She is the mother of the hand-torn memorandum of "Ordinary Road", and Luo Meisu, who has a weak sense of existence in "The Long Season", and has overwhelmed Fan Wei, Qin Hao, Chen Minghao and other powerful people, becoming the most natural actor recognized by the audience, she is Lin Xiaojie.
The first time I saw her in "The Long Season", the audience mistakenly thought that this was a mass actor pulled by the director, otherwise, how could the Northeast Aunt's sense of city be portrayed so profoundly. But no one could have imagined that this ordinary looking "Northeast Aunt" used to be a calendar girl and was one of the famous "Twelve Pearl Shadow Factory".
Lin Xiaojie's acting road seems to be the heroine with a cool script, but her real acting career is tempered step by step under heavy pressure.
In 1962, Lin Xiaojie was born in Harbin, Northeast China, when Northeasterners liked to let their children learn art, and Lin's mother was no exception, and took her daughter to the opera house to learn to sing in winter. Lin Xiaojie is tall and slender, and as she grows up, she gradually determined her dream, that is, acting.
Relying on superior appearance conditions, Lin Xiaojie was admitted to the acting department of Shanghai Theater Academy in 1980, and Liu Wei and Ding Jiali were her classmates. After graduating from university, she was assigned to Zhuying Studio and soon became one of the heads of Hua Dan.
The 80-year-old Chinese entertainment industry is in a stage of development, and not every actor has the opportunity to act in movies. But Lin Xiaojie relied on his gorgeous facial features and starred in many fashionable and beautiful urban girls.
She not only has outstanding appearance, but also has good acting skills, and was nominated for the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "A Woman's Story", and nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress with "The Countryman".
At that time, Lin Xiaojie had a smooth ride, and if she continued her studies, she might become a well-known popular female star.
However, Lin Xiaojie preferred to "toss", and in the late 80s, she gave up her career in China and went to Australia to study. Her biggest dream is to break out of the world abroad.
From the female star sought after by everyone to the work-study international student, Lin Xiaojie's life has fallen off a cliff, and the cost of living abroad is very large, Lin Xiaojie must earn money while studying.
During this most difficult period, Lin Xiaojie did not forget to study, gradually mastered English and Cantonese, and also had the opportunity to participate in foreign movies and TV series.
At that time, there were few Asian roles in Hollywood, Lin Xiaojie had few opportunities, and for a long time, she almost said goodbye to the profession of actress.
In 2014, the 80th grade teachers and students of Shanghai Theater Academy gathered in Shanghai, Lin Xiaojie specially returned to China, and everyone talked about their lives over the years, and everyone asked her in surprise, "How can you change careers?" ”
At this time, Lin Xiaojie suddenly gave birth to a sense of guilt, the teacher's careful teaching and hard work in school, how could she say give up and give up?
Lin Xiaojie, who was standing at the intersection of retirement, decided to start again, and she sent a message to every friend she knew, "I want to act, any role I want!" ”
In 2016, "Luo Family" was broadcast, the play tells the real life of a family from Hong Kong in Australia, once it was broadcast, it became popular, the drama won the Best Group Performance Award in the Australian Comedy category for two consecutive years, Lin Xiaojie became famous, and also participated in the small-cost movie "Don't Tell Her".
In the movie, Lin Xiaojie plays a mother who has lived in the United States for many years, speaks fluent English, occasionally mixed with Chinese, and her tone and demeanor are the most traditional oriental mother.
"Don't Tell Her" is a Chinese team, but it has become a dark horse at the Sundance Film Festival with ultra-high quality, and it is also the seed contestant who hit the Oscars that year, and it is also director Ang Lee's favorite film that year. Although the film failed to be shortlisted for the Oscars in the end, it won more than a dozen awards.
Lin Xiaojie has been away from domestic entertainment for nearly 30 years, and her first play to return to internal entertainment is actually the unit drama "Our Decade" directed by Mao Weining.
At that time, Lin Xiaojie came to visit the class, Mao Weining casually said to her, "You come to make a cameo", Lin Xiaojie readily agreed, playing an arrogant and unreasonable rural woman in the "Xixiang Mingyue" unit, Lin Xiaojie, who has not lived in China for a long time, firmly relied on the actor's sense of faith to play this role alive.
The role of "Long Season" Romesu was also introduced to Lin Xiaojie by a friend. At first, Lin Xiaojie was reluctant to accept it, in her opinion, she had nothing in common with Luo Meisu, but director Xin Shuang was very interested in Lin Xiaojie and insisted on seeing her. It is this side that makes Xin Shuang directly clapped, and she has to play it.
Lin Xiaojie in order to play this Northeast mother well, hard work, as soon as he has free time to walk around the street, observe the every move of the people around him, smile, when the set makeup photo came out, everyone was shocked, this is Romesu!
Luo Meisu dressed plainly, her hair was frizzy, and she always held a hot water bottle, either boiling Chinese medicine or covering her chest, as if she was going to turn her back in the next second. This fits perfectly with her character of having a bad heart and taking medicine all year round.
At the beginning, the audience will not notice Luo Meisu, because when Lin Xiaojie plays this role, she tries to tighten herself and try to integrate herself into the scene, the dish falls on the table, she does not hesitate to clamp it and put it in her bowl, such small details abound.
At home, Romesu consciously dragged down the family and collected her strength in front of her husband and son, but she would also scare the king, play scoundrels with doctors, and say bad things about relatives behind her back.
This role is the most common middle-aged housewife in life, nagging, breaking her mouth, spoiling her son, and listening to her husband, but she is keenly aware of the changes of the times, and when the relationship between father and son is bad, it is also she who stands up to stop the two and becomes the glue of the family.
But when Wang Yang died, Lin Xiaojie ushered in a major event, and all those who came to mourn were in a heavy heart, only she greeted everyone warmly, and even laughed.
But when the people dispersed, she did not hesitate to end her life with a bundle of yarn, her son was gone, and the mother also lost the meaning of living.
Romesu rarely laughed in all the previous scenes, but she laughed loudly after her son's death, and this extremely sad mother, with a short-lived smile, bloomed a flower in the gap of suffering, and then disappeared without a trace.
If Fan Wei's acting skills are like a perfect realm, Lin Xiaojie is back to basics, but the more simple things are, the more earth-shaking energy.
60-year-old Lin Xiaojie has a face that naturally ages, she doesn't care, let time pass, the years fly away, she turns the years into acting skills, interprets the characters with experience, and surprises the audience.
We look forward to the fact that there are more and more actors like Lin Xiaojie, and at that time, it is the best season for domestic entertainment.