13 Facts About Qin Hailu

Qin Hailu is a Chinese actress, screenwriter and singer.

Qin Hailu has won Best Actress at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and Golden Bauhinia Awards.

Qin Hailu joined a local Peking opera theatre after completing her training.

Yet, only after she had finished all of the tests, did Qin Hailu learn that she was at the Central Academy of Drama instead of at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, and enrolled into the school.

In 1999, not long before graduation, Qin Hailu was cast by Fruit Chan in her first film.

The film won the Best Picture award at the 38th Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, and Qin Hailu won the Best Actress and Best New Performer awards.

Thereafter, Qin Hailu starred in Yip Wai Man's film Everlasting Love with Hong Kong actor Daniel Chan.

Also in 2002, Qin Hailu starred in the film Chicken Poets by Chinese musical director Meng Jinghuai.

Qin Hailu starred in arthouse comedy The Piano in a Factory by Zhang Meng, offering to work without pay and supporting the film in post-production work.

Qin Hailu co-wrote and starred in the Taiwanese drama film Return Ticket, based on a true story of a group of village women who rented a bus to go home for the holidays; which earned her the Best Original Screenplay award at the Golden Horse Awards.

Qin Hailu starred alongside Zhou Xun in Red Sorghum, based on Nobel laureate Mo Yan's 1986 novel of the same name.

Qin Hailu was awarded the Best Supporting Actress at the Shanghai Television Festival for her performance.

In 2017, Qin Hailu launched her upcoming directorial debut Go It Alone at the Asian New Talent Award.