Li Mingqi

Li Mingqi (; born 20 February 1936) is a Chinese actress best known for her roles as Granny Wang on The Water Margin, Wet-Nurse Rong on My Fair Princess (1997) and Granny Sun on The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006).

Early life Li was born in Dandong, Fengtian Province, Manchukuo, on February 20, 1936. Her father died early. At the age of 16, she joined the Railway propaganda team as an actress.

Acting career In 1960 Li made her film debut with a small role in Train 12.

In 1996 she gained national fame for her starring role as Granny Wang in the television series The Water Margin, adapted from Shi Nai'an's classical novel of the same title.

Li became widely known to audiences with My Fair Princess (1997), in which she played Wet-Nurse Rong. Other cast members are Zhang Tielin, Zhao Wei, Alec Su, Ruby Lin, and Zhou Jie. She reprised her role in My Fair Princess 2, but was not in the third installment, My Fair Princess 3.

In 2004, she was cast as Empress Dowager Cixi in Cook Officer, opposite Li Baotian, Tian Hairong, Shu Chang and Wang Luyao.

In 2006, Li had a supporting role in The Return of the Condor Heroes, a wuxia television series adaptation based on the novel of the same name by Jin Yong. It stars Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yifei.

On February 25, 2018, she appeared in the CCTV New Year's Gala alongside Lin Yongjian, Yang Shaohua, Wang Liyun, Li Qi, Li Chengru, and Yang Zi.

Personal life Li is married and has a son named Wang Jun .

Filmography Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1960 Train 12 Xiao Ye 1985 Love and Hate Director of nursery school 1988 Son-In-Law and His Father-In-Law Liu Yuxia 1990 Ninety-six Million Pairs of Eyes Gu Zhen 1991 Green Leaves of Home Mother Zheng Woman-TAXI-Woman 1993 Sub-Husband Fitial Son And Fitial Piety Fool in Love Xie You's mother 1995 Armed Working Team Behind Enemy Lines Aunt 1996 Young Girl's Red Hairpin Grandma Feng 1999 I'll Love You More Tomorrow Sanduo's mother Happy Times Aunt Zhang 2002 Father Mother 2003 Bear in Mind The Law of Romance Grandpa Mao 2006 The Story of Ah Bao Jingjing's grandma 2009 Weddings at the Yellow River Zhang Lanhua 2010 A Thousand Miles Away 2011 Aeolian Bells Liu Caixia 2017 Madam Xian 2019 For Love with You 2020 Counselor

Television Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1987 Plainclothes policeman Aunt Zheng Prime Minister of the Town Xiao Cui's mother 1989 Good Men, Good Women Aunt 1990 Wife of Master Jin 1993 Zhou Lanu Zhou Lanu I Love My Family Aunt Li 1994 Little Dunzi Dunzi's mother Feathers Zhou's wife Aunt Shan 1995 PCHome Grandmother Rainy Day has a Story Aunt Ye Sunrise and Sunset Story of Late Autumn in Beijing Kingdoms of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty Old woman 1996 Son of the Earth Aunt Liu The Water Margin Granny Wang Story of My Family Zeng Qiang's mother 1998 Female Prisoner Aunt Sun Rickshaw Boy A peasant My Fair Princess Wet-Nurse Rong 1999 Chivalous Robber Lee-San Bawd The Mountain is still Green The Act of the Youngs Yu Yuanyuan's mother My Fair Princess 2 Wet-Nurse Rong 2000 Bluelover Empress Dowager Cixi Idle Miss Ma Herself 2001 King of Kings Wet-Nurse Niu Lian's Mother Liu's Mother Border beauty Chen Yuanyuan Bunheads Zhang Manshu Aunt Hong A Family in the Northeast of China Grandma Hua 2002 Communist Party Member Sister Ma Together Black Cloth The Merchant 2003 Empty Love Grandma Xu Mother Mother 2004 Jin Dou's mother Armed Forces Police Yang's mother The Empty House Grandma Jin 2005 Xianfeng Emperor Nine Daughters in The Family Mother Cook Officer Empress Dowager Cixi 2006 Irresistible Pei Xinyi's mother I Wish I Knew The Return of the Condor Heroes Granny Sun 2007 Double Sided Adhesive Tape Ya Ping's mother Bai's mother 2008 Mortgage Slave Ding's mother 2009 Zhai's mother Grandma Wu Life without language Ying Xiaodong Around the Home Xie Yujin 2010 Pretty Woman Li's mother My Beautiful Life Wu Qiaobao Grandma 2011 The Pursuit of Happyness Granny Zhu Spring Blossoms Aunt Yue You Are My Happiness Grandmother 2013 Anut Pang Baby Child Back Home Song's mother I Love You the Most Zhang's mother Spring of My Husband Gong's mother 2014 Male Matchmaker Yang Jinfang Love, the Most Beautiful Zhang Lanhua Grandmother 2016 Grandma 2019 Our life is Full of Sunshine Mother Jiang

Film and TV Awards Year Nominated work Award Category Result Notes 1987 Plainclothes policeman Jindun Awards Best Actress 1990 Flying Apsaras Awards Outstanding Actress 1993 Wenhua Awards Best Performance 1994 Flying Apsaras Awards Outstanding Actress