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Zhao Wei
Zhao Wei, also known as Vicky or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, singer, filmmaker, and businesswoman. Regarded as one of China's Four Dan actresses, she rose to fame for her role in the television series My Fair Princess (1998–1999), followed by popular dramas and films such as Romance in the Rain (2001) and Shaolin Soccer, Moment in Peking (2005), Painted Skin (2008), Mulan (2009), and Tiger M…
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entertainment · Chinese actress, singer and filmmaker (born 1976) · actor · singer · film director · film actor · also Zhao Wei, Vicky Zhao, Vicki Zhao, Vicki Zhao Wei, Wei
Born 12 March 1976 · Q197471
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2026· 1 entry
2021· 5 entries
Variety: China’s Crackdown on Celebrities Like Zhao Wei Is Growing Increasingly Far-Reaching
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Yahoo: Chinese Actress Zhao Wei Wiped From Country’s Internet Amid Crackdown on Entertainers
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New York Post: China’s Zhao Wei spotted after gov’t erased her from web
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The Hollywood Reporter: China Removes Actress Zhao Wei From Streaming Sites and Social Media
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Women's Wear Daily: Fendi Chinese Brand Ambassador Zhao Wei Banned, Reason Unknown
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2018· 2 entries
Reuters: China bars actress Zhao Wei from holding key positions in companies for 5 years
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For him to invest approximately USD 5 million in a security company
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2017· 1 entry
Bloomberg: China Bans Actress Zhao Wei From Stock Trading for Five Years
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2016· 1 entry
Zhao played a doctor in Johnnie To's crime thriller film Three
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2015· 1 entry
Starred in the comedies Hollywood Adventures and Lost in Hong Kong, both of which were commercially successful
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2014· 6 entries
Until their reputation has been increasingly tarnished by business scandals
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When she reemerged as the director of But Always, she stated that she had reconciled with Zhao and they remained close friends
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Playing a countrywoman in the film Dearest, directed by Peter Chan
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Becoming the company's second-largest shareholder
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Zhao launched the V-Love Foundation for childhood leukemia
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Zhao was named ambassador for the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
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2013· 1 entry
22nd in 2014, 7th in 2015, and 28th in 2017
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2012· 2 entries
Graduated from the directing institute of Beijing Film Academy, with an MFA dissertation defense score of 99/100, ranking No
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Playing, incidentally, a single mother in Love, directed by Doze Niu
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2011· 1 entry
Zhao received the China Charity Billboard Award for her contributions to charity
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2009· 1 entry
Zhao played the legendary character Hua Mulan in Jingle Ma's Mulan
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2008· 1 entry
FilmBook: Zhao Wei is on a Red Cliff
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2007· 1 entry
Zhao was introduced to the Chinese-born Singaporean businessman Huang Youlong (黄有龙) through Wang Lin, a self-styled qigong master and later exposed fraudster who had extensive connections among Chinese celebrities
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2006· 3 entries
Zhao supported fundraising events for the Smile Angel Foundation, a charity fund set up by Zhao's friend, pop diva Faye Wong, for children with clefts
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Zhao made a surprising move by sitting for the national entrance exam for postgraduate studies
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From 2006 to 2007, according to paparazzo Zhuo Wei, Zhao was in a relationship with table tennis player Wang Liqin, which both parties denied.
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2005· 2 entries
Was appointed as a spokesperson and ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund and China Youth Concern Committee's "Awareness for Children Affected by AIDS" campaign; she also performed the song "来得及的明天" (piny
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Next Magazine reported that Zhao was involved in a late-night altercation at a Shanghai nightclub with her then-boyfriend, Wang Yu, son of former Shanghai mayor Wang Daohan, and a group of Taiwanese patrons affiliated wi
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2004· 3 entries
The Chinese Association of Film Performing Arts presented her the Golden Phoenix Award for this role
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Zhao was cast to dub the character Princess Fiona for when Shrek 2 was released in China
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With the local education authority, she set up a scholarship and study grant fund in Wuhu, her hometown
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2003· 1 entry
Zhao starred in four films: My Dream Girl, Warriors of Heaven and Earth, Green Tea, and Jade Goddess of Mercy
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2002· 2 entries
A member of the CPPCC submitted a proposal to boycott the "little swallow"
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Zhao played an assassin in So Close, which also stars Shu Qi and Karen Mok
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2001· 3 entries
Starred in the comedy film Shaolin Soccer alongside Hong Kong actor and director Stephen Chow
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Zhao posed for a photo shoot in New York for the August issue of Shizhuang Fashion
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In early 2001, Zhao confirmed their breakup, citing fatigue with Ye's domineering personality.
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2000· 1 entry
With a bachelor's degree in performing arts, earning a score of 90 out of 100 on her graduation thesis
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1999· 4 entries
In 1999, when Zhao was answering a hotline interview for a Beijing newspaper, she was asked about romantic rumors with Fan.
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Became the youngest actress to win the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress
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When Zhao was answering a hotline interview for a Beijing newspaper, she was asked about romantic rumors with Fan
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Zhao donated 100,000 yuan, after the Taiwan 921 earthquake
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1997· 2 entries
Novelist and producer Chiung Yao was casting the TV series My Fair Princess, a joint production by mainland China and Taiwan adapted from Chiung Yao's own novel
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Zhao's Beijing Film Academy classmate Huang Xiaoming, who had a crush on her, confessed his feelings but was rejected
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1996· 2 entries
Zhao was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy, and the couple eventually parted ways due to the long-distance nature of their relationship
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Was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy with the highest entrance examination score in the country
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1994· 2 entries
Enrolled in the Xie Jin Heng Tong Star Academy of Performing Arts (now the Xie Jin Film & Television Art College of Shanghai Normal University) as part of its first cohort of students
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After graduating from the Wuhu Normal School, she gave up her job as an apprentice pre-school teacher
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1993· 1 entry
While Zhao was a student at Wuhu Normal School, the movie A Soul Haunted by Painting (1994), directed by Huang Shuqin, starring Gong Li and Derek Yee, was filming in Wuhu
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1976· 1 entry
Born 1976-03-12.
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