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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 30, 1952
Place of Birth
Chongqing, Sichuan, China
Also Known As
- 刘晓庆
- Hsiao-ching Liu
- 刘晓卿
- Liu Xiao Qing
- Xiaoqing Liu
Liu Xiaoqing
1.1 Popularity
Biography
In her early days Liu worked as a farm labourer, then as a propagandist for the People's Liberation Army and later a stage actor for the Chengdu Military Drama Group. Liu acted in mainland Chinese films before she turned 30 — The Great Wall of the South China Sea (1976), What a Family (1979) and The Little Flower (1980). Her breakthrough role was the ruthless Qing Dynasty Empress Dowager Cixi in The Burning of the Imperial Palace (1983) and Reign Behind the Curtain (1984). Her portrayal of Cixi won her numerous awards in Chinese film festivals and she later reprised the role in two unrelated films, including Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch (1991). She won Best Actress at the Hundred Flowers Award for her role as Hua Jinzhi in The Savage Land, filmed in 1981 but not released until 1987, and again for her role in Hibiscus Town (1986). She holds a record for having won the most number of awards in the actress categories of the Hundred Flowers Award, with three Best Actress and one Best Supporting Actress. Liu left the entertainment industry in the 1990s to focus on business, but later returned to acting in the mid 2000s. One of her latest films was Chunhua (also titled Plastic Flower, released in 2004), in which she played the titular role, Chunhua. She performed in a stage play, The Last Night of Tapan Chin, in China and Taiwan from 2005 to 2008. Liu published a short autobiography I Did It My Way in 1983. She became one of the richest people in China, appearing at 45 on Forbes' list of the 50 richest Chinese businessmen and businesswomen in 1999. She promoted her success by publishing a book titled From A Movie Star to A Billionaire. She was arrested for tax evasion in connection with her company, Beijing Xiaoqing Culture and Arts Company Ltd., in 2002, was fined 7.1 million yuan, and imprisoned for a year. In 2012 Liu Xiaoqing played Sai Jinhua in a performance of the play The Beauty.
Known For
8.7
Madame Xu
The Prisoner of Beauty
2025
0.0
Blooming All the Way
2025
0.0
萌宝助攻：五十岁婚宠
2025
6.0
Self
The Blooming Journey
2025
0.0
Lan Ni
Night Rain and Autumn Lantern Hear Strange Stories
2024
0.0
Dan Niang
Ice Sniper 2
2023
5.0
Fantasy Magician 2
2023
5.0
Bai Jinghui
Crossroad Bistro
2021
7.0
Sister Rong
The Eight Hundred
2020
5.1
Madam Zheng
Air Strike
2018
Credits
The Prisoner of Beauty
as Madame Xu
2025
8.7
Blooming All the Way
2025
0.0
萌宝助攻：五十岁婚宠
2025
0.0
The Blooming Journey
as Self
2025
6.0
Night Rain and Autumn Lantern Hear Strange Stories
as Lan Ni
2024
0.0
Ice Sniper 2
as Dan Niang
2023
0.0
Fantasy Magician 2
2023
5.0
Crossroad Bistro
as Bai Jinghui
2021
5.0
The Eight Hundred
as Sister Rong
2020
7.0
Air Strike
as Madam Zheng
2018
5.1
Rock & Roast
2017
6.7
The King of Comedy
2016
0.0
For a Few Bullets
as Jin Sanniang
2016
4.7
Trump Card
2016
6.5
Mojin: The Lost Legend
as Sister Hong
2015
6.2
I Have a Dream
as Ye Chun'er
2015
0.0
中国好男儿
as 刘晓庆
2014
0.0
徐悲鸿
as 蒋碧微
2013
0.0
最佳女主角
2013
0.0
Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties
as Lady Xiao, Empress Min of Sui
2012
7.0
养女
2012
0.0
37
as 蒙古老奶奶红婆婆
2012
0.0
The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven
as 王母娘娘
2012
7.7
Legendary Amazons
as 6th Lady Yang / Princess Chai
2011
5.5
The Legend of Wu Zetian
as 武则天（中年）
2011
6.0
红玫瑰黑玫瑰
2010
0.0
凝香劫
2010
7.0
The Prelude of Lotus Lantern
as Wang Mu
2009
8.2
长河东流
as 庄皇太后
2008
0.0
女人何苦为难女人
2008
0.0
The Shadow of Empress Wu
as 武则天
2007
0.0
Wang Zhaojun
as 管婕妤
2007
8.0
春蚕织梦
2007
0.0
Hui Niang Wan Xin
as 吴太太
2006
0.0
阿有正传
as 珍格格
2005
0.0
Lotus Lantern
as 王母
2005
7.5
Hero Yongle
as Jin Niang
2005
0.0
281封信
2005
0.0
我的兄弟姐妹
as Ai Lian
2004
0.0
🎬
Plastic Flowers
2004
0.0
Justice Pao
1995
7.0
Empress Wu Cheh Tien
as 武则天
1995
8.0
风华绝代
as Kuang Chunni
1992
0.0
Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch
as Empress Ci Xi
1991
6.0
The Empress Dowager
as Empress Dowager Cixi
1989
6.4
A Dream of Red Mansions
as Wang Xifeng
1989
0.0
红楼梦第一部：宝黛相会（上）
as 王熙凤
1989
0.0
A Woman For Two
as 春桃
1988
0.0
Hibiscus Town
as Hu Yuyin
1987
7.9
The Imperial Cannon Team
as 冯玉舒
1987
0.0
Hong Kong People in Shenzhen
1985
6.0
Bei guo hong dou
1984
5.0
Reign Behind a Curtain
as 慈禧太后
1983
6.7
The Burning of the Imperial Palace
as 慈禧太后
1983
6.3
心灵深处
as 欧阳兰
1982
0.0
Qian wang
1981
0.0
Xu Mao he ta de nü er men
as Qi Gu Niang
1981
0.0
The Savage Land
as Jin Zi
1981
2.0
Mysterious Buddha
as 梦婕
1980
7.0
The Little Flower
as 何翠姑
1979
7.0
Oh! What a Family
as 张岚
1979
7.4
Hun Li
1979
0.0
春歌
1978
0.0
同志，感谢你
1977
0.0
The Great Wall of the South-China Sea
1976
0.0