Shanghai Triad

Gong Li: It's safe to say that Chinese film renaissance of the 1990s was due, in no small part, to the appeal of the bewitching Gong Li, star of epics like "Raise the Red Lantern" and "Farewell My Concubine," as well as fetching-popcorn films like "Shanghai Triad." In recent ... moreyears, she's kept her Chinese career on a white-hot track while branching out into Western films like "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Hannibal Rising" -- even "Miami Vice." And, how many movie stars have had a song written about them by the Red Hot Chili Peppers? We rest our case.

(Retna Ltd.)