Mei Ting - a renowned Mainland Chinese actress.

Early years

In the 1980s, at age 7, Mei Ting enrolled in the "Art Troupe of Little Red Flowers”http://baike.baidu.com/view/832498.htm, a famous art and performance group and school for talented children in Nan Jing, her home town. At age 9, she played a role in film The Moon in Moon Festival. When she was 13, she started her career as a dancer in “Song & Dance Troupe of Frontier Line”. At 19 in 1994. she was invited to play a major role in the TV series Red Cherry.

Development Period

In 1996, Mei Ting was admitted into the prestige Central Academy of Drama http://www.chntheatre.edu.cn/ in Beijing

Beijing

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, Department of Acting. Among her classmates were Zhang Zi-yi, Qin Hai-Lu http://baike.baidu.com/view/124569.html, Yuan Quan http://baike.baidu.com/view/27196.html and Hu Jing http://baike.baidu.com/view/26556.html, dubbed as the “Five Golden Flowers of the Class 1996". During her college years, she was already invited to act in a number of TV series. To everyone's surprise, the second year after her enrollment, she made a difficult decision to suspend her college study to dedicate herself fully to the appointed roles in a number of TV series.

In 1997, she played the role as “Qiu Qiu” in 《A Time to Remember》, with Leslie Cheung

Leslie Cheung

Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing , nicknamed elder brother , was a film actor and musician from Hong Kong. Cheung was considered as "one of the founding fathers of Cantopop", and "combining a hugely successful film and music career".In 2000, Cheung was named Asian Biggest Superstar by China Central...

 being “Jin”, as a true to life character with exact and elaborate portrayal as well as exquisite depiction. She won the "Best Actress" award for her role in this film at the 22nd Cairo International Film Festival. As an industrious and productive actress, Mei Ting acted in more than 10 movies and TV series between 1997 and 2001, including 《Dragon Boat Regatta》, 《Heart Web》, 《Home》, and 《In the Next Life》, etc.

She was married to film director Yan Po from 2001 until 2007.

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	A Time to Remember
1999	Dragon Boat Regatta
2001	Dazzling
2004	Symbol of Love
2008	The Desire of Hearts

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Pure Red Hearts
1997	The Story of the North
1999	The Hometown
2000	One Big Family
	Heart Web
	No Choice
2001	One More Try
	Love Again
	Dating in the Aquarium
	Don't Talk to the Strangers
2002	Blessing of Safety
	Heroic Era
	Green Luo Flower
	The Legend of Huo Yuanjia Huo Yuanjia (2002 TV series) Huo Yuanjia is a 2002 Chinese television series based on the life story of Chinese martial artist Huo Yuanjia. It includes a subplot based on the biography of Chen Zhen, a fictional student of Huo Yuanjia and protagonist of the 1972 film Fist of Fury. The series was directed by Jia Yun and starred...	Nong Jingqiu
2003	Iron Youth
	Who to Depend on
	In the Next Life
2004	The Camphor
2005	Glass Marriage
	Close to You, Warm Me
	Mutiny 1938
	The Spring of the City
2007	Stage Sisters
	Make Sure be Happy
2008	Xingfu Hai Youduo Yuan

Stage plays

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Counterfeit Faust
	Everyone has a Bright Red Heart

Awards

1997 22nd Cairo International Film Festival – Best Actress (《A Time To Remember》, starring Leslie Cheung, Mei Ting),

1998 China Film Hua-Biao Award – Best Actress,

6th Beijing TV Arts Chunyan Award – Best Actress,

2002 Popular Television – Top 10 Actress,

2003 Golden Eagle TV Festival – Best Actress,

2003 CCTV – Top Audience Choice Actors

External links

• http://baike.baidu.com/view/46752.htm