Zheng Zhenyao, born in 1936 in Lingbi, Anhui, is a famous film and television and drama performance artist of the older generation, who entered the Shanghai Children's Art Theater at the age of 12, entered the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama in 1954, and became an actor in the Central Experimental Drama Theater after graduation in 1958. She is one of the few actors in the history of Chinese cinema who has won the Golden Rooster Award twice, and she is one of the 100 outstanding actors in the history of Chinese cinema in the past century. The picture shows an old photo of Zheng Zhenyao.
The picture shows an old photo of Zheng Zhenyao. Although her appearance is not amazing, she has an inner show, and she is a simple and subtle person with high artistic accomplishment. On the stage, Zheng Zhenyao plays a young woman who shines brightly, and on the screen, she plays an ordinary woman with the traditional beauty of the East, without gorgeous costumes, and the plot does not give the character a dashing demeanor.
She is idyllic by nature, loves to read, is not sociable, and may love to be picky defenders who regard her as "high", but it is this indifferent fame and fortune, quiet and far-reaching personality that makes her calm in adversity, self-improvement, sober in the face of achievements, humble and self-respecting. The picture shows an old photo of Zheng Zhenyao.
The picture shows an old photo of Zheng Zhenyao. In the 1960s, she caused a sensation in Beijing for her elegant temperament and graceful performance in the drama "Princess Wencheng". In the 1980s, a "Old Story in Seongnam" made her popular, and the role of "Song Ma" became a classic in the history of Chinese cinema for a hundred years. With her literary temperament image, she has inspired countless peers and audiences.
In 1980, she ventured into the film industry to shoot her first feature film, The Flying Symphony. In 1982, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 3rd Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Cinema. Since then, she has participated in the performance of more than ten movies such as "Burning the Yuanmingyuan" and "Hanging Curtains and Listening to the Government", and has also played the main role in the TV series "Imperial City Gen'er" and "Lin Qiaozhi". The picture shows an old photo of Zheng Zhenyao.
The picture shows an old photo of Zheng Zhenyao (first from the left in the second row). On the stage or screen, Zheng Zhenyao is never satisfied, and every time he takes up the play, he must clearly and meticulously speculate on the inner world of the characters to the external actions. How to pronounce the lines, the light accent, the depression, the subtext and the rhyme, she has a unique handling and exquisiteness.
She has created a variety of women with different personalities in more than 40 plays, performing delicately and being good at portraying the psychological activities of the characters. She successfully played the roles of Princess Wencheng and Li Xiangjun, and was known as the "strange flower" on the drama stage. The image of Xia Zhixian she created reflects the personality characteristics of contemporary intellectual women. The picture shows an old photo of Zheng Zhenyao.
The picture shows an old photo of Zheng Zhenyao. After entering the new century, in 2000, she participated in the feature film "Together Forever"; in 2002, she starred in the feature film "Pretend To Have No Feelings"; in 2004, she starred in the feature film "Beautiful Shanghai", for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 24th Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Film.
In 2005, she starred in the urban emotional drama "Wrong Love Life"; in the same year, she starred in the costume drama "Big Brother Pujun"; in 2007, the suspenseful love drama "Red Flag" premiered, with which she was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the 13th Shanghai TV Festival. The picture shows an old photo of Zheng Zhenyao.
The picture shows an old photo of Zheng Zhenyao (fourth from the left). She has served as the third director and the fourth executive director of the China Drama Association, the fifth executive director of the Chinese Dramatists Association, the honorary director of the China Film Performing Arts Society, and the president of the Central Experimental Drama Theatre.
She has been immersed in her acting career for decades, using her own heart to shape characters, although she has left the literary and art world for many years, she has always understood and paid attention to everything in the literary and art world. Today, the audience still misses her; it is hard to forget the shining years of this older generation of artists.