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 (18)
Mulan
as The Matchmaker
Speed Angels
as Auntie Fen
Legendary Amazons
as She Taijun
Flirting Scholar 2
as Madame Wah
Fortune King Is Coming to Town!
as Mrs Liang
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
as Zhilan
Naked Weapon
as Faye Ching
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
as Jade Fox
Fist Power
as Brian's mother
How to Meet the Lucky Stars
Wing Chun
as Ng Mui
Flirting Scholar
as Madame Wah
Painted Faces
as Master Cheng
Brothers Five
as Heroine Yen Hsing-kung
The Flying Dagger
as Yu Ying
Golden Swallow
as Golden Swallow Xie Ru Yan
Princess Iron Fan
as White Bone Demon
Come Drink with Me
as Golden Sparrow