Kong Lin

Kong Lin (; born Kong Linglin; 5 January 1969) is a Chinese actress, television series and movie producer, art director, and semi-rock-pop singer. Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang she now lives in Beijing, Jilin. Kong is known as one of her generation's most distinguished graduates of the Beijing Film Academy, praised for her great ability and multitalented abilities. Before graduating, she was already contributing to several film projects directed by prominent filmmakers, such Zhang Yimou in his movie, Raise the Red Lantern. Well known as a villain in many television series because of her performance in Raise the Red Lantern, she has appeared in The Proud Twins (2005), Zhen Qing Gao Bie (2003), The Raging Butterfly (2003), Lucky Zhu Bajie (2003) amongst many others. Early life Kong Lin grew up in a family of artists; her father was in western-style opera/theatrical works as singer and actor. She was the 76th descendant of Confucius. She, in turn, was mentored by her father in singing, dancing, acting, and also playing violoncello.