Bai Ling is a 37 year old Chinese American actress. Bai is her surname, which literally means “white”. Ling, a common given name for Chinese, means alert, intellegent, or spirit.

Bai Ling was born in Chengdu, China. Her father was a music teacher, and her mother was a dancer and stage actress. Her parents were persecuted during the Cultural Revolution because of their jobs, and soon after her birth, Bai moved to her grandmother’s residence elsewhere in Sichuan. She has described herself as a very shy child who found that she best expressed herself through acting and performing. She began a three-year stint as a “soldier” in the People’s Liberation Army in Tibet at the age of 14. Her main activity there was to entertain with musical theater. She also served as a nurse for a while in the army. After three years of playing nurse, she was discharged from the army, and Ling joined People’s Art Theater of Chengdu, and became a professional full time actress.

Bai Ling appeared in playboy in 2005 and was also cut from possible scenes in the massive hit Star Wars episode 3 as cited by herself and yet denied by George Lucas… Other titles boasting Ling’s talents include: Red Corner, The Crow, Lords of Dogtown, Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow and Lost.