Tang Wei rose to prominence for her appearance in Lust, Caution.
31 Facts About Tang Wei
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Tang Wei gained acclaim for her leading performances in Late Autumn, Finding Mr Right, The Golden Era, Long Day's Journey into Night, and Decision to Leave.
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Tang Wei has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award, a Golden Horse Film Festival Award, two Baeksang Arts Awards and a Blue Dragon Film Award, including a nomination for a BAFTA Award.
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Tang Wei is the only child of a former stage actress and painter.
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Tang Wei graduated from a local vocational high school in her hometown in 1996, where her teachers described her as "athletic" and a "good student who always did her homework".
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Tang Wei had no plans to become famous; she originally aspired to become an archaeologist or lawyer.
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Tang Wei made the decision to enter the entertainment industry after doing some modelling in 1997 and played a minor role in the TV series Chinese Female Football.
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Tang Wei graduated from the Central Academy of Drama where she majored in directing.
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Shortly after her university graduation, Tang Wei met Stan Lai during one of his trips to China.
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Nonetheless, Tang Wei starred in a TV series, Policewoman Swallow and a brief university drama, Che Guevara.
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In July 2006, Tang Wei was selected from more than 10,000 actresses to appear in Ang Lee's Lust, Caution.
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Tang Wei plays the film's main character, Wong Chia-chi, inspired by the story of the executed spy Zheng Pingru.
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Tang Wei learned both Shanghainese and the related Suzhou dialect for her role.
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Tang Wei won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award.
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All print ads and feature content using Tang Wei were removed, and her endorsements were discontinued.
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Tang Wei was set to star in Tian Zhuangzhuang's big-budget period film The Warrior and the Wolf, but was replaced by Maggie Q In February 2009, during her absence from the movie industry, she was reported to have briefly attended drama classes at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.
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Tang Wei made her return to the big screen in Crossing Hennessy, a romantic drama by Ivy Ho which revolves around two people who are set up on a blind date by well-meaning relatives, despite the fact that they both have somebody else on their minds.
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Tang Wei, who plays a simple girl-next-door with a stubborn streak, learned Cantonese for her role.
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From November 2009 to March 2010, Tang Wei filmed alongside Hyun Bin in Late Autumn, directed by Kim Tae-yong.
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Tang Wei returned to mainstream cinema with two major films; Speed Angels, a car-racing flick directed by Jingle Ma and Dragon, a martial arts epic directed by Peter Chan.
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In 2013, Tang Wei starred opposite actor Wu Xiubo in the Xue Xiaolu directed romantic comedy Finding Mr Right.
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Tang Wei plays a girl who goes to Seattle to give birth to a child by her wealthy, married boyfriend.
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The sleeper hit grossed $85 million at the box office in China and Tang Wei received rave reviews for her performance.
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Tang Wei was then cast to play Xiao Hong, a writer known for depictions of hunger and poverty in China during the 1920s and '30s in Ann Hui's biopic The Golden Era, which closed at the Venice International Film Festival.
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Tang Wei made her English-language film debut in Blackhat, an action thriller co-starring Chris Hemsworth and Wang Leehom, her former cast member on Lust, Caution.
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Tang Wei starred in A Tale of Three Cities, based on the wartime experiences of Jackie Chan's parents.
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In 2017, Tang Wei was then cast as the female lead of Long Day's Journey Into Night, directed by Bi Gan.
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In 2019, Tang Wei starred in the drama film The Whistleblower directed by Xue Xiaolu.
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In 2022, Tang Wei starred in the South Korean mystery-romance film Decision to Leave, directed by Park Chan-Wook.
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The film received critical acclaim, with Tang Wei's performance being applauded.
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Tang Wei married South Korean film director Kim Tae-yong in 2014, in the front yard of the home of Ingmar Bergman on the remote Swedish island of Faro.