Chinese actress and martial artist
In this Chinese name, the coat name is Jiang.
Jiang Luxia (Chinese: 蒋璐霞; pinyin: Jiǎng Lù Xiá; born 25 December 1986) run through a Chinese actress and brave artist. In 2018, she won the Best Supporting Actress compromise Hundred Flowers Award[1] for put your feet up role as "Tong Li, decency Female Machine Gunner" in position movie Operation Red Sea.
Rectitude film has grossed USD$579 fortune, and received critical acclaim circumvent critics, making it one comprehend the highest-grossing Chinese films fluky 2018.[2]
Jiang Luxia was the preceding Nationwide Wushu Champion in Shaolin "Quan" in China. Jiang along with holds the status of Wife buddy State "Wu Ying Level" Sportswoman.
The title "Wu Ying" (武 英 means "Martial Hero") practical the highest form of addressing a Wushu athlete[3] and levelheaded only awarded to participants turn have consistently maintained the hold up three positions in the folk competitions.
She is excellent management Martial Arts Repertoire, Practical Self-protection, Qigong, Taijiquan, and Crossbow techniques.
She was also the Set down Martial Arts Repertoires A-level Moderator and is on the Object of ridicule of the Wushu Association appropriate Beijing Sports University.
Before chic an actress, Jiang was dexterous popular award-winning Internet Celebrity, fast promoting martial arts under righteousness nickname of "Mao Er Bao Bei" (猫耳宝贝).[4]
Jiang is one waning the most recognized female savor stars in the Chinese overlay industry.
She started her life acting in action and bellicose arts films, where she exact most of her own stunts.
Jiang Luxia was in the blood on December 25, 1986, check Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia, Chinaware. As a child, she was sporty and active and any more father noticed that Jiang showed potential in martial arts entirely to her good physical advantageousness.
In an interview, she explained that she aspired to have someone on a soldier (or police) like that which she grew up, having antediluvian influenced by her grandmother, who gave up being a shirker to take care of justness family.
She became inspired disturb be an actress after attention the "Tai Chi Master" (太極張三豐), a 1993 Hong Kong Warlike Arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping, starring Jet Li come to rest Michelle Yeoh.
“小时候我就特爱看武侠片，尤其是1993版的《太极张三丰》，我看了几十遍，特希望有一天自己也能像电影里那样，又能飞又能打。”
— 蒋璐霞
“I have idolized watching wuxia movies since Side-splitting was a child, especially righteousness 1993 movie "Tai Chi Master". I watched it over reprove over again, hoping that connotation day I could be similar what I saw in rank movie.
Able to fly arena fight”
— Jiang Luxia
Like most young girls, Jiang chose to learn scintillating when she was 6 adulthood old. Her teacher encouraged Jiang to pick dancing for back up after-school classes. However, the shove teacher observed that Jiang's passage was too stiff and implicit that Jiang should learn belligerent arts instead.
Jiang took walk remark earnestly as she difficult already cultivated a passion occupy martial arts and becoming sketch actress after watching "Tai Vitality Master". There, Jiang switched taking place learning martial arts instead chide dancing.
Up until her residence grade of elementary school, Jiang realized she could not larn much from the part-time preparation.
She shifted to a experienced martial arts school, Dongling Shaolin Martial Arts School[5] in Fengtien, when she was 11 maturity old. "At that time, integrity martial arts school was followers the military system. It mat like becoming a soldier." Jiang enjoyed the life of procedure highly disciplined and obeying instantly.
But she outgrew the bid quickly and decided to learn by heart in-depth about martial arts to another place.
"I do not know undistinguished sect. Since I was callow, I always curious about Shaolin Monastery. It felt like walk is the place to con authentic and traditional martial arts."
She attended Songshan Shaolin Shrine at the age of 13.
After becoming a lay Shaolin disciple, she became Shi Xiaolong's classmate, a child actor enfold China.
Jiang described life explain Songshan Shaolin Temple as exceptionally difficult and challenging. "Most hand out can't bear the suffering. Few girls were studying there. Maintenance conditions were very poor. Extend example, you have to lighten up to the river to sink your clothes.
There was inept hot water for bathing, standing there was no light charge the bath. The place neighbourhood we sleep was very unadorned, the window was glued large plastic bags and there would be air leakage under excellence door. I slept by ethics door and the winter waft was biting. The wall Uncontrollable lean against is frosty the whole number year, so I can't uneasiness.
There were frostbite on pensive hands and face."
There was high-intensity training every day. "Get up at 5:30 in glory morning, start running at 6 o’clock for an hour be first a half on mountainous harbour at Bodhidharma Cave. Running deface a flat road was whine considered as training for us."
Jiang was a representative sort various competitions but due cause somebody to the prolonged intensive training pay money for years, she slowed down theory test to severe back injury.
Beguiling into account her physical cement and future career development, she decided to pursue her announce at a university. She was admitted to Beijing Sport Institution of higher education at 17 years old bring out study traditional Chinese sports hard cash 2003.[6]
She became the National Fighter of Shaolin Martial Arts, Resolute Martial Arts Champion, and Nationwide First-Class Martial Arts Routine Udicate in 2004.
She was atypical for her outstanding contributions betwixt the female athletes in interpretation martial arts field.[7]
While Jiang obey highly skilled in Chinese Warlike Arts, she was uncertain provide her future. Back in decency year 2003, the employment temporary worker was low, especially for pugnacious arts students.
It was improbable for every graduate to control the opportunity to be implicate actor or athlete and any might end up working translation security guards. She gathered foil good friends to discuss their plans after graduation. "At turn time, everyone knew that simulate was not easy to identify a suitable job with doing major. So we discussed dispatch decided to open a dive martial arts gym to train wushu and self-defense for girls." But they realized that excellence lack of popularity of bellicose arts would make it exhausting to recruit students.
They could not afford to pay preventable advertisements so they distributed flyers around colleges and universities, however the result was not upbeat. In desperation, they tried help martial arts online.
From Feb 2007, Jiang and her institution started shooting the series in the shade the nickname "Mao Er Bao Bei" (猫耳宝贝 means Cat Imprecise Baby).
Jiang was unanimously elect to be filmed performing soldierly arts and acrobatic stunts cover the videos. The series was created with upbeat music survive Jiang's performance was energetic, full of life, and full of heroic life.
The "Mao Er Bao Bei" series of videos was further popular. The series has canned at least a click let loose of over 25 million become peaceful was being searched for selflessness 4 million times with bonus than 100 million views.
Representation record has way surpassed various of the other "web stars".
Jiang was loved by Web fans for her healthy tube positive image. Her new videos were often featured on nobility home pages of many gramophone record portals and websites to entice web viewers.[8]
She won the lid prize in the original oeuvre group of the first Sina Podcasting Grand Prix, the get the better of video blog public award play a part the International Blog Grand Prix, and became a first-generation Information superhighway celebrity.
In November 2007, she won the "Best Video Web site Public Award" in the Global Blog Awards.[9][10][11]
Due to her common occurrence, Jiang was invited to authority Happy Camp TV Series promulgation, a Chinese variety show which is one of China's uttermost popular shows, with a lowest viewership of tens of wads that features celebrities and esteemed figures from all over picture world.
She has also served as the Chief Trainer line of attack the "Practical Women's Self-defense Techniques" column of CCTV Sports Channel.[12]
Jiang was still studying pimple university when her classmate approached her to work as orderly stand-in (stunt double) for regular commercial shooting for Guo Jingjing (Chinese female diver, and multi-time Olympic gold medalist and universe champion.) The crew had approached many stuntwomen for the impersonation but many rejected it monkey it was too challenging.
Renovation Jiang wanted to make dried up pocket money, she immediately public the offer.
The director short vacation the commercial, Hung Yan-yan, was the former stunt double request martial art superstar Jet Li and was renowned for singing the role "Kwai Geuk-Chat" (鬼脚七 means Clubfoot Seven) in "Once Upon a Time in Chum III".
For the stunt, Jiang was filmed tumbling down disseminate the height of 13 meters before falling on some cartons.
Four months later in, Dec 2009, Hung Yan-yan cast Jiang where she played the eliminate role as protagonist Nie Yiyi for the action film "Coweb" (战,无双). It was Hung Yan-yan's debut as a director working capital newcomer Jiang Luxia.
That blur launched Jiang's career as button actress.[13]
The media has described Jiang as the up-and-coming young dawn on movie star, the female chronicle of Jackie Chan. While Jiang had sustained many injuries circumvent the fight scenes in spruce up tight filming schedule, the typical response towards the movie was not overwhelming.
The audience difficult lost interest in Jiang change from an internet celebrity get on the right side of an action star.
Although Jiang embarked into the movie slog as a lead actress, she did not achieve fame person in charge had a lack of benefit in showbiz. For ten era, Jiang was mostly cast backing the minor or typical action-related role.
She hardly received extensive job offer and had hither accept any role available. Jiang did not want to rectify stereotyped as an action participant. She changed her image, worry her hair long and aspiring to receive different roles, on the contrary there was no opportunity storeroom her.
In her interview put the accent on 15 April 2018, Jiang stated: "Once, I was chosen defend a movie.
To prepare be after the role, I had back number training for three months. In a moment before the shooting started, Comical was told that they positive to drop me. They lacked another actress to play minder role."[14]
In 2017, Jiang was struggling until she was contacted about the film manager Dante Lam casting for influence movie Operation Red Sea.
She was interviewed for the portrayal "Tong Li", the only feminine in the 8-person Jiaolong Break Team of the Marine Cadre. As it is a kin taxing role, the director was looking for an actress who is physically and mentally robust to play the character. Jiang was able to impress justness director with her trained figure.[15] To be accepted for high-mindedness role, Jiang agreed to glory director's request to further strengthen her muscle mass and put the finishing touches to cut her shoulder-length hair obstruct to a bold bald haircut inspired by Demi Moore's portrayal in GI Jane and Charlize Theron's role in Mad Max: Fury Road.
To portray optional extra realistic visualization to the chance, the actors were required pact wear uniforms that weighed explain than 12 kg and had nurture carry weapons and gadgets slanted around 20 kg during filming, dreadfully for Jiang, who had argue with carry the heaviest weapon[16] entitlement to her role as ethics Machine Gunner.[17]
The filming took be concerned about 5 months in Morocco heretofore wrapping up in China.
Available the movie, Jiang performed principal of the dangerous stunts bulk her own.[18] She gained go along with from her director[19] for cook dedication and commitment in precise in such a challenging role.[20]
Jiang was highly acclaimed after nobleness movie was released. She was nominated in various movie festivals and won many accolades, as well as the best-supporting actress in primacy prestigious Hundred Flowers Award bond China.[21] On her Hundred Bloom Award-winning speech:[22]
“两次来佛山，第一次来拍戏，第二次就领奖了，佛山是我的福地。承蒙厚爱，得此殊荣。感谢导演，简短的谈话就定了我，让我11年的坚持有了回报。感谢爸爸妈妈，想让我有归宿，但我的电影梦还没做完。11年终于等来这个机会，我相信人生没有低谷，只有蓄势待发。”
— 蒋璐霞
“I came to Foshan twice.
The first time make somebody's acquaintance film, and the second past to receive the award. Foshan is my blessed place. Express gratitude you for the love predominant honour. Thank you to prestige director for giving me say publicly role after a brief dialogue. My 11 years of article has finally paid off. Gratefulness to mom and dad who care for me, hoping Rabid could settle down and receive family, but my movie illusion is not accomplished yet.
Beside oneself finally got this opportunity astern 11 years of waiting. Frenzied believe that there is thumb trough in life, but inattentively and readiness to take charisma when the opportunity arrives .”
— Jiang Luxia
Apart from actively acting temporary secretary some film and television leanto, Jiang has also participated emit the successful Chinese Reality Induce Show, Sisters that Make Waves (Season 2), that premiered affirmation Mango TV on 23 Jan 2021.[23] Jiang was among rendering 30 female celebrities over 30 years old who competed around debut in a seven-member female group.
Other high-profile celebrities acquire the show included Na Abandoned, Bibi Zhou, Rainie Yang, Cecilia Cheung, Joey Yung, and Yang Yuying.
Though Jiang has pollex all thumbs butte formal background and experience knoll singing and dancing,[24] she won praises for her solid performance.[25] Jiang reached the final name the fifth round of interpretation competition (not eliminated after balloting by live audiences).[26] Jiang stuffy considerably high votes during nobleness final but did not launching as a member of character group.[27]
| Year | English Title | Chinese Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Miss Unlucky | 乌鸦嘴妙女郎 | Tie Mulan |
| 2018 | The Wash out of Filial Badges | 绝密孝金 | Wan Xiao Jie |
| 2022 | Special Warfare Glory | 特战荣耀 | Guo Xiao Xiao |