Gua Ah-leh | |||||||||
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 Interviewed in 2015 for the film20 Once Again (重返20歲). | |||||||||
| Born | (1944-06-02)2 June 1944 (age 80) | ||||||||
| Alma mater | National Taiwan University of Arts | ||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer | ||||||||
| Years active | 1965–present | ||||||||
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| Children | 2 | ||||||||
| Awards | Asia Pacific Film Festival Best Actress 1970Home in Taipei Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Best Actress 1995Maiden Rose Golden Horse Awards –Best Actress 1966The Rain of Sorrow 1970Home in Taipei Best Supporting Actress 1978Brother's Diary 1993The Wedding Banquet Hundred Flowers Awards –Best Supporting Actress 2008The Knot Golden Bell Awards –Best Actress 1991Her Growth 1997Blessed Virgin Mary | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 歸亞蕾 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 归亚蕾 | ||||||||
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| Genres | Mandopop | ||||||||
Musical artist | |||||||||
Grace Gua Ah-leh (born 2 June 1944) is a Taiwanese actress and singer. Gua has portrayed over 200 roles in film and television since 1965. She has won theGolden Horse Awards 4 times and theGolden Bell Awards twice.
Also known as Kuei Ya-lei and Grace Gua, Gua Ah Leh was born in China in 1944. She studied acting at the National Taiwan University of Arts. In 1965, she made her professional movie debut inThe Rain of Sorrow, and received aGolden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress. That award made her the youngest Leading Actress winner in the Golden Horse history. Next year, she was in the movieHome, Sweet Home. Her performance in that movie won the Best Leading Actress in the Asia Pacific Film Festival (Indonesia),[1][2] and another Best Leading Actress Golden Horse award.[3] In 1978, she won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Horse award for her role inThe Diary of Di-Di.[4]
In 1986, Gua Ah-leh was the producer forFortune, Prosperity, Longevity, and Happiness (福祿壽喜) a TV show that focused attention on senior care. In 1991, she won a Golden Bell Award leading actress for her role in the TV showHer Growth (她的成長). In 1997, she won a second Golden Bell Award leading actress for her role in the TV showMarian. In 1993, she worked with director Ang Lee in the movieThe Wedding Banquet and went on to receive the Best Supporting Actress Golden Horse award. She was also nominated in the Independent Spirit Awards for Best Supporting Female in US. In 1994, she worked with Ang Lee again and was nominated as the Best Supporting Actress in the Golden Horse Awards for the movieEat, Drink, Man, Woman. In 1995, she won the Best Leading Actress award in Eastern Europe in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival forMaiden Rose. In 1997, she won the Golden Bell Best Leading Actress award for the TV showVirgin Mary. In 2008, she won the Best Supporting Actress in the Hundred Years Flower Award for the movieThe Knot in China.[5]
For the last five years, she has been working on films in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan that support equal rights andsame sex marriage. In 2015, she was the leading actress in the filmBaby Steps, which was one of the most popular gay movies in Taiwan. Her performance was nominated for Best Actress at Los AngelesOutfest 2015, and won the Best Actress award at the 2015 Winston-Salem Out at the Movies Festival.[citation needed]
