Cai Ming (; born 21 October 1961) is a Chinese singer, actress, and sketch comedy performer.
Cai is notable for performing sketch comedy in CCTV New Year's Gala since 1991.
Biography Cai was born into an educated family in Beijing on October 21, 1961, and she is of Hui ethnic group, the daughter of Tian Hua (), a doctor, and Cai Yuping (), a professor at the Capital University of Economics and Business.
After graduating from junior high school, Cai entered the Beijing Film Studio Troupe.
In 1973, she starred in Xie Tieli's film Haixia (), and this made her become famous overnight.
Cai performed sketch comedy in CCTV New Year's Gala since 1991.
Since July 2020, she has been working as a voice actress for Virtual YouTuber Nanako, who belongs to VirtuaReal Star.
Personal life At the age of 22, Cai met her husband Ding Qiuxing (), who is a Chinese director, they married in 1985, their son, Ding Ding (), was born in July 1986.
Works
Discography Across (), Cai Ming's debut studio album, was released on 1 January 2004.
Film Year English title Chinese title Role Cast Ref 1973 Haixia Haixia Wu Haiyan, Chen Qiang, Tian Chong 1980 Passenger with Handcuff Wei Xiaoming Yu Yang 1984 Ways To Make Fortunes Qing Xiu Chen Qiang 1985 Tears in Suzhou Xiao Ling Wu Qianqian 1989 The Egg-Trafficking Army a young girl Guo Da 1990 Love a young girl Zhang Jinlai, Guo Da, Fu Yiwei 1991 War of Divorce Yingzi Ge You, Hou Yaohua 2005 Life and Death Plunder aunt Zhou Xun, Wu Jun, Su Xiaoming 2012 A Happy Chinese New Year Cai Yun Wen Zhang, Zhang Fengyi, Cong Shan 2015 Hot Blood Band 2024 A Place Called Silence Mother Xu
Television Year English title Chinese title Role Cast Ref 1993 Woman Heart Ding Dong 1994 Contemporary Family Zhou Xingxing I Love My Family Yan Hong 1999 Cao Cao Yu Jin Love Me Meng Xiaoqiang 2000 Tie the Knot Xiaowan's mother Idler: Sister Ma Sister Ma Sister Ma and her Neighborhoods Sister Ma 2001 All in the Family Gao Wa Gong Hanlin 2002 Chinese Communist Party Member: Sister Ma Sister Ma Gong Hanlin 2003 Get Married with Children Liu Xiaohong 2004 Harmony Brings Wealth 2 Tao Lan 2006 Full of It 2 Zhu Liyun Hao Ge's wife 2007 The Biography of Sister Ma Sister Ma 2008 guest Guo Da The Amateur Detective Yang Xia Get Knocked Up Dandan's mother 2009 Superman: Sister Ma Sister Ma Dazzled Wu Shasha 2010 Aunt Zhang Men of Ronghe Town He San'gu Guo Da 2012 A Strange Family Gai Lan 2013 Cao Meihua
CCTV New Year's Gala Year English title Chinese title Cast Ref 1991 Stranger Gong Hanlin 1993 Huangtupo Guo Da 1994 Overseas Call Guo Da 1995 Father Guo Da, Zhao Baole, Yu Hailun 1996 The Story of the Robot Guo Da 1997 Spring Festival Guo Da, Guo Donglin 1999 Ball Game Fan Guo Da, Guo Donglin 2000 A Love Laughter Girl Wen Xingyu, Juhao 2001 Matchmaker Guo Da 2002 Between the Neighbors Guo Da, Niu Qun 2003 All My Relatives Guo Da, Li Wenqi, Liu Xiaomei 2004 Wedding Ying Zhuang, Li Yong 2005 The Romantic Thing Guo Da, Han Ying 2006 The Biography of Sister Ma Guo Da 2007 Gifts Guo Da, Juhao 2008 Dream Home Guo Da, Wang Ping 2009 Welcome to Beijing Guo Da 2010 My Family Have A Graduate Guo Da 2013 I Could Dance Whenever I Liked Pan Changjiang 2014 Disturb the Residents Hua Shao, Yue Yunpeng, Da Peng 蔡明央视马年春晚再坐轮椅 网友调侃：真瘸了？ . Beifangnet. 2014-01-30. .
Awards Year Award N/W Ref 2000 China Dazhong Television Award for Hottest Actresses 2007 1st Huading Award for Best Chinese Opera Actress 2008 2nd Huading Award for Best Actress 2009 10th China International Children's Festival - Child Star 2010 4th Huading Award for Hottest Actresses
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