Zhang Ziyi

Acting · Born 1979-02-09 in Beijing, China

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Hero as Moon
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as Jen
• 2046 as Bai Ling
• The Road Home as Young Zhao Di
• House of Flying Daggers as Xiao Mei
• Memoirs of a Geisha as Sayuri
• TMNT as Karai (voice)
• The Warrior as Princess Bu-yong
• The Volunteers: To the War as Tang Sheng / 唐笙
• Rush Hour 2 as Hu Li

TV

• Today as Self
• The Oscars as Self
• Super Brain
• Golden Horse Awards as Self
• The Birth of an Actor
• Trump Card
• The Birth of an Actor
• The Rebel Princess as 王儇
• Viva La Romance
• Everybody Stand By