Gua Ah-leh

Biography

Grace Gua Ah-leh (traditional Chinese: 歸亞蕾; simplified Chinese: 归亚蕾) is a Taiwanese actress and singer born in China on June 2, 1944. She studied acting at the National Taiwan University of Arts. In 1965, she made her professional film debut in The Rain of Sorrow (煙雨濛濛), and received a Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress. She was the youngest Leading Actress winner in the Golden Horse history. The next year, she won another Best Leading Actress Golden Horse award for the movie Home, Sweet Home (家在台北). In 1978, she won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Horse award for her role in The Diary of Didi (蒂蒂日記). She has portrayed over 200 roles in film and television since her debut 1965.

Known For

Golden Horse Awards

Self

Palace of Devotion

Empress Dowager Xiao

Palace of Desire

武则天

A Happy Life

刘张氏

娘心计

Green Green Grass By The River

静芝

The Emperor in Han Dynasty

窦太后

Qin Emperor Li Shi Min

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Once Upon A Lie
2021	Beneath the Banyan Tree	Jia-Rong Woo
2020	Koali & Rice
2019	Number One	Grandmother
2019	Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year	Grandma
2016	Summer's Desire	Dean of Luoxi Welfare Institute
2015	20 Once Again	Shen Mengjun
2015	Baby Steps	Ma
2012	Joyful Reunion	Bai Ping
2006	The Knot	王碧云（老年）
2001	Migratory Bird	Chen's Mom
2000	Fleeing by Night	Wei's Mother
1997	Intimates	Auntie Foon - Aged Wan
1996	Tonight Nobody Goes Home	Mrs. Chen
1995	Maiden Rosé	周花雕（老年）
1994	Eat Drink Man Woman	Madame Liang
1993	The Wedding Banquet	Mrs. Gao
1990	Forbidden Imperial Tales
1989	Mr. Canton and Lady Rose	Lady Rose / Ms. Kao
1988	Journey Across the Mainland
1988	Mother Tragedy
1987	Flag of Honor
1987	Last Eunuch In China	Lai Shi's Mother
1985	Inferno Thunderbolt	(archive footage)
1984	Somewhere My Love
1983	Rape and Die
1983	The Lost Generation	Kuei Ya-mei
1982	The Jade Badger	Lady Shang
1982	Sergeant Hsiung
1982	A Rescue from Hades
1982	Who Is the Killer?
1982	Phoenix the Raider
1982	Escape to Freedom
1982	Woman Police
1982	The Woman Who Eats People
1982	Burn Phoenix Burn
1982	The Anger
1982	Portrait of a Fanatic
1981	The King of Gambler
1981	The Women Soldiers
1981	Errant Love	Chung Tsui-wei
1981	Phoenix the Ninja	Happy Fairy
1981	The Casino
1981	Consolidated Dougherty
1981	The Coldest Winter in Peking
1980	Unmarried Mothers	Madam Pai
1980	Evening News	Lin Ko-Ching
1980	Flower Just Smile in the Spring Breeze
1980	Poor Chasers
1980	The Legend of Chu Liu Hsiang
1979	The Funny Couple
1979	Love in Chilly Spring
1979	A Girl Without Sorrow
1979	A Title Rewon
1978	The Diary of Di-Di
1978	Walking in the Sunset
1978	Love's Many Faces
1978	Immortal Warriors
1977	Triumph Of Two Kung-Fu Arts
1975	The Chinese Amazons
1973	Love in the Storm
1973	Who is to Blame?
1972	Everything Is Going My Way
1971	You Can't Tell Him
1971	The True and False Wife	Hsu Mu Cheng
1970	Devil yielded to God
1970	Home, Sweet Home
1970	The Ripening
1970	A Test of Love	Pai Chieh-Chun
1969	Glass Eyeball
1969	Man Ghost Fox
1969	The Winter	A Chin
1969	I Didn't Dare to Tell You
1967	Love Is Thicker Than Wine	Hsu Hsiao-Ching
1965	The Rain of Sorrow	Lu Yi-ping
1965	烟雨濛濛
	The Story of Daniel

Year	TV Show	Role
2021	Palace of Devotion	Empress Dowager Xiao
2020	Midsummer is Full of Love	Jin Zeyi's Grandma
2016	刘海戏金蟾	刘母
2016	见字如面
2013	A Happy Life	刘张氏
2013	浪子回头	杜老太太
2012	娘心计
2012	我和丈母娘的十年战争	孙妈妈
2012	摩西密码
2010	The Dream of Red Mansions	王夫人
2010	婆婆来了	郑爱儿
2007	Return Home
2006	Spicy Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law	Qin Si Ping
2005	Qin Emperor Li Shi Min
2005	The Emperor in Han Dynasty	窦太后
2005	Misty Love In The Palace
2004	天和局	竺自萍
2002	肥猫寻亲记	华老太
2001	The Orange is Red	First Wife of Yaohua
2000	Palace of Desire	武则天
1997	四千金	白𬞟/白姨（母亲）
1996	Lei Yu
1994	梦断江南
1992	Green Green Grass By The River	静芝
1962	Golden Horse Awards	Self