Acting
75 titles
In her early days Liu worked as a farm labourer, then as a propagandist for the People's Liberation Army and later a stage actor for the Chengdu Military Drama Group. Liu acted in mainland Chinese films before she turned 30 — The Great Wall of the South China Sea (1976), What a Family (1979) and The Little Flower (1980). Her breakthrough role was the ruthless Qing Dynasty Empress Dowager Cixi in The Burning of the Imperial Palace (1983) and Reign Behind the Curtain (1984). Her portrayal of Cixi won her numerous awards in Chinese film festivals and she later reprised the role in two unrelated films, including Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch (1991). She won Best Actress at the Hundred Flowers Award for her role as Hua Jinzhi in The Savage Land, filmed in 1981 but not released until 1987, and again for her role in Hibiscus Town (1986). She holds a record for having won the most number of awards in the actress categories of the Hundred Flowers Award, with three Best Actress and one Best Supporting Actress. Liu left the entertainment industry in the 1990s to focus on business, but later returned to acting in the mid 2000s. One of her latest films was Chunhua (also titled Plastic Flower, released in 2004), in which she played the titular role, Chunhua. She performed in a stage play, The Last Night of Tapan Chin, in China and Taiwan from 2005 to 2008. Liu published a short autobiography I Did It My Way in 1983. She became one of the richest people in China, appearing at 45 on Forbes' list of the 50 richest Chinese businessmen and businesswomen in 1999. She promoted her success by publishing a book titled From A Movie Star to A Billionaire. She was arrested for tax evasion in connection with her company, Beijing Xiaoqing Culture and Arts Company Ltd., in 2002, was fined 7.1 million yuan, and imprisoned for a year. In 2012 Liu Xiaoqing played Sai Jinhua in a performance of the play The Beauty.
TONIGHT COMEDY SHOW
2026
Roast
2026
Slow Conversation
2025
The Prisoner of Beauty
2025
Blooming All the Way
2025
萌宝助攻:五十岁婚宠
2025
The Blooming Journey
2025
Night Rain and Autumn Lantern Hear Strange Stories
2024
Ice Sniper 2
2023
Fantasy Magician 2
2023
Memories Beyond Horizon
2022
The Eight Hundred
2020
Air Strike
2018
Rock & Roast
2017
The King of Comedy
2016
For a Few Bullets
2016
Trump Card
2016
Mojin: The Lost Legend
2015
I Have a Dream
2015
中国好男儿
2014
花灯满城
2014
徐悲鸿
2013
最佳女主角
2013
Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties
2012
养女
2012
37
2012
The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven
2012
Legendary Amazons
2011
The Legend of Wu Zetian
2011
红玫瑰黑玫瑰
2010
凝香劫
2010
The Prelude of Lotus Lantern
2009
长河东流
2008
女人何苦为难女人
2008
The Shadow of Empress Wu
2007
Wang Zhaojun
2007
春蚕织梦
2007
Hui Niang Wan Xin
2006
阿有正传
2005
Lotus Lantern
2005
Hero Yongle
2005
281封信
2005
我的兄弟姐妹
2004
Plastic Flowers
2004
Justice Pao
1995
Empress Wu Cheh Tien
1995
风华绝代
1992
Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch
1991
The Empress Dowager
1989
A Dream of Red Mansions
1989
红楼梦第一部:宝黛相会(上)
1989
红楼梦第一部:宝黛相会
1989
红楼梦第二部:黛玉葬花
1989
红楼梦第三部:凤姐泼醋
1989
红楼梦第四部:二尤惨死
1989
红楼梦第五部:晴雯夭亡
1989
红楼梦第六部:宝玉化石
1989
A Woman For Two
1988
Hibiscus Town
1987
The Imperial Cannon Team
1987
Hong Kong People in Shenzhen
1985
Bei guo hong dou
1984
Reign Behind a Curtain
1983
The Burning of the Imperial Palace
1983
心灵深处
1982
Qian wang
1981
Xu Mao he ta de nü er men
1981
The Savage Land
1981
Mysterious Buddha
1980
The Little Flower
1979
Oh! What a Family
1979
Hun Li
1979
春歌
1978
同志,感谢你
1977
The Great Wall of the South-China Sea
1976