Cheng Pei-pei

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Cheng Pei-pei (6 January 1946 – 17 July 2024) was an actress, appearing mainly in Hong Kong films. Popularly known as "Queen of Swords" and "Queen of Martial Arts Films", Cheng starred in numerous successful wuxia and martial arts films in Hong Kong, and is widely considered cinema's first female action hero. During her six-decade career, Cheng starred in over 110 movies and 50 television series.

Born in Shanghai, Cheng moved to Hong Kong in 1962 and joined Shaw Brothers Studio in 1963. The wuxia film ''Come Drink with Me'' (1966) launched Cheng into superstardom, making her Hong Kong's first official kung fu screen queen. She went on to appear in the films ''Dragon Creek'' (1966), ''The Thundering Sword'' (1967), ''Jade Raksha'' (1968), ''Golden Swallow'' (1968), ''Shadow Whip'' (1970), and ''Lady Hermit'' (1971), which made her a star of kung fu films. She stepped away from acting after her marriage and moved to the United States in 1970, but returned to acting after divorcing in 1987, notably in ''Flirting Scholar'' (1993) and ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' (2000), for which she won a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Late in her career, she gained renewed popularity through the Chinese reality show ''Divas Hit the Road'' (2014).

In addition to her Chinese-language works, Cheng also appeared in English-language productions, including ''Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li'' (2009), ''Lifting'' (2014), ''Meditation Park'' (2017) and ''Mulan'' (2020). She was posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 61st Golden Horse Awards. Provided by Wikipedia