Pan Hong

Biography

Pan Hong is a prominent Chinese actress born in Shanghai in 1954 into an intellectual family. Her father was a northerner who worked in Shanghai's tax system, while her mother was from Changshu, Jiangsu province. Pan Hong spent her early years at her grandmother's home in Suzhou before returning to Shanghai for her primary education. In 1957, her father was wrongly labeled a "Rightist" during a political campaign, and her parents divorced in 1962 due to political screening issues. Her father passed away tragically in 1967. During the Cultural Revolution, she changed her surname to follow her mother's family name and worked on a farm after finishing middle school. In 1973, she enrolled in the acting department of the Shanghai Theatre Academy and graduated in 1976. She began her artistic career in the mid-1970s and appeared in the film "The Jubilant Xiaoliang River" in 1976. In 1978, she married film director Mi Jiashan, who suggested her current stage name "Pan Hong." She has produced over 30 film and television works, portraying dozens of diverse female characters. She won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress three times and received the Special Award at the 15th Golden Rooster Awards in 1995. In 2006, she entered the Guinness World Records as the actress with the most Golden Rooster Awards for Best Actress. She divorced her husband in 1986 and remains active in film and television to this day.