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Zhang Ziyi, sometimes credited as Ziyi Zhang, is a Chinese actress, known for playing independent and strong-willed characters. Born and raised in Beijing, Zhang was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama in 1996. That year, she made her acting debut in the television film Touching Starlight (1996). After her breakout role in Zhang Yimou's The Road Home (1999), which won her Best Actress at the…
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(2004), for which she won Best Actress at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards, and on The Grandmaster (2013), for which she received 12 Best Actress awards, making her the most awarded Chinese actress for a single film
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Yahoo: Zhang Ziyi on ‘Crouching Tiger,’ ‘The Grandmaster’ and Twenty Years of Making Impossible Roles at Asian Film Awards Masterclass
VN Express: Zhang Ziyi stuns in Cong Tri gown at 2025 Gold Gala Awards
Was appointed global ambassador for Jaeger-LeCoultre and TIffany
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On 23 October 2023, Zhang and Wang announced their divorce on Weibo.
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Douglas Parkes of South China Morning Post (SCMP) described Zhang as "surely the most important Chinese actress of her generation"
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Zhang made her directorial debut with a short titled "Shi" (Poem), one of the four stand-alone short tales of the film My Country, My Parents
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Zhang starred in the adventure drama film The Climbers
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Zhang was cast in her first television series, Rebel Princess
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Zhang was cast in the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters, playing a prominent character
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Zhang produced her third film Oh My God, which stars Zhang Yixing and Li Xiaolu
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Awarded Asian Film Award for Best Actress for The Grandmaster (2014).
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Zhang starred in John Woo's romantic epic The Crossing, based on the true story of the Taiping steamer collision and follows six characters and their intertwining love stories in Taiwan and Shanghai during the 1930s
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Yahoo: Zhang Ziyi settles libel case against US website
Won Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for The Grandmaster (2013).
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Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2013).
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Zhang received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres as a Chevalier for her significant contributions to the film industry
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Zhang received the Order of Arts and Letter as a Dame at the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Awards
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Received the French Cultural Order of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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An American website Boxun falsely reported that Zhang was paid $100 million to sleep with top Chinese officials
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Zhang starred next to Cecilia Cheung and Jang Dong-gun in the Chinese-Korean co-production Dangerous Liaisons, an adaptation of the French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, narrating Shanghai of the 1930s
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Was named "Actress of the Decade" by CineAsia
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Was awarded with the "Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema" at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival
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Was awarded with the Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema award at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival
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Zhang performed the voice of Karai in the American animated film TMNT (2007)
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Through the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme for her contribution to the local film industry
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Which led to an engagement; however, the couple parted ways in 2010
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For the Chinese wuxia film The Banquet, directed by Feng Xiaogang
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Zhang was listed in Time's World's 100 Most Influential People
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Zhang featured in the critically acclaimed film Jasmine Women, adapted from Su Tong's novel titled Women's Lives
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Zhang co-starred in Hero alongside Jet Li, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung, directed by her early mentor Zhang Yimou
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With her role as Yu Jiaolong in Ang Lee's re-visioned wuxia martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Zhang was offered her first major role by director Zhang Yimou in his film The Road Home, which would win the Silver Bear prize at the 2000 Berlin International Film Festival
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Zhang entered the Central Academy of Drama, majoring in acting
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Won the performance award in the National Taoli Cup Dance Competition
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Born 1979-02-09.
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