The Queen of Swords
Trịnh Phối Phối
Zheng Peipei
Cheng Pui-Pui
Betty Cheng
Regina Yuan
郑佩佩
Cheng Pei-Pei
鄭佩佩
Cheng Pei-Pei, Acting
Shanghai, China | 1946-12-04 | 2024-07-17
Cheng Pei-Pei (December 4, 1946–July 17, 2024) was an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. It made her a contender for one of the first female action star. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s. In 2000, she returned to international attention with her role as Jade Fox in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. She followed this up with her portrayal of Long Po in the 2004 television miniseries Watery Moon, Hollow Sky, which was shown on Asian-American television as Paradise. She worked for Zhouyi Media in mainland China.
