Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia (Chinese: 林青霞; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiá; born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen.

She was born in Taipei, and was "discovered" in 1972 by a film producer, and first appeared in many Taiwanese romance films based on the novels of Chiung Yao. Her movie debut is in Chuangwai. She later switched over to making movies in Hong Kong. At the height of her popularity she was arguably one of the most sought-after actresses in the Chinese film industry. She starred in more than 100 movies.

In Hong Kong movies, Lin made a career of playing transgender roles: in Peking Opera Blues she plays a tomboy who dresses in male Western clothes; in New Dragon Gate Inn she is a woman who dresses as a man, and in Swordsman II and III she plays a male character who castrates himself for power and so is now slowly turning into a woman. She had a good working relationship with Tsui Hark, acting in many of the films he directed (like Peking Opera Blues) and produced (Swordsman II).

She married businessman Michael Ying in 1994 and left the film industry. She has two daughters, born in 1997 and 2001. She made her first public appearance since her marriage at a screening of Ashes of Time Redux at the 2008 New York Film Festival.

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Brigitte Lin (林青霞, Lin Ching Hsia, Lin Qing Xia (mandarin), Lam Cheng Ha (cantonais)), est une actrice taïwanaise née le 3 novembre 1954 à Taipei (Taïwan).

Elle fait ses études au "Taiwan Chingling Girls' Secondry School", Tanjiang General Education College.

Elle est découverte dans la rue par un réalisateur alors qu'elle n'est âgée que de 17 ans. Dès le début de sa carrière, elle connait un grand succès et sa popularité s'accroit au fur et à mesure qu'elle incarne des rôles majeurs dans des comédies romantiques, très appréciées dans les années 1970 à Taïwan. Elle décide, par la suite, au début des années 1980, de poursuivre sa carrière à Hong Kong.

Elle épouse en 1994 l'homme d'affaires Michael Ying et quitte l'industrie du film. Elle a deux filles: Ying Oi Lam (née en 1997) et Ying Yin Oi (née en 2001).

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林青霞（Brigitte Lin），台湾著名电影女演员，祖籍山东莱阳，1954年11月3日出生于台北三重。她是七十年代后期最著名的文艺片巨星之一，与林凤娇、秦汉、秦祥林并称“二林二秦”，是当时华语影坛的“玉女”掌门人。林青霞曾被誉为“东南亚第一美女”，拍过一百多部电影，角色从青春玉女演到女侠，并且凭借《滚滚红尘》获得台湾电影金马奖最佳女主角奖。1992年，林青霞以《笑傲江湖Ⅱ之东方不败》再攀事业高峰。她是港台电影界唯一能横跨文艺、武侠两种不同电影风格且走红时间最长的女明星。

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