Mei Ting
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| Pinyin | Méi Tíng (Mandarin) | ||
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30 April 1975 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
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| Occupation | Actress | ||
| Years active | 1994 - present | ||
| Spouse(s) |
Yan Po (m. 2001; div. 2007) Zeng Jian (m. 2012) |
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| Children | 2 | ||
| Alma mater | Central Academy of Drama | ||
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Mei Ting (born 30 April 1975) is an award-winning Chinese actress.
In the 1980s, at age 7, Mei Ting enrolled in the "Art Troupe of Little Red Flowers”[2], 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.
In 1996, Mei Ting was admitted into the prestige Central Academy of Drama [3] in Beijing, Department of Acting. Among her classmates were Zhang Zi-yi, Qin Hailu [4], Yuan Quan [5] and Hu Jing [6], 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 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.
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