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.

The Matrimony

Fan plays the love interest in a ghost story 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 star-studded cast.

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.

(China Daily USA 08/07/2013 page8)