Introduction

Biography

Filmography

Facts

Interviews

Pictures and Photos Resources

Chinese Actors Agency

Notes

Zhang Ziyi - Facts

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Name: Zhang Ziyi
Native Home: Beijing, China
Date of Birth: February 9, 1979
Mother: Li Zhousheng
Father: Zhang Yuanxiao
Older Brother: Zhang Zinan
Astrological Sign (Western): Aquarius
Astrological Sign (Chinese): Sheep
Blood Type: O
Height: 164 cm, 5' 4.5"
Weight: 49.5 Kg, 109 lbs

Personal Tastes

Favorite Things

Clothing Style: Casual attire
Activities: Swimming, tennis, handball, studying and sleeping
Food: Ice cream, Watermelon
Drink: Taro Milk Tea, Horlicks, chocolate milkshake and fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
Colors: Owl Eye (a marble-ish mix of yellow and brown), red, white, black, purple and cream
Animal: Sheep, dog, pig, tiger, lion, hippopotamus
Male Type: Secure and charmingly talented.
Place: Rome, Italy
Vacation: Spain
Most Memorable Time: Riding Roller Coaster in Magic Mountain, Los Angeles

Favorites In Entertainment

Entertainment: Watching VCD's and playing video games
Movie Genre: Romance
Movies: Sommersby, To Live, Stepmom, The King of Comedy, etc
Actors: Richard Gere, Sophie Marceau, Deannie Yip, Carol Cheng, Shu Qi, Chow Yun-fat, Josephine Siao, Al Pacino, etc
Music: Pop Rock
Music Entertainers: Phil Collins, Jacky Cheung, Ekin Cheng, Anita Mui, Shunza, A-Mei, etc
Star: Leslie Cheung

Professional Highlights

(Because she is so talented, her professional highlights are overwhelming. We only collected the information until 2003.  Please visit her official site at http://www.helloziyi.com for more information)

1990-96
Studied dance at the middle and secondary school attachments of the Beijing Dance Academy, specializing in folk dance

1996
Filmed first acting role in the CCTV produced television drama Starlight

1996-2000
Studied acting at the Central Academy of Drama

1996
Did advertisement in Beijing for Beijing Liquor

1997
Did advertisement in Hong Kong for Oil of Olay

1998
Cast as the Younger Zhao Di in The Road Home

1999
Cast as Yu Jiao Long (Jen Yu) inCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000
Performed at CCTV's Chinese New Year Spring Festival program
Cast as General Cheng Tian Le (Joy) in The Legend of Zu
Did advertisement in Guangdong Province for Skyworth Televisions
Cast as Ming Princess Bu-yong in Musa

2001
Cast as Hu Li in Rush Hour 2

2001-02
Did advertisements for Maybelline China
Did advertisements for Pantene China

2002
Cast as Like Moon in Hero
Cast as Ding Li in Purple Butterfly

2003
Did advertisement in Guangzhou for Soutec
Cast as currently unnamed character in Jasmine Blooming

Awards & Honors

1994
Wins the 4th Annual National Young Dancer Competition for Chinese Folk Dance

1999
Wins the Hong Kong-Asia Screenings "Star of Tomorrow" Award

2000
Wins Best Actress at the 23rd Session of the Hundred Flowers Awards
2000: Wins Best Supporting Actress at the 25th Annual Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Wins Best Most Promising Actress at the 25th Annual Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Nominated Best Actress at the 37th Annual Golden Horse Awards

2001
Wins Best Actress at the 5th Annual Iranian International Film Festival
Wins Best Supporting Actress at the Hong Kong Film Critics' Sixth Annual Golden Bahunia Awards
Wins Best Supporting Actress at the 53rd Annual British Academy Awards
Wins Most Promising Actress at the 13th Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards
Wins Best Supporting Actress at the 16th Annual Independence Film Awards
Wins Best Fight at the 18th Annual MTV Video Music Awards
Nominated Best Actress at the 20th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards
Nominated Best Supporting Actress at the 13th Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards
Nominated Best Supporting Actress at the 58th Annual Golden Globes Awards
Nominated Most Promising Actress at the 58th Annual Golden Globes Awards
Nominated Best Actress at the 2nd Annual AMMY Awards
Nominated Best Breakthrough Performance - Female at the 18th Annual MTV Video Music Awards
Honored Best Actress Outside Japan by Screen Magazine
Honored as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World
Honored as the youngest member of the China Film Foundation
Honored as one of Four Famous Actresses by an organization of several major Chinese media outlets

2002
Wins Most Fashionable Mainland Actress at the MTV-Lycra Fashion Awards
Nominated Best Villain at the 19th Annual MTV Video Music Awards
Honored as one of 50 Most Influencial Individuals in the Chinese Entertainment Industry
Honored as one of Four Famous Actresses by an organization of several major Chinese media outlets

2003
Nominated Best Supporting Actress at the 22nd Annual Hong Kong Film Awards

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