In 2014, Fan Bingbing played Blink in "X-Men: Days of Future Past." Two years later, she played Li Xuelian in "I am not Madame Bovary," which earned her the Best Actress award at the 11th Asian Film Awards.
"I am not Madame Bovary" also won the Best Film award. In the film, Fan played a woman accused of adultery.
"Even though playing the role was challenging, I had an unforgettable experience," Reuters quoted Fan as saying. She said it was her favorite role so far.
Fan won Best Actress over "The Last Princess" actress Son Ye Jin, "A Bride for Rip Van Winkle" actress Haru Kuroki, "Happiness" actress Kara Hui and "The Woman Who Left" actress Charo Santos-Concio. Fan's male counterpart was Tadanobu Asano, who is set to reprise his role as Hogun in "Thor: Ragnarok."
Asano won the Best Actor award for his performance in the Japanese film "Harmonium," which was written and directed by Koji Fukada. The Japanese actor won over "Godspeed" actor Michael Hui, "Train to Busan" actor Gong Yoo, "Mr. No Problem" actor Fan Wei and "Trivisa" actor Richie Jen.
"The Handmaiden" actress Moon So Ri won Best Supporting Actress. She beat "Mad World" actress Elaine Jin, "The Mohican Comes Home" actress Atsuko Maeda, "Neerja" actress Shabana Azmi and "See You Tomorrow" actress Lynn Hung.
The Best Supporting Actor award was given to "Trivisa" actor Lam Suet. He was chosen over "The Wailing" actor Jun Kunimura, "Rage" actor Go Ayano, Goo's "Train to Busan" co-actor Ma Dong Seok and Fan's "I am not Madame Bovary" co-actor Dong Chengpeng.
Fans of Fan are about to see her in "The King's Daughter" as a mermaid. Among her co-stars are William Hurt, Pablo Schreiber, Paul Ireland, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Kaya Scodelario, Benjamin Walker and Pierce Brosnan, who was recently in Austin, Texas, for the premiere of his new television series "The Son" at SXSW, Daily Mail reported.
Watch Fan in a Super Bowl 2017 video with "The Walking Dead" star Jeffrey Dean Morgan and "Bleed For This" actor Aaron Eckhart here: