Gua Ah-leh

Gua Ah-leh
Chinese name 歸亞蕾 (traditional)
Chinese name 归亚蕾 (simplified)
Pinyin Guī Yǎléi (Mandarin)
Origin Taiwan
Born (1944-06-02) June 2, 1944
Changsha, Hunan, China
Other name(s)
  • Grace Gua
  • Grace Guei
  • Gua Ah-lei
  • Kuei Ya-lei
  • Kwei Ya-lay
Occupation Actress, singer
Genre(s) Mandopop
Years active 1965–present
Spouse(s) Chang Meng-kui (m. 1965)
Children 2
Alma mater National Taiwan University of Arts
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gua.

Gua Ah-leh (born 2 June 1944), also known as Grace Gua, is a Chinese actress and singer who grew up in Taiwan. Gua has portrayed over 200 roles in film and television since 1965. She has won the Golden Horse Awards 4 times and the Golden Bell Awards twice.

Biography

Gua Ah Leh is a well known award winning actress. Also known as Kuei Ya-lei and Grace Gua, she was born in China in 1944. She studied acting at the National Taiwan University of Arts. In 1965, she made her professional movie debut in The Rain of Sorrow, and received a Golden 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 movie Home, Sweet Home. Her performance in that movie won the Best Leading Actress in the Asia Pacific Film Festival (Indonesia), and another Best Leading Actress Golden Horse award. In 1978, she won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Horse award for her role in "Didi's Diary".

In 1986, Gua Ah Leh was the producer for Fortune, 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 show "Her Growth (她的成長)". In 1997, she won a second Golden Bell Award leading actress for her role in the TV show "Marian". In 1993, she worked with director Ang Lee in the movie "The 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 USA. In 1994, she worked with Ang Lee again and was nominated as the Best Supporting Actress in the Golden Horse Awards for the movie "Eat, Drink, Man, Woman". In 1995, she won the Best Leading Actress award in Eastern Europe in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for "Maiden Rose". In 1997, she won the Golden Bell Best Leading Actress award for the TV show "Virgin Mary". In 2006, she won the Best Supporting Actress in the Hundred Years Flower Award for the movie "The Knot" in China.

For the last five years, she has been working on movies in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan that support equal rights and same sex marriage. In 2015, she was the leading actress in the movie "Baby Steps", which was one of the most popular gay movies in Taiwan. This movie helped usher in a breakthrough in attitudes towards gay marriage in many countries. Her performance was nominated for Best Actress at Los Angeles Outfest 2015, and won the Best Actress award at the 2015 Winston-Salem Out at the Movies Festival.

Filmography

Films
TV series

Awards and nominations

External links

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