Mainland audiences know Gui Yalei from a series of images of "strong women": Wu Zetian, who is soft in the words of Daming Palace, Dou Taihou, who is an iron fist in the words of Hanwu Emperor, and Xiao Taihou, who is decisive in the words of Dasong Palace ... They are very few female politicians in the ancient history of China.

But she is the first generation of "Yao girl". According to the generation, she is the elder sister of Liu Xuehua, Yue Ling, Zhao Wei and Crystal.

Today, you and I are used to seeing the image of a calm old woman on TV. Although elegant and calm, we can't hide the heavy traces left by the years.

But, you have to believe, this woman named Gui Yalei was once beautiful with a bang.

1944, Gui Yalei was born in Changsha, Hunan Province, in a scholarly family, and his father was a well-known director and screenwriter in Taiwan Province.

From an early age, she showed interest in performance. In her father's masterpiece "Put Down Your Whip", Gui Yalei played a little girl. At the end of each performance, the audience would praise her, "The little girl played really well". This incident has planted seeds in Gui Yalei's heart, and also inspired her enthusiasm for images.

At that time, Gui Yalei was only 8 years old, and he was obsessed with pictures and stories. He went to Beijing Opera with his elders, but even if he didn't understand the singing, he would cry for the plot. Most of the time, she shut herself in the cinema. "A movie can be watched for three or five days."

Parents think that Gui Yalei has artistic cells, so they encourage her: "It's not bad for you to engage in performing arts in the future." Invisible, this also gave Gui Yalei some hints, making her believe that she might be a "granddaddy" and should be an actor by nature.

So after graduating from high school, Gui Yalei passed the Film and Television Department of Taiwan Province National Art College and formally studied acting. Although gifted, Gui Yalei never treated the role lightly.

The harder the more fortunate. At the age of 20, after graduating from the National Art College, Gui Yalei did not directly enter the film and television industry, but became a teacher at Qicong School. “

At that time, her understanding of the entertainment industry was biased, and she always felt that some people needed to praise you and rely on certain relationships to enter this circle. "Even the public casting of the film" Misty Rain "was secretly signed up by Gui Yalei's parents.

Unexpectedly, it was this registration that changed Gui Yalei's fate. At the age of 2 1, she was not only elected as the heroine of this film, but also later boarded the Golden Horse Award podium and became the youngest Golden Horse winner at that time.

Today, only in the film review magazine published in that year, mainland China can still see her beautiful image in the past: flying short hair, bright forehead, and cold pride flowing in bright black eyes, which is a real wild rose.

Then, Gui Yalei ran home, married her boyfriend who was still a pilot at that time, and later announced that she would take a three-year leave of absence for the sake of her newly born child. However, Gui Yalei's luck was exceptionally good. After his comeback, he not only starred in Li Hanxiang's Warm Winter, but also won the second best actress through Home in Taipei.

There is also such a rumor that it is precisely because of her "Warm Winter" that Hou Xiaoxian decided to be a filmmaker; And Ang Lee, especially after 20 years, specially invited her to be the supporting actress in The Wedding Banquet, and in an extremely subtle way, fulfilled a long-cherished wish of her childhood ... When they were in military service or in high school, she was the most perfect realistic portrayal of the word "dream lover".

It is such a person who always demands himself in the most diligent and progressive state.

In the movie "eat drink man woman 2", she deliberately made it more difficult for herself. "The script first said that Bai Ping was a dancer, but I thought it was boring to jump casually, so I discussed with the director whether to join the national standard element?"

After talking about this film for five years, Gui Yalei danced for five years, and had intensive training every day. During this period, Polish teachers asked for leave to return home, and Gui Yalei invited three private tutors to take turns teaching for six hours every day.

Finally, Bai Ping, played by Gui Yalei, changed from "dancing" to "professional dancer". Walking on the road of performance, Gui Yalei regards "challenge" as the driving force. "If you are an actor, you always play the same thing, not only the audience feels tired, but you are also boring."

Gui Yalei, who can't speak Minnan, has made a lot of efforts to play Lin Xiumei in the film Sweet Potato and Rice. When she was filming abroad, she specially hired a language teacher to attend classes on time four days a week. Usually, in her spare time, she sees a needle in every corner, and almost all the Minnan people around her have become the objects of her oral practice.

After practicing for three months, I soon got the hang of it. In the end, Gui Yalei's dialect effect in "Sweet Potato and Rice" was even comparable to that of the locals.

Taking on the role of mother, Gui Yalei also won the first best supporting actress at the Golden Horse Award. She never seems to have a career stagnation, "after playing the leading role, playing the supporting role, playing the leading role". When dealing with the role, she never insists: "If there is, it will come; No, forget it. "

In Gui Yalei's own words, "God really cares for me".

Everyone who knows her knows that in life, Gui Yalei is a traditional and docile China woman, and it is common to make concessions for her family.

I often say that I have two jobs, one is a housewife and the other is a movie actress. Making movies is just my sideline, and my family is my main business. For Gui Yalei, family life is the source of all satisfaction.

She has a smooth career in performing arts, instead of frequently taking film and television works at one go, she turned her focus to her family early. She and her husband, Zhang Mengkui, have known each other since they were in college. When they won the "Golden Horse Shadow" that year, they were still wearing the cheongsam that her husband gave them. Their love was sweet and obvious.

But in fact, her husband didn't particularly support her to enter the entertainment circle. After her mother-in-law's persuasion, he slowly accepted it. However, he still put forward three requirements for Gui Yalei: don't shoot exposed scenes and kiss, don't send photos of himself to fans, and don't go home early for entertainment. In order to take care of her husband's feelings, Gui Yalei has been fulfilling her original promise.

However, because of the need to take off her skirt in filming, she insisted on wearing a petticoat, and the director refused to agree to the film effect. At that time, Gui Yalei almost cried, and the filming progress was greatly affected. After learning about it, Zhang Mengkui decided not to embarrass her and canceled the harsh requirements at the beginning.

After many women get married and have children, they are easily tied down by trivial matters of life. Without the innocence and stubbornness of girlhood, they are replaced by sorrow and complaints.

However, Gui Yalei took care of her family while filming. Although she was tired, the cruel time did not take away her aura-filled beauty. As she entered middle age, she had a unique charm, a unique charm that belonged to her.

Although family is the top priority in Gui Yalei's life, it does not prevent her from becoming a good actress.

With the increase of age, Gui Yalei's career has been gradually broadened. At the age of 56, she starred in "The Poem of Daming Palace", which also contributed to a turning point in her acting career. Later, she played many roles with a more vicissitudes of life. Years of rich experience and the indifference of "looking at bloom at the window" made her play such a role handy.

Like Rong Yaohua's eldest wife in "Orange is Red" and Wang Biyun, an old man in "Clouds and Water Ballads".

Although due to the limitation of age, she can only be used as a foil "green leaf" sometimes, but the limelight of "green leaf" is no less than that of "red flower" blooming delicately. She won the best supporting actress Hundred Flowers Award in the 29th popular film with the role of elderly Wang Biyun, which is well deserved.

In the past 55 years, Gui Yalei has always been indifferent, and it seems that nothing has ever turned red. When the poisonous eyes asked, "What is your greatest ambition in acting?"

Gui Yalei said: "It is how to play the role well when you get the script." This attitude towards Buddhism is very rare in the context of the accelerated pace of life and the increasing pressure on women.

It is true that Gui Yalei, who was born in the 1940s, was educated to be a gentle daughter-in-law, rather than a strong woman in her career, which is quite inconsistent with contemporary actresses. At that time, the "political correctness" was different from now, and the mainstream value of society was more inclined to women's return to the family, which naturally gave women's families a "retreat".

Although this is the value of the last few times, it still has some reference value: at present, with the rising trend of women's independence, should we also be wary of an absolute political correctness? If women want to return to their families as individuals, is it also worth encouraging?

Gui Yalei understands the situation of "independent women" very well. "Maybe she has devoted her whole life to performing arts, so she will be very scared on the way and don't know what to do."

No matter in good times or bad times, "if you want to show it, you should actively strive for opportunities, and most importantly, never be depressed." Gui Yalei's outlook on life may not be shared by everyone, but her preciousness lies in self-consistency, which is the only weapon to refuse anxiety in today's era.

Now, although she is over seventy years old, the growing wrinkles make her look less glamorous, but the years are still friendly to her after all. Her calm and calm temperament has sunk in her heart. Although she has to take care of her family and career at the same time, she still doesn't complain and is not depressed. She has won numerous awards in her acting career and had a happy "golden marriage" with her beloved husband. Her almost complete life is enviable.

This is Gui Yalei. Gui Yalei, which is over ancient times, is still in its prime.