Gua Ah-leh

Also known as Kuei Ya-lei and Grace Gua, Gua Ah Leh was born in China in 1944. She studied acting at the National Taiwan University of Arts. In 1965, she made her professional movie debut in The Rain of Sorrow, and received a Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress. That award made her the youngest Leading Actress winner in the Golden Horse history. Next year, she was in the movie Home, Sweet Home. Her performance in that movie won the Best Leading Actress in the Asia Pacific Film Festival (Indonesia),{{cite news |title=Culture, science, and education: ROC wins top film awards at Jakarta |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/print.php?unit=12,12,20,20,29,33,33,35,35,45&post=23200 |access-date=28 December 2021 |work=Free China Journal |date=1 July 1970}}{{cite news |title=Golden harvest of films |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/print.php?unit=12,20,20,29,33,35,35,45&post=23104 |access-date=28 December 2021 |work=Free China Journal |date=1 July 1979}} and another Best Leading Actress Golden Horse award.{{cite news |title=This month in free China |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news_amp.php?post=13765&unit=8,8,29,32,32,45 |access-date=28 December 2021 |work=Free China Journal |date=1 November 1970}} In 1978, she won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Horse award for her role in The Diary of Di-Di.{{cite news |title=Culture, science and education: Kinma awards go to top movies |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=12,29,33,45&post=22806 |access-date=28 December 2021 |work=Free China Journal |date=1 January 1979}}

In 1986, Gua Ah-leh was the producer for Fortune, Prosperity, Longevity, and Happiness ({{lang|zh|福祿壽喜}}) a TV show that focused attention on senior care. In 1991, she won a Golden Bell Award leading actress for her role in the TV show Her Growth ({{lang|zh|她的成長}}). In 1997, she won a second Golden Bell Award leading actress for her role in the TV show Marian. In 1993, she worked with director Ang Lee in the movie The Wedding Banquet and went on to receive the Best Supporting Actress Golden Horse award. She was also nominated in the Independent Spirit Awards for Best Supporting Female in US. In 1994, she worked with Ang Lee again and was nominated as the Best Supporting Actress in the Golden Horse Awards for the movie Eat, Drink, Man, Woman. In 1995, she won the Best Leading Actress award in Eastern Europe in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Maiden Rose. In 1997, she won the Golden Bell Best Leading Actress award for the TV show Virgin Mary. In 2008, she won the Best Supporting Actress in the Hundred Years Flower Award for the movie The Knot in China.{{Cite web |title=百花奖《集结号》包四项大奖 李冰冰获封影后_娱乐_凤凰网 |url=https://ent.ifeng.com/movie/news/mainland/200809/0914_1845_783475.shtml |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=ent.ifeng.com}}

For the last five years, she has been working on films in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan that support equal rights and same sex marriage. In 2015, she was the leading actress in the film Baby Steps, which was one of the most popular gay movies in Taiwan. Her performance was nominated for Best Actress at Los Angeles Outfest 2015, and won the Best Actress award at the 2015 Winston-Salem Out at the Movies Festival.{{fact|date=December 2021}}

;Film

• The Rain of Sorrow (1965)
• You Can't Tell Him (1971)
• The Coldest Winter in Peking (1981)
• The Anger (1982)
• Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch (1988)
• Miracles (1989)
• The Wedding Banquet (1993)
• Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
• Tonight Nobody Goes Home (1996)
• The Knot (2006)
• 20 Once Again (2015)
• Baby Steps (2015)
• Summer's Desire (2016)

;Television series

• Palace of Desire (2000)
• Ju Zi Hong Le (橘子紅了) (2001)
• The Prince of Qin, Li Shimin (2005)
• The Emperor in Han Dynasty (2005)
• The Dream of Red Mansions (2010)
• The Legend of Incorruptible Stone (2011)
• Poetry of the Song Dynasty (2019){{cite web|url=http://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2018/1119/c1012-30408730.html|script-title=zh:《大宋宮詞》再曝仿古海報 劉濤珍珠妝驚艷別緻|date=November 19, 2018|website=People Daily|language=zh}}

• Golden Horse Film Festival (1965), Best Leading Actress for The Rain of Sorrow
• Golden Horse Film Festival (1966), Best Leading Actress for Home, Sweet Home
• Asia Pacific Film Festival (1966), Best Leading Actress for Home, Sweet Home
• Golden Horse Film Festival (1978), Best Leading Actress for Didi's Diary
• Golden Bell Award (1991), Best Leading Actress for TV Her Growth (她的成長)
• Golden Horse Film Festival (1993), Best Supporting Actress for The Wedding Banquet
• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (1995), Best Actress for Maiden Rose
• Hundred Flowers Awards (2008), Best Supporting Actress for "The knot"
• Chinese American Film Festival (2019), Golden Angel for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Number One{{Cite web|url=https://cafilmfestival.org/en/2019-golden-angel-award/|title=2019 GOLDEN ANGEL AWARD|last=Gui|first=Ming|website=Chinese American Film Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}

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