Zhang Ziyi
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 awarded actress for a single film.
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Full filmography
- Trump Card (2016)
- Golden Horse Awards (1962) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Everybody Stand By (2019)
- Viva La Romance (2018)
- Super Brain (2014)
- Rush Hour 2 (2001) as Hu Li
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) as Dr. Ilene Chen / Dr. Ling
- Hero (2002) as Moon
- The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up (2018)
- The Rebel Princess (2021) as 王儇
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) as Jen
- Three Youths (2022)
- Today (1952) as Self
- House of Flying Daggers (2004) as Xiao Mei
- The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) as Tam
- Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) as Sayuri
- TMNT (2007) as Karai (voice)
- The Grandmaster (2013) as Gong Er
- 2046 (2004) as Bai Ling
- The Birth of an Actor (2018)
- The Founding of a Republic (2009) as Gong Peng
- Horsemen (2009) as Kristen
- She's Got No Name (2025) as Zhan Zhou