Chinese movie star Gong Li smiles during a news conference about her movie "Shanghai" in Bangkok August 2, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

     SINGAPORE, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese actress Gong Li has become Singapore's citizen, local daily The Straits Times reported on Monday.

    The 43-year-old actress got her citizenship certificate at a ceremony held on Saturday along with 149 other new citizens, said the newspaper.

    Gong, who was born in China's Liaoning province, had been scheduled to be sworn in as a Singapore citizen in August, but failed to attend the ceremony as she was filming a movie overseas, it added.

    She married Singaporean tobacco businessman Ooi Hoe Seong in 1996.