Hai Qing (; born 12 January 1977) is a Chinese actress who has appeared in such films as Sacrifice (2010), Finding Mr. Right (2013), Operation Red Sea (2018), and Return to Dust (2022). For her role in the 2009–10 television series A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era, she was nominated for numerous TV awards, including a Flying Apsaras Award for Best Actress and a Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress, which she both won. Hai ranked 36th on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 46th in 2014, and 57th in 2015. In 2015, she became the first UN Women National Ambassador for China.
Biography Hai was born in Gulou, Nanjing, on 12 January 1977. She began acting in television shows at the age of seven, before joining the Jiangsu Provincial Theater School at age twelve. In 1997, she was accepted to the Beijing Film Academy and shortly afterwards appeared in her first feature film, Jade Goddess of Mercy. Hai returned to the small screen a few years later, appearing in a number of supporting roles, before joining the cast of A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era. As the character Guo Hai-ping, Hai went on to receive three award nominations: two at the Golden Eagle Awards and one at the Flying Apsaras Awards.
In 2015, while attending a United Nations HeForShe banquet, Hai was appointed the first UN Women goodwill ambassador for China by Assistant Secretary-General Lakshmi Puri. In this role, she became involved in the UN's "Step It Up for Gender Equality" campaign to end violence against women and help empower women in China.
In 2022, Hai starred opposite Wu Renlin in the Li Ruijun drama film Return to Dust.
Selected filmography
Film + Year Title Role Notes 2010 Sacrifice Cheng Ying's wife 2013 Finding Mr. Right Zhou Yi 2018 Operation Red Sea Xia Nan 2021 My Country, My Parents Younger sister (adult); astronaut 2022 Return to Dust Cao Guiying 2023 The Volunteers: To the War Lin Qiaozhi Beyond the Clouds Zhang Guimei
Television + Year Title Role Notes/2003Jade Goddess of MercyZhong Ning2009Dwelling NarrownessGuo Haiping2009–10A Beautiful Daughter-in-law EraMao Doudou2017Midnight DinerHai Fen3 episodes2019A Little ReunionTong Wenjie3 episodes2023Why Try to Change Me NowDonxin Fu6 episodes
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 20207th Actors of China AwardsBest Actress (Sapphire)
References
External links
Hai Qing at chinesemov.com