Bai was born in Chengdu, People's Republic of China; "Bai", her family name, literally means "white". Ling, a common Chinese given name, means clever. Her father, Bai Yuxiang (白玉祥), was a musician in the People's Liberation Army, and later a music teacher. Her mother, Chen Binbin (陈彬彬), was a dancer, stage actress, and a literature teacher in Sichuan University; Read more...

Bai had previously appeared in several Chinese movies when she was in China. In 1984, Bai appeared as a fishing village girl in the movie On the Beach (海滩). Later she filmed several other movies, including Suspended Sentence (缓期执行), Yueyue (月月), Tears in Suzhou (泪洒姑苏) without much attention. Her role as a girl with psychological disorder Read more...

In interviews with the New York Daily News and FHM, Bai has said she is bisexual. Bai Ling is currently dating Philadelphia businessman and scientist Scott DeGirolamo.[citation needed] Bai lived in Singapore for the summer of 2006 and frequently patronised a now-defunct gay dance club called Happy (now renamed "Play"). She was apparently performing research for her upcoming film, an undisclosed Read more...