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[[file: Ni Ni.JPEG|thumb|200px|left|Ni Ni]]
'''Ni Ni''' (Chinese:倪妮) is a Chinese movie starlet who rose to fame with her widely-acclaimed maiden performance in [[Zhang Yimou]]’s blockbuster movie, “The Flowers of War,” a period drama set against the backdrop of the [[Nanjing Massacre]] during World War II.

Co-starring with award-wining British actor Christian Bale, Ni played “Yu Mo,” a prostitute who mingled with her swanky peers sharing the sanctuary of a church with a group of students in the war-ravaged [[Nanjing]]. Based on [[Yan Geling]]’s novel, “The 13 Women of Nanjing,” the movie has a production budget of 600 million yuan (US$94.8 million) and portrays a heartstring story where vanity, contempt and suspicion thawed under love and sacrifice, and the common humanities glittered amid the terrifying cruelties of war.

[[file: The Flowers of War.JPEG|thumb|200px|right|poster of "The Flowers of War"]]

A graduate of Communication University of China, Nanjing, Ni had enrolled in a two-year confidential training program that taught her English, etiquette gestures, calligraphy, painting, chess and music – all necessary skills for a highly sought-after prostitute in old Nanjing – before she joined Zhang’s cast as the movie’s leading actress. The film’s Los Angeles premier on Dec. 6, 2011, was her on-screen debut.

Born in 1988 in Nanjing, Ni was dubbed as the new “Mou Girl” (young actress selected by director Zhang Yimou) following internationally renowned [[Gong Li]] and [[Zhang Ziyi]] who had their breakthrough performance in Zhang’s films. However, Ni said she had never expected to be a star.

“I come from a strict family,” Ni said in an interview with Beijing Times. “If I walk the way Yu walked, I have no doubt my father would have spanked me.”

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[[category:Nanjing People]]

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imported>Ciic at 01:09, 28 December 2011