Name: Bai Ling Birth Name: Ling Bai Known as: Bai Profession: Actress Date of Birth: 10th October 1970 Place of Birth: Chengdu, China Sex: Female Nationality: Chinese Hair: Black Eyes: Black Height: 5' 3" Education: University: New York University (1991)
The Lee Strasberg Institute (acting school) (1991) Relations: Chris Isaak (singer)
Father: Bai Yuxiang (musician in the People's Liberation Army, and later a music teacher)
Mother: Chen Binbin (dancer, stage actress, and a literature teacher in Sichuan University) Claim to fame: As Shen Yuelin in Red Corner (1997)
Biography
Her father was a music teacher, and her mother was a stage actor and dancer. She describes herself as a very shy child who found that she best expressed herself through acting and performing. She was born during the Cultural Revolution when her parents were treated cruelly due to the fact that they were teachers. Soon after her birth, she moved to Sichuan to live with her grandmother.