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He Saifei (born 11 April 1963) is a Chinese actress of film and television, as well as a celebrated Yue opera performer of dan (female) roles. Internationally, she is best known for playing supporting roles in period films like Raise the Red Lantern (1991) and Temptress Moon (1996).

He Saifei
Born	(1963-04-11) April 11, 1963 (age 59) Daishan County, Zhejiang, China
Occupation	Actress, singer
Spouse	Yang Nan (杨楠) ​ (m. 1988)​
Children	1
Family	2 sisters including Xia Saili (夏赛丽)
Musical career
Genres	Yue opera
Musical artist
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	何賽飛
Simplified Chinese	何赛飞
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hé Sàifēi

He Saifei is the most famous disciple of Yue opera star Zhang Yunxia.

Early life

He Saifei was born in 1963 in an island in Daishan County, Zhoushan off the coast of mainland Zhejiang province. She has two sisters. When she was 3, the Cultural Revolution began. In 1967, her father was attacked and sent to the countryside. Her parents divorced, and Saifei lived with one parent while her two sisters lived with another, with no contact between them. After the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976, Yue opera (also known as Yue opera) gradually regained its popularity following a decade of ruinous destruction. When He Saifei was about 16, she successfully auditioned for a Yue opera troupe in Daishan. There she met a slightly younger girl who was also very interested in joining. Neither knew at first, but it turned out that the girl Xia Saili (夏赛丽) was none other than her long-lost sister. After some initial discomfort, they became very close and encouraged each other. In 1983–84, both made the newly established Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe, which, consisting entirely of young girls would immediately take the Yue opera world by storm. He Saifei studied under the master Zhang Yunxia and specialized in Dan (female) roles. Xia Saili specialized in Sheng (mainly male scholar) roles, and as a result often portrayed her sister's lover on stage.[1][2][3] Another of He Saifei's frequent on-stage partner was Mao Weitao.

Early career

In 1984, the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe girls starred in the opera film Five Daughters Offering Felicitations (五女拜壽), which became a big national hit and won Best Opera Film (a new award category) at the 5th Golden Rooster Awards. In 1985, He Saifei and Mao Weitao reenacted a scene live at the CCTV New Year's Gala, China's most watched annual television event. This would be the first of He Saifei's four Yue opera appearances on CCTV New Year's Gala (excluding more performances on CCTV New Year's Opera Gala). Soon enough, He Saifei and four other girls from Xiaobaihua — Mao Weitao, He Ying (何英), Fang Xuewen (方雪雯), and Dong Kedi (董柯娣) — emerged as young celebrities, and they were together dubbed the "Five Golden Flowers" (五朵金花) of Yue opera.[4]

Personal life

She has one son, born in 1998.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
1984	Five Daughters Offering Felicitations	五女拜壽	Cuiyun	Yue opera film
1987	Two Dowagers	兩宮皇太后	Zijuan
1988	Tang Bohu	唐伯虎	Shen Jiuniang	Yue opera film
1990	Iron & Silk		Yue opera actress	English-language film
1991	Raise the Red Lantern	大紅燈籠高高掛	Mei Shan
1995	Blush	紅粉	Xiao'e
	Armed Working Team Behind Enemy Lines	敵後武工隊	Xiaohongyun
	The Wandering Songstress	天涯歌女	Xiaohong
1996	Temptress Moon	風月	Lin Xiuyi
1999	Something About Secret	说出你的秘密	Employee
2000	Woman Soccer Player #9	女足9号	Zhu Yin
2007	Lust, Caution	色·戒	Madame Xiao
2011	Deng Enming's Childhood	少年鄧恩銘
2014	The Struggle of 80's	80后的独立宣言
2016	Super Express	超级快递	Nana's mother
	Lord of Shanghai	上海王
	Goddesses in the Flames of War	那些女人

Television

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
2000	The Grand Mansion Gate	大宅门	Yang Jiuhong
2003	Xiaozhuang Mishi	孝庄秘史	Harjol
2012	Tears of Woman	女人泪	Wu Lifang
	The New Son-in-Law Era	新女婿时代	Li Guilan
	Our Youth in 1977	我们的青春1977	Shen Yumei
2013	Na Jinhua and Her Son-in-law	那金花和她的女婿	Na Jinhua
	Women of the Tang Dynasty	唐宮燕	Empress Wei
	A Splendid Family	金玉满堂	Zhao Ningli
	Safeguarding the Grandson	保卫孙子	Li Wanmei
	Woman in a Family of Swordsmen	刀客家族的女人	Yu Huang Shi
2014	If Happiness Arrives	假如幸福来临	Jiang Xinhui
	Heping's Golden Age	和平的全盛时代	Ding Yulan
2015	Our Family's Happy Life	我们家的微幸福生活	Yu Meiren
	Living	活法	Wang Liru
2016	See You! My Wife	再见，老婆大人	Zhen Meiren's mother
	Seeking Nirvana at Shaolin	少林問道	Meigu
	Mother's Romance	老妈的桃花运	Ding Xiangxiang
2017	Xuanwu	玄武	Xiao Meigui
	Green Love	青恋	Chunxia

Awards and nominations

Yue opera

Film & TV

Year	#	Award	Category	Work	Result
1996	19th	Hundred Flowers Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Armed Working Team Behind Enemy Lines	Won
2014		China TV Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Woman in a Family of Swordsmen	Nominated
2015	21st	Shanghai Television Festival	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
2016	3rd	China Australia International Film Festival	Best Actress[6]	Goddesses in the Flames of War	Won
2018	16th	Pyongyang International Film Festival	Best Actress		Won

References

External links

• He Saifei at IMDb
• Biography of He Saifei

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