebrities including Gao Ye, Blackpink’s Rosé, Zhang Yuqi, Gemma Chan and Fan Bingbing gathered to attend the Cannes Film Festival – and looked stunning. Photo: Getty Images, AP, AFP
American cinema

How Jackie Chan vehicle Skiptrace put the clash in culture clash

Jackie Chan, Fan Bingbing and Johnny Knoxville teamed up for Die Hard 2 director Renny Harlin’s buddy-cop film, which was let down by a robotic script, and bombed in the US upon release.

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Jackie Chan as Benny Chan and Johnny Knoxville as US gambler Connor Watts in a still from US-China co-production Skiptrace (2016). Photo: Intercontinental Film Distributors
American cinema

Why US-China co-production The 355 failed to deliver, despite all-star cast

Penelope Cruz, Jessica Chastain and Fan Bingbing lead a powerful female cast in this spy thriller that sadly never lived up to its potential thanks to its lame dialogue, lacklustre set pieces and cliched characters.

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Fashion

7 of Fan Bingbing’s favourite fashion designers, from LV to Christopher Bu

No stranger to luxury, Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing counts these 7 fashion designers as her faves … from Louis Vuitton and Dolce & Gabbana to Christopher Bu and Atelier Versace

United States

Chinese film star Fan Bingbing makes rare appearance at the Oscars

Fan was ordered to pay US$130 million in taxes and penalties by the Chinese government in 2018 and has largely disappeared from public view.

China’s Fan Bingbing arrives at the Oscars in Los Angeles on Sunday. Photo: AP
Asian cinema: Korean films

Exclusive | ‘It’s a restart for me’: Fan Bingbing on return to acting after tax scandal

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, at the Berlin International Film Festival with her new film Green Night, opens up about how tough it was not acting for five years, and what she learned from it.

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Chinese star Fan Bingbing opened up at this year’s Berlin film festival about returning to the screen after a long hiatus following a tax scandal in 2018, and her plans to do more English-language films. Photo: Getty

Video | Film star Fan Bingbing back in the spotlight after 5 years

Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Green Night: Fan Bingbing anchors unwieldy tale of sex, crime and violence

Fan Bingbing makes an audacious comeback after nearly five years out of the limelight for tax evasion in Green Night. Thelma & Louise meets Blue is the Warmest Colour in a flashy but flawed film.

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Fame and celebrity

Fan Bingbing lost 6kg in 7 days from bigu fasting, but fans are upset

Despite telling netizens not to copy her extreme fast, Fan still posted her experience online to millions, courting controversy

For a whole week, Fan Bingbing just drank jujube, lemon or passion fruit water. Photo: @bingbing_fan/Instagram
K-drama news

8 new Korean drama series to look out for in June 2022

Netflix drama Money Heist: Korea features Squid Game actor Park Hae-soo and Lost actress Kim Yun-jin. There’s Yumi’s Cells 2, and Chinese star Fan Bingbing makes a cameo appearance in Insider.

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Chinese culture

Was China’s Empress Wu the richest woman ever – and the original girlboss?

Rumour has it that her career was a bloody one, but there’s no doubt she transformed China in a way few rulers have – no wonder there’s so many films and TV series about her

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K-drama news

Fan Bingbing to make Korean TV debut – K-drama casting latest

The Chinese superstar actress is back after a four-year break for her first K-drama, while K-pop star from NCT, Doyoung, is also making his TV series debut in To X Who Doesn’t Love Me.

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing is set to make her K-drama debut with the series Insider, according to the latest K-drama casting news. Photo: Instagram.
Netflix

8 Chinese films on Netflix in February with Fan Bingbing, Hu Ge and more

Neo-noir thriller The Wild Goose Lake is new to Netflix in February, but there are plenty of classics by big name directors like Jia Zhangke and Zhang Yimou to catch up on

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Fan Bingbing in a still from I am not Madame Bovary. Photo: Handout
American cinema

Review | The 355: female-driven spy thriller wastes its stunning A-list cast

Jessica Chastain, Diane Kruger and Penélope Cruz lead an A-list cast (look out for Fan Bingbing) in The 355 – a female-driven spy thriller with a dismal, Z-list story.

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American cinema

How Marvel’s Iron Man 3 tried but failed to please Chinese viewers

From Fan Bingbing’s pointless cameo to brazen product placement, Marvel’s attempts to tailor the film for Chinese audiences stirred up considerable anger.

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Fame and celebrity

If you make money from looking like a celebrity in China, watch out

A lookalike of Chinese actress Fan Bingbing is among many who have landed themselves in hot water after profiting from their celebrity resemblances.

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Chen Xinling, a lookalike of Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, adopted the similar-sounding name Fan Yebing while selling beauty products and treatments on her live-stream sales channel. Photo: Courtesy of Chen Xinling
Fashion

Stylist to the stars who wants to be China’s Vidal Sassoon

Image consultant Li Dongtian started out styling hair on Chinese film sets, and has worked with leading actresses such as Fan Bingbing, Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh.

Li Dongtian with actress Michelle Yeoh.
Fashion

The Shanghai boutique Fan Bingbing spent four hours browsing

Le Monde de SHC in Shanghai’s French Concession is the city’s most buzzed about boutique right now, selling Chinese and international brands including Holiday Boileau, Yang Li, Koché, Charlotte Chesnais and Huishan Zhang.

China society

Has China forgiven tax cheat Fan Bingbing?

Actress back in the state media eye for a charity appearance – but she’s hard to spot in the picture.

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