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From 65438 to 0955, Xi Meijuan was born in an ordinary family in Chuansha, a suburb of Shanghai. My father is a toy designer and my mother is a textile worker. No one in the family is an artist.

Be allowed to participate in the performance in a muddle.

1973 1, Xi Meijuan graduated from middle school. Like many people, she went to the suburbs and cut in line at Xi Meijuan.

labor. A month later, Shanghai Theatre Academy announced its enrollment. Xi Meijuan didn't expect to apply for the exam. However, enrollment was a "political task" at that time, and the selection of performing arts talents was an eclectic "sea election". All young people aged 65,438+08-22 who meet the registration requirements shall be registered by their units. The brigade that Xi Meijuan cut in line also reported Xi Meijuan's name. Xi Meijuan had never seen a drama before at Shanghai Theatre Academy, nor had she been exposed to any other art forms. In addition to childhood "silent films", Xi Meijuan has only seen a few open-air movies. Xi Meijuan didn't even know that she was enrolled in Shanghai Theatre Academy. Because at that time, Shanghai Opera School performed "Surprised White Tiger", and Shanghai dialect was similar to "drama", Xi Meijuan mistakenly thought that the school she was about to apply for was learning to sing Peking Opera. So, with fun and curiosity, Xi Meijuan took part in round after round of exams, as if she were doing an organized job-in fact, it was. After layers of screening, Xi Meijuan actually passed the preliminary primary election and then entered a more formal and strict interview. Then, in a daze, Xi Meijuan had a special conversation with the examiner, like a fragment of a drama:-Xi Meijuan, please make a sketch. -Paper? -What is a sketch? Do you know that?/You know what? I don't know. -one thing happened in life, and it was done very truly. Oh, this is a sketch. Now I know what sketch is. I know. Do what you do in life. After "on-site sketch knowledge training", Xi Meijuan began to work. She thinks that since Xi Meijuan

I don't have any "life", so I naturally think of the life of cutting in line: she comes home from the production team, removes the mud from the hoe and leans against the door. Seeing that there was no water in the water tank, I carried a bucket to fetch water. At this time, the examiner suddenly shouted, "Fire." Xi Meijuan was completely at a loss, not knowing whether it was really a fire or whether the teacher was testing her. But in that case, Xi Meijuan had to pretend to do it. Xi Meijuan felt that there was not enough water in a bucket to put out the fire, so she took another washbasin and ran out. This is the first sketch of Xi Meijuan since she was born. A teacher has been talking to Xi Meijuan after reading the sketch and asking about her situation. At that time, Xi Meijuan vaguely thought that she might be admitted, but she didn't care whether she was admitted or not. After the exam, she felt that she had finished a job and went to work where she cut in line. Until July 1973, the commune informed Xi Meijuan to report to Shanghai Theatre Academy in September 1. Only then did Xi Meijuan know that she was going to Shanghai Theatre Academy, not Shanghai Theatre School, which trained Peking Opera. Before that, he didn't know there was such a school. The school site of Theatre Academy is next to Shanghai Huadong Hospital. When Xi Meijuan arrived at East China Hospital, she also asked passers-by: Where is Shanghai Theatre Academy? In fact, this registration is the last retest. A group of people staged several plays and performed them once. The audience under the stage are all Shanghai literary and art circles. Through the screening of this performance, the remaining 42 people are divided into Class A and Class B, and there are 8 girls in Class A of Xi Meijuan's performance department. Xi Meijuan entered Shanghai's highest art school in a muddle. Xi Meijuan told reporters: "Now think about it, what pushed me into Shanghai Theatre Academy. I am really glad that I didn't waste a lot of time. " In this way, Xi Meijuan began her four-year career as a drama academy. Learn old textbooks, perform model operas, and often go to the countryside to experience life. Xi Meijuan is always conscientious and diligent. Xi Meijuan spent the last four years of the Cultural Revolution happily and fully. Xi Meijuan said: "What impressed me in the process of education is the next life, which is very emphasized. I remember a teacher said that an actor should observe others in his life, not others to observe you. Now there are many actors who do the opposite. Instead of observing others, they often hope that others will pay attention to you. " Xi Meijuan remembers this sentence all her life. For many years, Xi Meijuan lived a quiet life. Four years later, Xi Meijuan graduated with honors. 1976, 10 In June, Xi Meijuan was assigned to Shanghai People's Art Theatre, just after the Cultural Revolution.

Fifteen years of drama career

I think it was a very happy stage when I was the last night watchman on the stage of Shanghai Opera. I think Xi Meijuan was born for art.

One person. Why do I say that? Every time I play a play, I am happier than anything when I play it very well. No words can express my happy feeling. I tasted the kingdom of freedom for the first time. -Xi Meijuan "Cultural Revolution" ended, everything was in ruins, and drama was banned. Spring has come in China, spring in China and spring in Xi Meijuan. From 1976 to the early 1990s, Xi Meijuan has been active in the drama stage of Shanghai People's Arts. Xi Meijuan commented on her first entry into Shanghai People's Art: "On the stage, the cultivation of the ability to shape a complete character cannot be completely completed in school, or it has been completed very well. At school, the teacher just leads you through the door. How to do it depends on your practice after graduation. I acted a lot at this stage. I am particularly glad that the Cultural Revolution ended the month I graduated. From the beginning of my creation, I met a very good era. Ten years of the Cultural Revolution, no one entered our theater. I was 2 1 year old when I graduated. The theater at my age is completely closed, so the protagonists of this age have the opportunity to perform. " Xi Meijuan had a broken toe and had a plaster bandage for three months. It was the most painful day for Xi Meijuan, because she was leaving her beloved drama stage for three months. Xi Meijuan's first play in the art world was Qianshan. According to the practice of the theater industry, it is very important for a newcomer to enter the troupe, and her debut, that is, the first scene. If you are considered a good prospect, there will be many good opportunities. Many good people reminded Xi Meijuan to seize this opportunity. But by nature, Xi Meijuan doesn't care much about these things outside the play. What he cares about is how to seize the opportunity of learning and creation. Do what you should do and devote yourself to artistic creation. Xi Meijuan started from scratch and went into battle lightly, but what he created was more comfortable. At that time, Xi Meijuan lived in Renyi's dormitory, and sometimes she didn't go home on Saturday and Sunday. She goes to the theater first every day, practices running on the grass and makes up a set of physical training exercises for herself. After the practice, she went to the rehearsal hall to practice her voice. Often Xi Meijuan solved all the "extra meals" exercises, and everyone stepped on the point to go to work one after another. In art, Xi Meijuan always strives for perfection and is willing to work hard. Once I went to the countryside to perform a little play, and there was an action of shouldering the burden. Xi Meijuan thinks this action is not very skilled. She goes to the theater half an hour in advance every day, where she picks and chooses to find the most accurate feeling. Under the influence and guidance of many predecessors and her own efforts, Xi Meijuan realized that there can be many forms of performance, but only one is the most accurate. What he wants to achieve is to keep finding the most accurate thing. 1978, two years after Xi Meijuan joined the troupe, Shanghai held the first performance of young actors in the city after the Cultural Revolution, because Xi Meijuan was in "The Dead Trees Meet the Spring". This award is not well-known in all the awards of Xi Meijuan, and it is not known to more people, but Xi Meijuan feels precious: "This is my first award from school to work. Winning a prize is a very abstract concept, but increasing confidence is an affirmation for myself, especially since I graduated from Xi Meijuan Theatre Academy.

Just two years ago, many things were still vague and still being explored. It is an important step for a young actor to have such affirmation in retrospect. At least I can realize it myself, at least I'm trying to explore the right direction. "Then, Xi Meijuan starred in the plays In a Silent Place and Save Her successively, and each part was brilliant. 1979, Xi Meijuan starred in the troubled youth in Save Her. At that time, after reading Save Her, Mr. Huang, Dean of Shanghai People's Arts, personally wrote "She has been noticed by the audience-introducing Xi Meijuan, a young actress of Shanghai People's Arts" in Shanghai Wen Wei Po, fully affirming and recommending Xi Meijuan. Finally, he hoped that Xi Meijuan would "strengthen her literary accomplishment and greatly help her improve her acting skills." At that time, the old actors were more excited than Xi Meijuan, and they all said to Xi Meijuan, "Oh, you should cherish that Mr. Huang has never written an article specifically for an actor. He has written articles on drama and never supported an actor like this. "At that time, Xi Meijuan did not deeply feel how valuable an old artist's support and help to the younger generation was. Looking back now, she met a group of old actors in Shanghai Renyi. They didn't want the newcomers to spend their youth as they had experienced the Cultural Revolution. Therefore, after Xi Meijuan entered the theater, these old actors taught Xi Meijuan by example and took good care of him. Many things are fresh in Xi Meijuan's memory. Whenever I talk about these people and things, Xi Meijuan's gratitude, gratitude and admiration can't help but overflow:-I remember that when I was playing Save Her, I had to take a prop after the game, but the prop was far away, and it was easier to get distracted when I ran to get it. Zhang Fei, an old actor, said to me, "I'll help you with the props." "I thought he was joking, but I didn't expect me to get off the stage. I think he has taught me a lot from being a man to acting. -There was an old director named Hu Siqing. I have been in the theater for several months. He often arranges me to play some small plays such as one-act plays, which is very exercisable. I remember after Qianshan, he asked me to play a sketch. If there are three sketches in a performance, he will let me play two. When I'm not acting, he will take me around to the last row of the audience to watch others perform there and give me careful guidance. I didn't know at first that this was his careful cultivation of me. I thought it was normal. Later, when I transferred to the drama Unforgettable 1976, he said to me with special regret, "Oh, I want you to play a few more skits to exercise and lay a good foundation. You use it too quickly in the group. "He said this sentence because he wanted to transfer me to a drama. He has never said it before. I am very happy to think about it now. They especially want to teach you all their experiences and feelings selflessly. In retrospect, there were many such examples at that stage, which benefited me a lot. At that time, the People's Art Troupe was divided into two groups (I was in the second group). No matter which group rehearses, the whole theater will go to see it. I remember two very good old actors who had contradictions in their lives. One of them is acting on the stage, and the other is sitting next to me with contradictions. He suddenly told me that there had been a breakthrough and progress. I was very impressed at that time. I am afraid that two people who are contradictory and incompatible will admit frankly and applaud when they see that the other party has surpassed. This is a deep education for me, but I may not have been particularly aware of these things at that time. Xi Meijuan told reporters: "Even if you don't interview me, I will recall and think about these issues when I reflect, and I have seen many good things in my outlook on acting and life. I always think that no matter which way, I am on the right track and have a good foundation. "From 65438 to 0979, Xi Meijuan won the second prize, which is little known so far: the first Shanghai Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Actor Award for Literature and Art, with no prize, no trophy and only a printed porcelain vase. Xi Meijuan still treasures it because it is a symbol of her breakthrough. Xi Meijuan said, "I feel that my primary stage has passed quickly, and I have been recognized by the society and considered to be a good seedling. I am in a good mood, and I study hard myself. In the first five years of my life in Shanghai, a group of old artists gave me very correct guidance and recommendations, which laid a good foundation for me. "The first five years of Shanghai People's Art is the first stage of Xi Meijuan's drama career, that is, she has just stepped out of Xi Meijuan.

At the school gate, students study art seriously and lay a solid foundation. The second stage of Xi Meijuan's drama career is in the next decade, that is, from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. This is a busy creative period. Xi Meijuan sometimes performs four plays a year, one for four or five months or even six months. This period is also the harvest period when Xi Meijuan's art tends to mature. During the period of 1988, China Art Festival was held in Beijing. Shanghai Renyi participated in the drama "Chinese Dream" with eight plays, but there were only two actors, and the heroine was Xi Meijuan. This "Chinese dream" has been misunderstood and worried by all parties. At that time, there was a big drama selection at the Shanghai Opera House, and the other party specially discussed with Shanghai Renyi whether Renyi and the Opera House could co-produce a beautiful dance, which could save personnel expenses. The relevant leaders of Shanghai People's Arts told them: "We are a big drama, not a small fragment." The other party has been thinking, how can two people play eight games? Unexpectedly, after arriving in Beijing, the organizers were worried that no one would watch the play of two people. Usually there are three performances in a play, and only two performances are arranged in "Chinese Dream", and tickets are only sold downstairs for each play, for fear that there will be no audience. As a result, after the opening of "Chinese Dream" in Erqi Theater, the audience gathered, which was surprisingly hot and demanded an extra performance. Ying Ruocheng, then the leader of the Ministry of Culture, also praised the Chinese dream when interviewed by CCTV reporters. Xi Meijuan and another leading actor won the Plum Blossom Award, the grand prize of China's drama, for their wonderful performance, which was mistaken by many people as a "little play". Xi Meijuan's more important achievement is that her artistic concept has changed greatly during this period. Sha Ti, then the dean of Shanghai People's Arts, put forward the idea of building an export-oriented hospital. He often lets people watch foreign classic dramas and modern dramas, and invites many foreign directors to rehearse for them. Shanghai people's art also often performs abroad. At that time, Xi Meijuan also appeared in many Shakespeare's works, such as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and the shrew in The Taming of the Shrew. People's arts often make Xi Meijuan play a contrasting role, and strive to cultivate Xi Meijuan into an artistic generalist. When performing these masterpieces, Xi Meijuan will definitely go to the library to prepare for a long time, read a lot of materials and books, make clear the background of the whole play, and then start writing. Therefore, every time I play a play, I feel particularly practical and have a special bottom. From 65438 to 0987, Xi Meijuan went to England with a group and watched the drama for a whole month, which opened her eyes. After coming back, Xi Meijuan felt that art had made a leap forward. What she saw and heard in Britain always amazed her: the local audience respected art very much and the theater effect was surprisingly good. Every time I watch a play in a theater with about 1500 people, I can even hear the actors sighing softly on the stage when it is quiet. Xi Meijuan didn't feel this way before going abroad to see a play. "In addition to the acoustics of the theater construction, it was really quiet from the moment the curtain was opened." At that time, Xi Meijuan thought that if there was a camera to shoot all this, it would be a good film and television. The local audience loves drama to the extent of forgetting myself and eating and sleeping. They visited five cities in England. Once they took a train from a city to the city where the Old Vic Troupe was located. As soon as they got off the train, they went straight to the theatre to see the play Richard III. The play lasted from 1 1 in the morning to 1 1 in the evening. At dinner, Xi Meijuan and her party went out to a Chinese restaurant and had a fast food.

When I returned to the theater, I found that most of the audience didn't leave at all and were eating their own bread. This scene made Xi Meijuan unforgettable. There is a lot of room for casual and life-oriented performances. Xi Meijuan thinks that it is much more casual for local British troupes to perform Shakespeare's plays than for Shanghainese. Shanghai people's art performance of Shakespeare's plays has been looking for information It must be accurate and the props should be as realistic as possible, such as fake headdresses with long hair. Pretending to have blue eyelids, trying to Shakespeare, English drama. They watched local British troupes perform Shakespeare's plays, but they were very casual and did not stick to one move and one style. "Every play, in the beginning, is clothes that we understand. The drama of that era was changed while performing, and the suit and tie came up. I even drove my car to the stage while playing "Merry Wives of Windsor". There is a plot in which two women receive the same love letter on different occasions. I remember that domestic theatrical troupes stood on antique balconies and read their love letters. However, in the performance of the local British troupe, they were arranged in a beauty shop. One of them is wearing a hood with a perm. After they sat down, each took out a letter and began to read. I think their space is too big and their imagination is very rich. "

Twelve years of film and television career

It is particularly easy to lock an actor's mode from a "good woman professional household" to a "bad woman professional household". Unlike on the stage, the director who is familiar with you is helping you rehearse and the colleague who is familiar with you is helping you perform. I don't want to be fixed in one type of role, I want to try in many aspects, but I definitely don't want to change for the sake of change. -Xi Meijuan So, why did Xi Meijuan get an electric shock again? Before that, almost all film studios came to Xi Meijuan and asked her to star in film and television works. However, because of her love of drama, Xi Meijuan basically refused and occasionally tried to audition. Every time the other person will say, "It's always a pity not to be on camera." Later, Xi Meijuan simply refused to audition. "I think if the director is confident and sees someone, there is no need to try. More importantly, at that time, I didn't really care about this thing. It doesn't matter. " 1990 female directors Wu Zhennian of Shanghai Film Studio asked Xi Meijuan to play the leading role in the movie "False Love". Xi Meijuan played a joke on her: "If you dare to ask me to play in a movie, aren't you afraid that I won't be photogenic?" Wu Zhennian said: "If the heroine is not good-looking, it is photography, not you." Zhen Nianwu's absolute trust in Xi Meijuan made her take the first step towards the film and television industry. I didn't expect Xi Meijuan.

Xi Meijuan made an extraordinary shot and made a blockbuster. She won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress in Chinese Film for her leading role in the first film "False Female Feelings". 199 1, Xi Meijuan came to Beijing 2 1 Century Hotel to receive the prize. She went to Beijing with a girlfriend to receive the prize. Although no one in the theater knew Xi Meijuan at that time, no one in the film and television media knew her before the draw. When reporters chased around the famous actors they were familiar with, they all "missed" Xi Meijuan. Xi Meijuan often passes them by, but they don't pay attention. They don't associate the winners announced in advance with those who don't make public and deliberately dress up. It was not until the award ceremony was over that the reporters woke up like a dream. Soon, Xi Meijuan's room was all "occupied" by reporters. Xi Meijuan successfully completed the transformation from the drama stage to the film and television world, with a high starting point. This year, Xi Meijuan was 36 years old. Is it accidental that Xi Meijuan won the prize as soon as she took the shot? Is it luck? No, then Xi Meijuan simply refused to audition. "I think if the director is confident and sees someone, there is no need to try. More importantly, at that time, I didn't really care about this thing. It doesn't matter. " Although Xi Meijuan watched the drama stage for quite some time, she didn't pay full attention to it. She also pays attention to movies and is a person who likes watching movies very much. In the 1980s, there were often some cutscenes and reference films. As long as they are shown, she tries her best to see them. When Xi Meijuan watched these movies, she didn't regard herself as an ordinary audience. When she sees a particularly good movie, she will think, what will happen if I act in this movie? She often puts herself in it. So at that time, suddenly there was an opportunity, and Xi Meijuan put her years of thinking about film performance into her first film. The success of the fake girl's true feelings has sounded the clarion call for Xi Meijuan to enter the film and television circle. Xi Meijuan is very happy with this good start: "Although drama and film and television are sister arts, there are still differences. After all, they are two professions. Therefore, this transformation process is not an easy thing. There are many stage actors who can't play their special skills after switching to film and television, or they can't play well on the stage. I feel really lucky. Winning the Golden Rooster Award, in a sense, has brought me to a very high level, which has given me a high starting point and requirements when I switched from drama to film. " After that, Xi Meijuan invited many movies. Because of her successful performance as Jiang Zhuying's wife in the film Jiang Zhuying, Xi Meijuan won the Best Actress Award in the China Film Huabiao Award. Therefore, Xi Meijuan was praised by the media as the spokesperson for the image of China intellectual women. In the past ten years, Xi Meijuan has appeared in many film and television works, such as True Love of False Girls, Jiang Zhuying, Being Loved by Children, A Tree, Red Carnation, Black Gold and so on. , and successfully shaped various roles. Xi Meijuan was once called a "good professional household". Many good people played by Xi Meijuan have real stories and life prototypes. Such as A Tree, The Doctor's Story, The Dean's Story, The First Temptation, Radish Head, Jiang Zhuying, etc. Moreover, these prototypes were all made in party member. Not long ago, Xi Meijuan starred in the film The Judge's Mother, which was adapted from the true story of an excellent party member and an excellent judge. When dealing with all kinds of good characters, Xi Meijuan first communicates with the prototype of life and always experiences life by herself. In this way, she not only grasped the rhythm of the characters, but also experienced emotional sublimation again and again. Xi Meijuan said: "The category of' good woman' should be very large. There are' good women' among rural women, urban citizens, cadres, white-collar workers, entrepreneurs and overseas Chinese. If our script can provide such a colorful image, I am willing to play' good woman' all my life. " Xi Meijuan can successfully portray the images of so many good women without even making a mistake. Besides being confident and talented, besides being diligent and dedicated, there is also a secret, that is, giving the heroine the cultural information of a good woman. Xi Meijuan told reporters: "I always think that knowledge and education are two different things. College students can be uneducated people, and illiterate people can be literate people. Maybe this kind of thing often permeates my character. Knowledge and culture are two concepts. I started with a tree, Niu Qinyu. She is a rural woman who has planted trees in the desert for 20 years. Her family planted 40,000 trees in the desert. Although she is a rural woman, Xi Meijuan.

Female, but I've always wanted to put the cultural state on her and the cultural sense on her. "She said," I often hope that the ordinary woman I play also has this kind of thing. I hope to put my knowledge of the world into the characters I created. This is a very abstract thing. If my performance has characteristics, this is my characteristic. I think this is a state of my heart, and the amount of information is intangible, but her eyes, when her state comes out, are still tangible. So I always think that the charm of an actor is invisible. Charm either comes from the performance, or the actor stands there without talking, sending out admirable information. This is the charm. Sometimes people say that I am different from ordinary actors. I think this kind of thing is completely personal, not something that teachers can teach or schools can teach. " To Xi Meijuan's own surprise, this "good specialty" seems to be developing into a "bad specialty". She starred in the TV series Red Carnation. At that time, she didn't think the heroine Lan Sihong was a villain, but a woman with complex personality and great creative space. As a result, she successfully created a "bad woman" with complicated personality and both sides, and won this year's China TV trapeze award. Interestingly, when Xi Meijuan successfully starred in the movie "The True Love of a False Mother", she was locked in the role of a good woman who is a good wife and a good mother. Now she has successfully appeared in the TV series "Red Carnation" and was invited to play the bad woman. Recently, she played a female entrepreneur in the TV series Black Gold. She is a real bad woman, and Xi Meijuan seems to be locked in the role of a bad woman again. Xi Meijuan is a little worried about this: "Film and television are particularly easy to lock in the mode of an actor. Unlike a director who is familiar with you on the stage, a colleague who is familiar with you is helping you perform, especially when you come out of the drama stage. The film and television director saw your play and thought your role was better, so he would let you play this role. Some don't even know you at all, and they don't know you in many ways. I don't want to be fixed on one type of role. I want to try in many aspects, but I definitely don't want to change for the sake of change. "

The road of future art

You can go further. Winning the prize is not the most important thing. The most important thing is how to improve each stage and how to by going up one flight of stairs. If you are a professional actor, not playing with tickets, I think art is infinite. -Xi Meijuan Up to now, Xi Meijuan has quietly watched the drama stage of 15 years and climbed to Xi Meijuan in the film and television circle.

12 years later, does she like drama or film and television? Xi Meijuan told reporters: "I don't think it is easy to say this now. From the 1990s to the present, I have been focusing on film and television, and I have performed fewer plays. When I really devoted myself to film and television, I felt that there were many defects. As far as film and television are concerned, after all, I didn't graduate from the Film Academy, and I haven't studied film, so film and television is an amateur rather than a professional, and I will spend a lot of time and energy studying it. I am particularly afraid that my lack of professional knowledge will affect my development in this field. I think I have spent a lot of effort in this 12 year, but I am increasingly dissatisfied with myself. I feel that I don't understand this and that. Now I have to answer, I said I love drama and movies. Because I love art, I am a very open-minded person professionally. I feel that since 12 engaged in film and television, I have accepted more artistic tolerance. So in fact, I feel that I have moved to another realm, which was achieved unconsciously. " For more than 20 years, Xi Meijuan has made great achievements in the fields of drama, film and television, and is known as the "award-winning professional household". In this regard, Xi Meijuan believes: "It is normal to hope to win an award when you are young. I don't think we can laugh at the idea. I think this is a stage, and young actors need this kind of recognition to help him increase his confidence. That's how I got here. Then I think when you really mature in performing arts and win more awards, I don't think this thing can fully confirm the true level. Winning the prize is not the most important thing. The most important thing is how to improve each stage and how to by going up one flight of stairs. If you are a professional actor and don't play with tickets, I think art is infinite. " Xi Meijuan told reporters, "I am a professional actor, and I have a broader world for artistic pursuit and expression."