Badema
{{short description|Chinese actress and singer}}
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| birth_place = Ejin Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia
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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.{{cite news|title=Golden Rooster Awards recognize Chinese blockbusters|url=http://english.sina.com/entertainment/p/2015/0921/849561.html|work=SinaEnglish|date=21 September 2015|accessdate=26 September 2015}}{{cite news|author=Heidi Hsia |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/taking-tiger-mountain-wins-big-golden-rooster-063700000.html |title="The Taking of Tiger Mountain" wins big at Golden Rooster |work=yahoo.com |date=21 September 2015|accessdate=13 September 2019}}
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{{Cite news|url=https://lesbian-drama-movies.com/2015/09/johanna-darc-of-mongolia-1989/|title=Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia (1989) - Lesbian Films|date=2015-09-20|work=Lesbian Films|access-date=2018-05-31|language=en-US|archive-date=2016-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109000107/http://lesbian-drama-movies.com/2015/09/johanna-darc-of-mongolia-1989/|url-status=dead}} Joan of Arc of Mongolia, alongside Irm Hermann and Peter Kern. The movie was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1989/02_programm_1989/02_Programm_1989.html |title=Berlinale: 1989 Programme |access-date=12 March 2011 |work=berlinale.de}} In 2017 it screened for a week at the Museum of Modern Art.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/johanna-darc-of-mongolia-and-the-question-of-the-substance-of-style|title="Johanna d'Arc of Mongolia" and the Question of the Substance of Style|last=Brody|first=Richard|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2017-05-26|access-date=2020-01-17|language=en|issn=0028-792X}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Joan of Arc of Mongolia (1989)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095406/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9|access-date=9 April 2021|website=IMDb}}
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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/close_to_eden|title = Urga (1991)}} 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,{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners |access-date=19 September 2015 |work=oscars.org}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Close to Eden (1991)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103176/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_8|access-date=9 April 2021|website=IMDb}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Badema|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046006/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|access-date=9 April 2021|website=IMDb}} In 2008 she played the title role in Bayin's Last Princess of Royal Blood: Tsetsenhangru.
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.{{cite news|title=Golden Rooster Awards recognize Chinese blockbusters |url=http://english.sina.com/entertainment/p/2015/0921/849561.html |work=Sina |date=2015-09-21}}{{cite news|title="The Taking of Tiger Mountain" wins big at Golden Rooster|url=https://sg.celebrity.yahoo.com/post/129554245249/the-taking-of-tiger-mountain-wins-big-at-golden|work=Yahoo|date=2015-09-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927032708/https://sg.celebrity.yahoo.com/post/129554245249/the-taking-of-tiger-mountain-wins-big-at-golden|archivedate=2015-09-27}}
Personal life
Badema was married to Bayin ({{zh|t=|s=巴音额日乐|hp=|labels=no}}), who is also a notable actor and director in China.{{cite news|url=http://www.hhhtnews.com/2019/0717/3112792.shtml |script-title=zh:【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 |work=hhhtnews.com |date=17 July 2019 |accessdate=13 September 2019 |language=zh}}{{cite news|url=http://mt.sohu.com/20150923/n421927169.shtml |script-title=zh:巴德玛 “半路出家”实至名归 |newspaper=Sohu |accessdate=26 September 2015|date=23 September 2015 |language=zh }}
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
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| 1989 | Joan of Arc of Mongolia | {{zh|t=|s=蒙古的圣女贞德|hp=|labels=no}} | ||
| 1991 | Close to Eden | {{zh|t=|s=蒙古精神|hp=|labels=no}} | Gombo's wife / Genghis Khan's wife | |
| 1994 | Jiruo and His Deer | {{zh|t=|s=金秋鹿鸣|hp=|labels=no}} | ||
| 1997 | Journey To Western Xia Empire | {{zh|t=|s=西夏路迢迢|hp=|labels=no}} | ||
| 2005 | Mongolian Ping Pong | {{zh|t=|s=绿草地|hp=|labels=no}} | ||
| 2008 | Last Princess of Royal Blood: Tsetsenhangru | Tsetsenhangru | ||
| rowspan="2"| 2009 | Xilingol League and Wenchuan County | {{zh|t=|s=锡林郭勒·汶川|hp=|labels=no}} | ||
| Siqin Hangru | {{zh|t=|s=斯琴杭茹|hp=|labels=no}} | Siqin Hangru | ||
| 2013 | Norjmaa | {{zh|t=|s=诺日吉玛|hp=|labels=no}} | Norjmaa | {{cite news|url=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150919/44692188_0.shtml |script-title=zh:金鸡奖揭晓：巴德玛击败赵薇汤唯徐帆封影后 |newspaper=Ifeng |date=19 September 2015|accessdate=26 September 2015|language=zh}} |
Awards
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| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Notes |
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| rowspan="4" | 2015 | 3rd Yakutsk International Film Festival | rowspan="4" | Best Actress | rowspan="4" | Norjmaa | {{won}} | |
| 1st Rostov Motivational International Film Festival | {{won}} | ||||
| 33rd Fajr International Film Festival | {{won}} | ||||
| 30th Golden Rooster Awards | {{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm0046006|Badema}}
{{Golden Rooster Award Best Actress}}
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Category:People from Alxa League
Category:Central Conservatory of Music alumni
Category:Actresses from Inner Mongolia
Category:Chinese film actresses
Category:Chinese people of Mongolian descent