★ HOW OLD IS FAN BINGBING?
Fan Bingbing is 44 years old, born September 16, 1981 in China · Virgo.
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About
Fan Bingbing became a Chinese cinema force through costume dramas and art-house collaborations, then pivoted to international projects after a 2018 tax scandal. Born September 16, 1981, she won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress in Cell Phone (2003) and later claimed the Silver Shell and Golden Rooster for I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016). She appeared on Time's 100 most influential people list in 2017, before her blacklisting and shift to brand building and overseas acting. A Virgo with life-path 8.
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Biography
Fan Bingbing broke through Chinese television with the costume drama My Fair Princess (1998–1999), then solidified her status with Feng Xiaogang's Cell Phone (2003), which earned her the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress. She built a prolific career across television—The Proud Twins (2004), Eight Heroes (2006), and The Empress of China (2014)—while collaborating with director Li Yu on art-house films including Lost in Beijing (2007), Buddha Mountain (2011), Double Xposure (2012), and Ever Since We Love (2015). Her reunion with Feng in I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016) won her both the Silver Shell and Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress. Internationally, she appeared in My Way (2011), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), The 355 (2022), and Ice Road: Vengeance (2025), winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for Mother Bhumi (2025).
From 2013 to 2017, Fan ranked as the highest-paid celebrity on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list, having consistently placed in the top 10 since 2006. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in 2017. Born in 1981, she is a Virgo and carries life-path number 8, associated with material power and ambition. As a screenwriter and actor from China, she has worked across multiple formats and collaborated with major international productions. In 2018, a tax evasion case resulted in CN¥883 million in liability and fines, leading to her blacklisting in mainland China. She subsequently founded Fan Beauty and refocused her acting career internationally.
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Trivia
- Fan was the highest-paid celebrity on China's Forbes Celebrity 100 list from 2013 to 2017.
- She was blacklisted in mainland China following a 2018 tax evasion case involving CN¥883 million in fines.
- Fan won the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for Mother Bhumi (2025) after her career shift to international projects.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Powerhouse
Driven and business-minded. Fan Bingbing extend their craft into ownership: labels, production companies, brand lines.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
- Tian XiweiOx · 1997
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- Janhvi KapoorOx · 1997
- Taylor SwiftSnake · 1989
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CHALLENGING
- Isa BrionesRabbit · 1999
- Rocky
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Frequently asked
- How old is Fan Bingbing?
- Fan Bingbing is 44 years old (born September 16, 1981).
- When is Fan Bingbing's birthday?
- Fan Bingbing was born on September 16, 1981.
- What is Fan Bingbing's zodiac sign?
- Fan Bingbing is a Virgo, born September 16, 1981.
- What is Fan Bingbing's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Fan Bingbing was born in 1981, the year of the Metal Rooster.
- Where is Fan Bingbing from?
- Fan Bingbing is from China.
- What does Fan Bingbing do?
- Fan Bingbing is a writer.
- Is Fan Bingbing still alive?
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