Preface
What kind of character is the truly hateful "traitor"? Is it the kind of classic villain character that will make the audience want to smash the TV? Or is it a "scorpion beauty" like Sun Jinzhen, who makes people hate to the bone? Recently, "Sun Jinzhen" Li Koni, who became popular again because of the hit drama "Seventy-two Tenants," seems to be quite able to inspire us to think about this issue.
1. Li Keni: From the gymnastics team to the stage
How many years ago, would that little girl think that she would one day become the NO1 on the list of traitors in Guangdong?
In 1973, in an ordinary family in Sanshui, Guangdong, Li Keni came to this world.
When she was in the third grade of primary school, Li Keni was selected by the Guangdong Provincial Rhythmic Gymnastics Team and became a member of the team.
It was an eight or nine-year-old girl who stood on the big stage for the first time and faced countless unfamiliar eyes.
The nervousness and excitement in her heart is probably only known to herself.
However, the little girl quickly grew into a rising star on the team.
At the 1987 National Games, Li Keni, who was only 14 years old, won the gold medal of the women's team with the team and became famous.
After retiring, she did not stop her love for acting, and joined the Guangdong Modern Dance Troupe and the Provincial Drama Theater successively, and officially transformed into a stage actress.
The little girl who sweated in the spotlight at the beginning can finally stand in the center of the stage and show her own art.
From gymnastics to dance, from dance to drama, how much effort has she put in along the way? All this seems to be preparing for the role of Sun Jinzhen.
2. "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang": Li Keni's TV debut
In 2002, the middle-aged Li Keni ushered in her TV debut.
In the urban emotional drama "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" made by Guangdong TV, she played the heroine's friend Ah Zhen.
Compared with the most well-known "scorpion beauty", this is a gentle and intellectual female doctor character.
Ah Zhen appeared next to the actor Kang Qiyao and healed the wounds after the divorce for him, and the two fell in love for a while.
However, the good times did not last long, and they eventually broke up due to different life Xi.
Although the TV series ended with the reunion of the male and female protagonists, the warm episode brought by Li Keni left an impression in the hearts of many viewers.
Playing the new role of a female doctor is undoubtedly a challenge for Li Koni.
It is not difficult to see that this is a modern woman with an introverted, independent and intelligent personality.
However, for a drama actor, it must not be easy to create such a role.
Li Keni's rich detailed portrayal in the play has fully demonstrated her solid basic skills.
As her debut on the screen, although it is only a cameo role, Ah Zhen's likable character provides a relatively gentle entry point for Li Keni to conquer the audience.
This also established her impression in the minds of the public as an actor who continues to output positive energy.
And her masterpiece is still to come.
3. "Seventy-two Tenants": The birth of a scorpion beauty
What really brought the name Li Keni into thousands of households was the wonderful performance of Sun Jinzhen, a classic villain, in the longevity drama "Seventy-two Tenants".
This vulgar, vain, and extremely selfish woman is almost like a gentle female doctor.
The character of Sun Jinzhen first appeared in the 15th season of the show.
She is a woman of unknown origin, who initially appears to be gentle and considerate, and soon becomes the lover of the male protagonist, Prince Bing - and later even his titular aunt.
However, the true face behind her gentleness is a complete scorpion beauty.
For the sake of money and status, she unscrupulously provoked the relationship between Prince Bing and his justifiable wife Bagu, and even designed to harm people many times.
Her plausible smiling face and the hidden murderous intent in her words will simply make the audience itch after watching it.
"I hate her empty and contrived laugh the most, it's just disgusting. As soon as she appeared, I was instantly irritable and wanted to skip her scene quickly. One fan said, "Her character is so hateful!"
But we also have to admit that it is Li Keni's excellent acting skills that make this villain, who is already black by the environment, even more vicious.
Her virtuosic performance paints an offensive three-dimensional portrait of Sun Jinzhen, a classic traitor.
This may be the most wonderful stroke of Li Keni on the road of acting.
4. Li Koni: Forever Artist
Today, the role of Sun Jinzhen has become a highlight in Li Keni's acting career.
But we know there's so much more to her story.
Whether it is the gold medal when she was a gymnast, or her outstanding performance on the drama stage later, it is her most brilliant aura as an artist.
And social media is nothing new to her.
Li Keni actually started the operation of her Douyin account very early, but because of Sun Jinzhen's too "disgusting" character, she doesn't have many fans.
However, this is precisely the highest compliment for an actor.
Now 51 years old, she rarely appears on the screen.
However, all the past has verified that this woman is a veritable artist.
She has played a gentle and intellectual female doctor, and she has also interpreted a vicious and hypocritical female goblin; She stood under the stage lights and sweated, and she also gave herself in front of the TV screen.
No matter what the role, she is studying hard, just to restore the most three-dimensional and complete character.
Perhaps few people have noticed that this most hated "traitorous horn" has actually been outputting positive energy in its own way.
epilogue
Whether in or out of the play, she is an artist who turns a thousand times.
She won the respect of the audience with her emotionally rich interpretation; Conquer the eyes of drama fans with sensational performances.
She has always used her own way, with the attitude and feelings of an artist, to influence and infect the world.
Maybe that little girl many years ago didn't know that one day she would play the role of a traitor that people love and hate.
However, this child who decided to step onto the stage did not live up to the artist's dream after all.
She is still using the art she loves to warm and change the world.