
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.
Filmography

Once Upon A Lie
2025

Beneath the Banyan Tree
2021
as Jia-Rong Woo

Koali & Rice
2020

Number One
2019
as Grandmother

Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
2019
as Grandma

Summer's Desire
2016
as Dean of Luoxi Welfare Institute

Baby Steps
2015
as Ma

20 Once Again
2015
as Shen Mengjun

Joyful Reunion
2012
as Bai Ping

The Knot
2006
as 王碧云(老年)

Migratory Bird
2001
as Chen's Mom

Fleeing by Night
2000
as Wei's Mother

Intimates
1997
as Auntie Foon - Aged Wan

Tonight Nobody Goes Home
1996
as Mrs. Chen

Maiden Rosé
1995
as 周花雕(老年)

Eat Drink Man Woman
1994
as Madame Liang

The Wedding Banquet
1993
as Mrs. Gao

Forbidden Imperial Tales
1990

Miracles: The Canton Godfather
1989
as Lady Rose / Ms. Kao

Journey Across the Mainland
1988

Mother Tragedy
1988

Last Eunuch In China
1987
as Lai Shi's Mother

Flag of Honor
1987

Inferno Thunderbolt
1985
as (archive footage)