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Bai
Ling, whose name translates into English as "White Spirit,"
was born in China on October 10, 1970. Ling was born into
a creative family -- her father was a musician and teacher,
while her mother had been a stage actress -- but she was primarily
raised by her grandmother after Ling's parents ran afoul of
Chinese authorities during the Cultural Revolution. At the
age of 14, Ling was enlisted in the People's Liberation Army,
where she served as an entertainer, singing and dancing for
the troops. However, the authoritarian atmosphere of the Army
didn't suit Ling, who found herself accused of insubordination
for use of tobacco and alcohol.
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After the end of her hitch
with the Army, Ling joined a theater group in Beijing, where she
appeared in traditional Chinese plays as well as dramas from the
West. Ling began receiving small roles in Chinese films, and in
1988, Ling starred in Hu Guang, and attended the film's screening
at the Moscow Film Festival; however, she was warned not to discuss
political matters, particularly those related to the then-recent
Tiananmen Square protests (in which Ling took part).
Ling traveled to New York
City at the age of 21 to study at New York University's Department
of Film, and to hone her craft at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute;
Ling arrived in New York not knowing a word of English, but soon
mastered the language through daily immersion. In 1994, Ling landed
her first American film role, as the villainous Myca in the dark
fantasy The Crow, and she also auditioned for Oliver Stone's Vietnam
war drama Heaven & Earth. While Ling didn't get the part, Stone
was impressed enough to cast her in his film Nixon as Richard Nixon's
interpreter during his first visit to China.
Ling's next film project
turned out to be highly controversial; she appeared as a lawyer
defending an American journalist on assignment in China in 1997's
Red Corner.
The film's highly unflattering
depiction of the Chinese legal system (and the nation's widespread
human rights abuses) caused the picture to be banned in both China
and Korea; Ling also found her contracts canceled to appear in a
pair of Chinese films, and Chinese officials revoked her passport
shortly afterward (in 1999, she was granted United States citizenship).
Afterward, Ling continued to receive steady work in supporting roles,
appearing in Wild Wild West, Anna and the King, and the made-for-TV
drama Point of Origin. In her private life, Ling has been linked
romantically with stylish rock singer Chris Isaak.
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