Badema

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Badema
Born1965 (age 5758)
Alma mater Central Conservatory of Music
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1979–present
Notable work Norjmaa
Spouse Bayin
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 巴德瑪
Simplified Chinese 巴德玛

Badema (born 1965) is a Chinese actress and singer of Mongolian ethnicity best known for her role in Norjmaa, which earned her a Best Actress Award in the 30th Golden Rooster Awards. [1] [2]

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Biography

Badema was born in Ejin Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia in 1965, to a family of singers. She attended literary and artistic activities since she was a teenager, and she is good at traditional Mongolian folk long song. In 1989 she graduated from Central Conservatory of Music, majoring in vocal music.

Career

Badema's first leading role came with Ulrike Ottinger's 1989 West German drama film [3] Joan of Arc of Mongolia , alongside Irm Hermann and Peter Kern. The movie was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. [4] In 2017 it screened for a week at the Museum of Modern Art. [5] The movie talks about "a group of cosmopolitan women passengers aboard the Trans-Siberian/Mongolian Railway," who are taken captive by the warrior princess Ulan Iga. [6]

In 2013 she played Pagma in Nikita Mikhalkov's 1991 movie Urga (released in North America as Close to Eden). The movie was well received, [7] and won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and Best European Film at the European Film Awards. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, [8] and for a Golden Globe in the same category. The movie tells about Gombo, his wife (Badema), and their family, and of their friendship with stranded Russian truck driver Sergei. [9]

In 1997 she was in Wei Lu's Journey to Western Xia Empire, and in 2005 she played Bilike's mother in Ning Hao's Mongolian Ping Pong . [10] In 2008 she played the title role in Bayin's Last Princess of Royal Blood: Tsetsenhangru. [10]

Her greatest achievement so far came with the movie Norjmaa , also directed by Bayin, where she plays the title role. Badema won Best Actress Award at the 33rd Fajr International Film Festival, and the movie won the Best Film Award at the same awards. Badema won Best Actress at the Yakutsk International Film Festival, and Best Actress at the 30th Golden Rooster Awards. [11] [12]

Personal life

Badema was married to Bayin (巴音额日乐), who is also a notable actor and director in China. [13] [14]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleChinese titleRoleNotes
1989 Joan of Arc of Mongolia 蒙古的圣女贞德
1991 Close to Eden 蒙古精神Gombo's wife / Genghis Khan's wife
1994 Jiruo and His Deer 金秋鹿鸣
1997 Journey To Western Xia Empire 西夏路迢迢
2005 Mongolian Ping Pong 绿草地
2008Last Princess of Royal Blood: TsetsenhangruTsetsenhangru
2009Xilingol League and Wenchuan County锡林郭勒·汶川
Siqin Hangru斯琴杭茹Siqin Hangru
2013 Norjmaa 诺日吉玛Norjmaa [15]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultNotes
20153rd Yakutsk International Film Festival Best ActressNorjmaaWon
1st Rostov Motivational International Film Festival Won
33rd Fajr International Film Festival Won
30th Golden Rooster Awards Won

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