Zhang Ziyi

ABOUT

Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) is a Chinese actress and model. Her first major role was in The Road Home (1999). She later gained international recognition for her role in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards.

PROFILE

• Name: 章子怡 / Zhang Zi Yi
• Profession: Actress and producer
• Birthdate: 1979-Feb-09
• Birthplace: Beijing, China
• Height: 164cm
• Star sign: Aquarius
• Chinese zodiac: Goat
• Blood type: O
• Family members: Husband/musician Wang Feng, daughter Xing Xing (b. 2015) and son (b. 2020-Jan-01)
• Talent agency: WMA William Morris Brokerage

FILMOGRAPY

TV Series

• The Rebel Princess (2021) as Wang Xuan

Movies

    The Crossing | Tai Ping Lun (2014)
    Dangerous Liaisons | Woheomhan Gwangye (2012) - Du Fenyu
    1911 | Xin Hai Ge Ming (2011)
    Love For Life | Mo Shu Shi Da (2011)
    The Grand Master | Yut Doi Jung Si (2010)
    The Founding of a Republic | Jian guo da ye (2009) - Gong Peng
    Sophie's Revenge (2009) - Sufei
    Forever Enthralled | Mei Lanfang (2008) - Meng Xiaodong
    The Horsemen (2008) - Kristen Spitz
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | TMNT (2007) (voice) - Karai
    The Banquet | Ye yan (2006) (as Zhang Ziyi) - Empress Wan
    Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Chiyo/Sayuri
    Princess Raccoon | Operetta tanuki goten (2005) - Tanukihime
    Jasmine Flower | Mo li hua kai (2004) - Young Mo/young Li/young Hua
    2046 (2004) - Bai Ling
    House of Flying Daggers | Shi mian mai fu (2004) (as Zhang Ziyi) - Xiao Mei
    My Wife Is a Gangster 2 | Jopog Manura 2: Dolaon Jeonseol (2003) - The Triad Boss
    Purple Butterfly | Zi hudie (2003) - Cynthia/Ding Hui
    Hero | Ying xiong (2002) - Moon
    Musa the Warrior | Musa (2001) - Princess Bu-yong
    The Legend of Zu | Shu shan zheng zhuan (2001) - Joy
    Rush Hour 2 (2001) - Hu Li
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Wo hu cang long (2000) - Jen Yu
    The Road Home | Wo de fu qin mu qin (1999) - Zhao Di 

TRIVIA

-Her father was an accountant and later economist, and her mother, a kindergarten teacher.
-She has an older brother
-At age 15, she won the national youth dance championship
-She went to Central Academy of Drama in Beijing at the age of 17
-Zhang obtained Hong Kong residency in 2007 through the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme for her contribution to the local film industry.
-Zhang is an admirer and collector of the works of the Chinese contemporary artist Shen Jingdong.
-Zhang is one of the members of China Zhi Gong Party.
-Zhang was engaged to Israeli American venture capitalist Aviv Nevo until the couple separated in 2010.
-Zhang married Chinese rock musician Wang Feng in May 2015. On 27 December 2015, Zhang gave birth to their daughter Wang Xingxing.
-In 2019, Zhang announced that she is pregnant again. 
-In the West, Zhang is best known for her appearances in Rush Hour 2 (2001), Hero (2002), 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 Chinese actress for a single film.
-From 2004 to 2010, Zhang ranked in the Top 5 of Forbes China Celebrity 100 list every year.
- In 2008, she was awarded with the Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema award at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival. 
-In 2013, she received the French Cultural Order at the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
-Zhang most recently appeared in the J.J. Abrams-produced Netflix film The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), a sequel to the franchise reboot film Godzilla.