Badema

Badema
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Ejin Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia
Alma materCentral Conservatory of Music
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1979–present
Notable workNorjmaa
SpouseBayin
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese巴德瑪
Simplified Chinese巴德玛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBādémǎ

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]

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

Year Title Chinese title Role Notes
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
2008 Last Princess of Royal Blood: Tsetsenhangru Tsetsenhangru
2009 Xilingol 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

Year Award Category Work Result Notes
2015 3rd Yakutsk International Film Festival Best Actress Norjmaa Won
1st Rostov Motivational International Film Festival Won
33rd Fajr International Film Festival Won
30th Golden Rooster Awards Won

References

  1. ^ "Golden Rooster Awards recognize Chinese blockbusters". SinaEnglish. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ^ Heidi Hsia (21 September 2015). ""The Taking of Tiger Mountain" wins big at Golden Rooster". yahoo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia (1989) - Lesbian Films". Lesbian Films. 2015-09-20. Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  4. ^ "Berlinale: 1989 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  5. ^ Brody, Richard (2017-05-26). ""Johanna d'Arc of Mongolia" and the Question of the Substance of Style". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  6. ^ "Joan of Arc of Mongolia (1989)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Urga (1991)".
  8. ^ "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Close to Eden (1991)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Badema". IMDb. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Golden Rooster Awards recognize Chinese blockbusters". Sina. 2015-09-21.
  12. ^ ""The Taking of Tiger Mountain" wins big at Golden Rooster". Yahoo. 2015-09-21. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27.
  13. ^ 【壮丽70年·奋斗新时代】影坛伉俪巴音、巴德玛—— 为内蒙古民族电影事业 努力奉献传佳话. hhhtnews.com (in Chinese). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  14. ^ 巴德玛 “半路出家”实至名归. Sohu (in Chinese). 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  15. ^ 金鸡奖揭晓：巴德玛击败赵薇汤唯徐帆封影后. Ifeng (in Chinese). 19 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.