Chinese name 李玲玉 Role Singer Name Li Lingyu | Children 1 Pinyin Movies Chongqing Blues | |
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Born April 9, 1963 (age 60)
Shanghai, China ( 1963-04-09 ) Occupation Singer, actress, anchorwoman Years active 1989–1993, 2005-present Books Analysis on Extreme Hydrological Events in the Oak Ridges Moraine Area Similar People Mao Amin, Wei Wei, He Jie, Liu Xijun, Kathy Chow | ||
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Li Lingyu (born 9 April 1963 in Shanghai) is a Chinese singer and actress.
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Biography
Li was born in Shanghai in 1963. She is a student of the notable singer Wang Kun.
In 1980, she was admitted to the Beijing Red Flag Yue Opera Company, performing Shaoxing opera. In 1984, she joined the China Oriental Song and Dance Troupe. There she met her first husband and married at the age of 21.
Her first television role was in the 1986 adaptation of Journey to the West. She released her first album in 1987, Sweet Song Queen.
In 1993, she moved to Japan, partly because of marital difficulties, and worked there for two years as an anchorwoman for MTV Japan.
Li migrated to Canada in 1995, married a Canadian investment manager in 1997, and gave birth to a son in 2000.
In 2005, she was appointed a part-time professor at the School of Continuing Education in California. She also returned to singing with a RMB one million deal for her successful album Beauty Chant.