Her Best

1999 Princess Pearl

Fan's breakout role in Chiung Yao's wildly popular TV series.

2003 Cell Phone

Fan turns heads in Feng Xiaogang's massive comedy hit.

2006 Battle of Wits

Fan as the love interest of the male lead turns a fleeting performance into a memorable one.

2006 The Matrimony

Fan essays the object of love in a ghost story about love set in 1930s Shanghai.

2007 Lost in Beijing

Fan's first collaboration with female director Li Yu features her as a migrant worker who works in a foot massage parlor.

2009 Bodyguards and Assassins

Fan stands on her own in this ensemble piece with a starry cast.

2009 Buddha Mountain

Fan's second outing with Li Yu again portrays her as an ordinary woman, not a femme fatale.

2010 Chongqing Blues

Fan plays a kidnap victim in this art-house film adapted from a true story.

2012 Double Xposure

Fan commands the screen with a complex character of psychological intensity in her third Li Yu picture.

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