In February 1983, at the first Golden Eagle Award jury, something unexpected happened. The "Best Actress Award" was awarded to Xiao Xiong, who was only 25 years old at the time. According to common sense, this award should be given to a performing artist with deep artistic attainments, and the fact that the young Xiao Xiong can win this award shows that her performing arts have reached the point of perfection.
Xiao Xiong was born in Shanghai in 1958, the son of a returned overseas Chinese father and an intellectual mother. Xiao Xiong's unique family background allowed him to receive a good education from an early age. When Xiao Xiong was still in elementary school, he participated in various dance classes and showed extraordinary artistic talent.
When Xiao Xiong was 14 years old, she was selected by the Shanghai Repertory Theatre to become a reciter, and she took her first step on the road of art. At this time, Xiao Xiong was full of longing for the future, and she was determined to redouble her efforts to be admitted to an art academy for further study and realize the value of her life.
Just when Xiao Xiong was working hard for her dream, the beginning of ten years of turmoil brought her dream to an abrupt end. After graduating from high school, Xiao Xiong had to give up the idea of being admitted to an art school and work in a factory. However, Xiao Xiong, who loves art, has not completely given up on her dream, and she uses her spare time to practice the basic skills required for performing arts, and to improve her theoretical literacy as much as possible to prepare for the future.
Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared, in 1977, a drama team openly recruited acting talents, and Xiao Xiong immediately signed up after hearing the news. Xiao Xiong's usual accumulation was fully utilized, and after several rounds of selection, she was successfully hired to become a drama actress. Xiao Xiong cherished this hard-won opportunity, and in the following year, she became the most outstanding actor in the drama team with her own efforts.
Just when Xiao Xiong was ready to continue on the road of drama, fate threw a new olive branch to her, the Air Force Repertory Troupe recruited actors from all over the country, in order to have a bigger stage to display his talents, Xiao Xiong resolutely participated in the recruitment examination, and successfully passed the selection.
After entering the repertory troupe, Xiao Xiong's artistic path suddenly became broader. In 1979, Bayi Film Studio wanted to shoot a movie, and Xiao Xiong was selected to play a supporting role in it. Although there were not many opportunities to appear, Xiao Xiong still won praise for his superb acting skills, and thus got the opportunity to work in Bayi Film Studio.
In the next four years, Xiao Xiong has participated in several film and television works, all of which have achieved good responses. In a TV series filmed in the early eighties, the heroine played by Xiao Xiong became popular all over the country for a while, and won wide recognition from the audience, so she also won the "Best Actress Award" at the first Golden Eagle Award jury.
It is worth mentioning that while Xiao Xiong won the award, he also gained his own love, which can be described as double happiness, that is, in this year, Xiao Xiong entered the palace of marriage. However, Xiao Xiong, who married as a wife, did not give up her career, and in order to improve her artistic level, she also went to an art academy in Beijing for further study.
Because he was busy with his career, Xiao Xiong had no time to take care of his family, and her husband had a lot of opinions about her, and the two often quarreled. Xiao Xiong's husband hoped that she would give up her career as an actress and settle down in family life, but Xiao Xiong firmly chose her career, and her marriage cracked because of this, and finally the two broke up peacefully.
In the decades since, Xiao Xiong has not remarried. Although there have been many suitors around her, Xiao Xiong always politely refuses, and now Xiao Xiong is sixty-five years old and still single.
After the divorce, Xiao Xiong put almost all her energy into her career, and in the years since, she has created many deeply rooted roles with her delicate and nuanced performances, from the screen to the theater, every performance of her seems to be in a soul dialogue with the audience. Xiao Xiong is like a carving knife, portraying vivid characters, allowing the audience to experience the ups and downs of life in laughter and tears.
Since engaging in the acting career, Xiao Xiong has created many popular film and television works, and won various art awards many times, and her artistic achievements are obvious to all. Because of this, Xiao Xiong was rated as a national first-class actor and enjoyed military-level treatment, which is unique in China.
Xiao Xiong has dedicated his life to art and the career of an actor he loves, and her professional attitude is worthy of everyone's admiration.