Famous Chinese actress Jiang Wenli won the best actress award at the 2nd Rome Film Festival on Saturday.

Chinese actress Jiang Wenli is awarded best actress at the 2nd Rome Film Festival on Saturday, October 27, 2007.

Website sina.com reports that Jiang was honoured for her role in the film Li Chun / And The Spring Comes.

Jiang portrays an opera singer who holds fast to her dream to become a Peking opera star in Li Chun. The film is directed by her husband, Gu Changwei.

Rade Serbedzija of Croatia won best actor for his role in the Canadian-Greek production Fugitive Pieces. The American film Juno won best film. The Special Jury Award went to the Iran-Japan production Hafez.

Jiang Wenli poses with Jason Reitman, the director of the best film winner Juno, at the 2nd Rome Film Festival on Saturday, October 27, 2007.

(CRI.cn October 29, 2007)