Li Mingqi

Li Mingqi (Chinese: 李明启; born 20 February 1936) is a Chinese actress best known for her roles as Granny Wang on The Water Margin (1996), Wet-Nurse Rong on My Fair Princess (1997) and Granny Sun on The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006).

Li Mingqi
Born	(1936-02-20) February 20, 1936 Dandong, Fengtian Province, Manchukuo
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1960-present
Children	1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	李明啟
Simplified Chinese	李明启
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Míngqǐ

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Early life

Li was born in Dandong, Fengtian Province, Manchukuo, on February 20, 1936. Her father died early. At the age of 16, she joined the Railway propaganda team as an actress.[1]

Acting career

In 1960 Li made her film debut with a small role in Train 12.

In 1996 she gained national fame for her starring role as Granny Wang in the television series The Water Margin, adapted from Shi Nai'an's classical novel of the same title.[2]

Li became widely known to audiences with My Fair Princess (1997), in which she played Wet-Nurse Rong. Other cast members are Zhang Tielin, Zhao Wei, Alec Su, Ruby Lin, and Zhou Jie. She reprised her role in My Fair Princess 2, but was not in the third installment, My Fair Princess 3.[3]

In 2004, she was cast as Empress Dowager Cixi in Cook Officer, opposite Li Baotian, Tian Hairong, Shu Chang and Wang Luyao.[4]

In 2006, Li had a supporting role in The Return of the Condor Heroes, a wuxia television series adaptation based on the novel of the same name by Jin Yong. It stars Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yifei.[5]

On February 25, 2018, she appeared in the CCTV New Year's Gala alongside Lin Yongjian, Yang Shaohua, Wang Liyun, Li Qi, Li Chengru, and Yang Zi.[6]

Personal life

Li is married and has a son named Wang Jun (Chinese: 王隽).[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
1960	Train 12	12次列车	Xiao Ye
1985	Love and Hate	爱与恨	Director of nursery school
1988	Son-In-Law and His Father-In-Law	黑脸女婿	Liu Yuxia
1990	Ninety-six Million Pairs of Eyes	九千六百万双眼睛	Gu Zhen
1991	Green Leaves of Home	青春无悔	Mother Zheng
	Woman-TAXI-Woman	女人TAXI女人
1993	Sub-Husband	编外丈夫
	Fitial Son And Fitial Piety	孝子贤孙伺候着
1995	Armed Working Team Behind Enemy Lines	敌后武工队	Aunt
1999	I'll Love You More Tomorrow	明天我爱你	Sanduo's mother
	Happy Times	没事偷着乐	Aunt Zhang
2002	Father	父亲	Mother
2003	Bear in Mind	让我们记住
	The Law of Romance	警察有约	Grandpa Mao
2006	The Story of Ah Bao	阿宝的故事	Jingjing's grandma
2009	Weddings at the Yellow River	黄河喜事	Zhang Lanhua
2010	A Thousand Miles Away	千里之外
2011	Aeolian Bells	风铃	Liu Caixia

Television

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
1987	Plainclothes policeman	便衣警察	Aunt Zheng
	Prime Minister of the Town	小镇总理	Xiao Cui's mother
1989	Good Men, Good Women	好男好女	Aunt
1990		武生泰斗	Wife of Master Jin
1993	Zhou Lanu	周拉奴	Zhou Lanu
		小楼风景
	I Love My Family	我爱我家	Aunt Li
1994	Little Dunzi	小墩子	Dunzi's mother
	Feathers	一地鸡毛	Zhou's wife
		今生是亲人
		针眼儿警官	Aunt Shan
1995	PCHome	电脑之家	Grandmother
	Rainy Day has a Story	雨天有故事	Aunt Ye
	Story of Late Autumn in Beijing	北京深秋的故事
	Kingdoms of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty	东周列国·春秋篇	Old woman
1996	Son of the Earth	大地之子	Aunt Liu
	The Water Margin	水浒传	Granny Wang
	Story of My Family	我家的故事	Zeng Qiang's mother
1998	Female Prisoner	女囚	Aunt Sun
	Rickshaw Boy	骆驼祥子
		家和万事兴之在外过年	A peasant
	My Fair Princess	还珠格格	Wet-Nurse Rong
1999	Chivalous Robber Lee-San	燕子李三	Bawd
	The Mountain is still Green	青山依旧
	The Act of the Youngs	青春出动	Yu Yuanyuan's mother
	My Fair Princess 2	还珠格格第二部	Wet-Nurse Rong
2000	Bluelover	蓝色妖姬	Empress Dowager Ci Xi
2001	King of Kings	王中王	Wet-Nurse Niu
	Bunheads	婆媳过招	Zhang Manshu
		拯救少年犯
		田教授家的二十八个房客	Aunt Hong
	A Family in the Northeast of China	东北一家人	Grandma Hua
2002	Communist Party Member Sister Ma	党员马大姐
	Together	在一起
		可怜天下男人心
	Black Cloth	青衣
	The Merchant	钱王
2003	Empty Love	无情的爱	Grandma Xu
		爸爸叫红旗	Mother
		中国刑警之九月风暴	Mother
2004		夫妻住对门	Jin Dou's mother
	Armed Forces Police	武装特警	Yang's mother
	The Empty House	空房子	Grandma Jin
2005	Xianfeng Emperor	咸丰王朝之一帘幽梦
	Nine Daughters in The Family	家有九凤	Mother
	Cook Officer	厨子当官	Empress Dowager Cixi
2006	Irresistible	无法抗拒	Pei Xinyi's mother
	I Wish I Knew	海上传奇
	The Return of the Condor Heroes	神雕侠侣	Granny Sun
2007	Double Sided Adhesive Tape	双面胶	Ya Ping's mother
2008	Mortgage Slave	房奴	Ding's mother
2009		三七撞上二十一	Zhai's mother
		今生欠你一个拥抱	Grandma Wu
2010	Pretty Woman	漂亮女人	Li's mother
	My Beautiful Life	我的美丽人生	Wu Qiaobao
		胡杨女人	Grandma
2011	The Pursuit of Happyness	幸福来敲门	Granny Zhu
	Spring Blossoms	春暖花开	Aunt Yue
	You Are My Happiness	你是我的幸福	Grandmother
2013		天下人家	Anut Pang
	Baby Child Back Home	宝贝儿回家	Song's mother
	I Love You the Most	最爱你	Zhang's mother
	Spring of My Husband	老公的春天	Gong's mother
2014		孝子难当
	Male Matchmaker	男媒婆	Yang Jinfang
	Love, the Most Beautiful	爱情最美丽	Zhang Lanhua
		满仓进城	Grandmother
2016		江城警事	Grandma

Film and TV Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result	Notes
1987	Plainclothes policeman	Jindun Awards	Best Actress	Won
1990		Flying Apsaras Awards	Outstanding Actress	Won
1993		Wenhua Awards	Best Performance	Won
1994		Flying Apsaras Awards	Outstanding Actress	Won

References

1. 82岁李明启全家照，儿子是大律师，孙女像男孩，因演技好被人骂！. baidu.com (in Chinese). 2018-08-29.
2. 98版《水浒传》演员20年后首聚 激动到泣不成声 勾起回忆杀. sina (in Chinese). 2018-04-28.
3. 王刚李明启谈论恶人经 为和珅容嬷嬷形象自豪. sohu (in Chinese). 2011-09-06.
4. 抛下神医当“厨子”看李保田再耍幽默(图). enorth.com.cn (in Chinese). 2004-09-29.
5. 扒扒各版《神雕侠侣》，那版是你的最爱（图）（全文）. 163.com (in Chinese). 2014-12-23.
6. 央视狗年春晚节目单出炉 王菲那英时隔20年再同台. ifeng (in Chinese). 2018-02-14.