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Jia Ling (Chinese: 贾玲, born Jia Yuling; April 29, 1982) is a Chinese comedian, crosstalk (xiangsheng) and sketch performer, film actress, producer and director born in Xiangyang, Hubei province. Jia Ling graduated from Central Academy of Drama in 2003 and became a disciple under xiangsheng veteran Feng Gong in 2005.
Jul 12, 2021 · Who is Jia Ling? A Hubei girl who made it in comedy against very large odds. She had a very poor upbringing, growing up in a farmhouse in the 1980s. She reminisced on a chat show for Shenzhen TV that she felt “incomparable happiness” when her family got central heating indoors for the first time.
She has starred in numerous television comedies and films, solidifying her status as one of China’s top female comedians. However, her career hasn’t been without controversy. In 2015, she performed a sketch about Hua Mulan that drew criticism from the Mulan Cultural Research Centre.
Mar 24, 2024 · In many ways, Jia Ling represents the growing pains of female-driven storytelling in a male-centric industry that is still caught between commercial viability and authentic...
Jia Ling, known as director, screenwriter, actor, and cross-talk actor, graduated from the Cross talk Creation and Performance Class of the Central Academy of Drama, P. R. China. With her comedic talent and innovative spirit from childhood to adulthood, Jia Ling has won numerous awards in cross-talk competitions, along with her master Feng Gong.
Feb 16, 2024 · The plump, round and cute comedian Jia Ling was gone, replaced by a cool, muscular and defiant warrior. Audiences were stunned by her appearance on Chinese New Year's Day, Feb. 10, when the film debuted.
Feb 21, 2024 · Chinese actress-comedienne Jia Ling continued to dominate headlines on Chinese social media with the release of the music video for There Is Still Time For Everything, the theme song of her new...
May 14, 2021 · China’s Jia Ling has become the world’s highest-grossing female film director thanks to the word of mouth driven hit 'Hi, Mom.'
Feb 20, 2024 · Millions of film fans in China are swooning over a recently released song by famed actress-director Jia Ling, reigniting an already widespread fascination with the physical transformation she...
Feb 20, 2021 · Jia may have the highest-grossing film of any female director in China in Hi, Mom, the sleeper hit of the 2021 Lunar New Year holiday, but its story about a grieving woman is a personal one...
