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Zhang Ziyi
Actor, Producer, Director
Born February 9, 1979 (45 years)
Zhang Ziyi (Chinese: 章子怡; born 9 February 1979) is a Chinese actress. Her first major role was in The Road Home (1999). She later achieved fame for her role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards.
In the West, Zhang is best known for her appearances in Rush Hour 2 (2001), Hero (2002), 2046 (2004) and House of Flying Daggers (2004). Her most critically acclaimed works are Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), which earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role; and The Grandmaster (2013), for which she won 12 different Best Actress awards to become the most awarded actress for a single film.
In the West, Zhang is best known for her appearances in Rush Hour 2 (2001), Hero (2002), 2046 (2004) and House of Flying Daggers (2004). Her most critically acclaimed works are Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), which earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role; and The Grandmaster (2013), for which she won 12 different Best Actress awards to become the most awarded actress for a single film.
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death · as Tang Sheng |
| 2023 | The Volunteers: To the War · as Tang Seng |
| 2021 | My Country, My Parents · as Yu Kaiying (segment "poetry") |
| 2021 | The Rebel Princess (TV Series) · as Wang Xuan / A'wu |
| 2019 | The Climbers · as Xu Ying |
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters · as Dr. Ilene Chen / Dr. Ling |
| 2018 | Viva La Romance (TV Series) |
| 2018 | The Cloverfield Paradox · as Tam |
| 2018 | Forever Young · as Wang Minjia |
| 2017 | The Birth Of Actors (TV Series) · as Jury |
| 2016 | The Wasted Times · as Xiao Liu |
| 2016 | Run for Love · as Su Leqi |
| 2015 | Where's the Dragon? · as Phoenix (voice) |
| 2015 | The Crossing 2 · as Yu Zhen |
| 2015 | Oh My God · as Auntie |
| 2014 | The Crossing · as Yu Zhen |
| 2014 | Coldplay: Magic · as Cecile |
| 2013 | My Lucky Star · as Sophie |
| 2013 | The Grandmaster · as Gong Er |
| 2012 | Dangerous Liaisons · as Du Fenyu |
| 2011 | Til Death Do Us Part · as Shang Qinqin |
| 2009 | The Founding of a Republic · as Gong Peng |
| 2009 | Sophie's Revenge · as Sophie |
| 2009 | Horsemen · as Kristen |
| 2008 | Forever Enthralled · as Meng Xiaodong |
| 2007 | TMNT · as Karai (voice) |
| 2006 | The Banquet · as Empress Wan |
| 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha · as Sayuri |
| 2005 | Princess Raccoon · as Tanukihime |
| 2004 | 2046 · as Bai Ling |
| 2004 | House of Flying Daggers · as Xiao Mei |
| 2004 | Jasmine Women · as Young Mo |
| 2003 | My Wife Is a Gangster 2 · as The Triad Boss |
| 2003 | Purple Butterfly · as Cynthia / Ding Hui |
| 2002 | Hero · as Moon |
| 2002 | Ultimate Fights from the Movies · as Jen Yu (crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) |
| 2001 | The Warrior · as Princess Bu-Yong |
| 2001 | Zu Warriors · as Joy |
| 2001 | Rush Hour 2 · as Hu Li |
| 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon · as Jen |
| 1999 | The Road Home · as Young Zhao Di |
| 1996 | Xing xing dian deng · as Chen Wei |