Ma Li: Comedian who specializes in dramatic roles, once cried backstage because of being ugly

Ma Li has now become a famous name in the Chinese entertainment industry, with an unparalleled position. However, starting out as a comedian, her past when she first entered the profession was extremely difficult and arduous.

In China, there are many talented actresses specializing in drama and art films such as Zhou Xun, Shu Qi, Tang Wei, Li Bing Bing... But the number of impressive female comedians is very small. You can look at the list of China's highest-grossing comedy films such as Journey to the West: The Love Story, Mermaid, Kungfu Yoga, Ghost Blows Out the Lamp: Searching for the Dragon, Lost in Thailand... to see that the roles of female actors are not many, or they are not humorous roles even though they act in comedy films. Even in China, comedians have a lower status than their colleagues. Ifeng page commented that actors do not like to be labeled "comedians", they are just "actors who act in comedy films".

Therefore, Ma Li's talent and achievements have helped her become a prominent name in the Chinese film industry. There are still comments that Ma Li's good box office revenue is thanks to her colleagues in the comedy group Happy Twist, Shen Teng and Ai Lun. But the actress has shown that she can take on many roles and her comedy ability is forged from her tears behind the scenes.

Ma Li was born in 1982, graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in China, then studied for a master's degree in drama. She entered the art world with the desire to play the main role in romantic films. However, fate brought Ma Li to join the Happy Twist comedy troupe.

During her more than 10 years of acting, Ma Li has shown her ability to transform well. When she was in the Happy Twist comedy troupe, she played thousands of characters and was praised by her colleagues as the "queen of a thousand roles". However, acting did not help Ma Li become known to many people. In the film industry, she also struggled for many years, still unable to compare with beautiful girls who had the support of the backstage but could not really act well.

Ma Li is a rare female comedian in China who has become a big star. Her journey to the top has been full of ups and downs. In China, there are many talented actresses specializing in dramatic and artistic films such as Zhou Xun, Shu Qi, Tang Wei, Li Bingbing... But the number of impressive female comedians is very small.

We can look at the list of China's highest-grossing comedies such as Journey to the West: The Love Story, Mermaid, Kungfu Yoga, Ghost Blows Out the Lamp: Dragon Quest, Lost in Thailand... to see that the roles of female actresses are not many, or they are not funny roles even though they act in comedies. Even in China, comedians have a lower status than their colleagues. Ifeng commented that actors do not like to be labeled "comedians", they are just "actors who act in comedy films".

There are still comments that Ma Li achieved such good box office revenue thanks to her colleagues in the comedy group Happy Twist, Shen Teng and Ai Lun. But the actress showed that she can take on many roles and her comedy ability is forged from tears behind the scenes.

Ma Li was born in 1982, graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in China, then studied for a master's degree in drama. She entered the art world with the desire to play the main role in romantic films. However, fate brought Ma Li to join the Happy Twist comedy troupe. During more than 10 years of participating in drama, Ma Li has shown her good ability to transform. While in the Happy Twist comedy troupe, she played thousands of characters, and was praised by her colleagues in the troupe as the "queen of a thousand roles".

However, acting did not help Ma Li become known to many people. In the film industry, she also struggled for many years, still unable to compare with beautiful girls who had the support of the background but could not really act well. It was not until the end of 2013, when Ma Li participated in the Today is a Happy Day program on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, and was praised by director Feng Xiaogang, that her career path had a turning point.

She won the Best Actress award at the 9th China International Film Festival. In addition, she also received acting awards at the Macau International Film Festival and the China Hundred Flowers Awards. In her private life, Ma Li is also very attractive. The first boyfriend she publicly announced was 4 years younger than her. Currently, Ma Li's husband is Xu Wenhe, also an artist of the Happy Twist theater troupe. Xu Wenhe was born in 1995, 13 years younger than Ma Li.

When she first started her career, she was often assigned the role of a strong, fierce woman. "I felt like my boss misunderstood me. I'm not a womanizer, but he always forced me to take on roles like that," she said. Later, as she got older, her beauty became less and less, and she didn't have much experience in acting, Ma Li worried that she would never be famous.

"There was a time when I cried backstage. I was getting older and my opportunities were getting fewer. I liked acting in comedies, but I also wanted to play the roles of beautiful, deep women. The theater troupe was also struggling at times, I didn't know what I would do," Ma Le confided. After a period of struggling with herself, Ma Le accepted that she would have to take a detour to become famous. Ma Le believes that her ability to act in comedy did not come naturally.

At the age of over 40, Ma Li has become one of the names that "guarantee" revenue for Chinese cinema. That is the reason why many colleagues in showbiz trust and respect her. Regarding Trieu Le Dinh's recent incident, many netizens still defend and support Ma Li. The most noteworthy thing is Ma Li's attitude at that time - straightforward, not afraid of gossip, expressing opinions but in a subtle way, without mentioning names, still making the audience "stirred up" and understanding.

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