Zhang Ziyi
Known For
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 awarded actress for a single film.
Most Known For
Viva La Romance
Trump Card
Golden Horse Awards
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
Everybody Stand By
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Dr. Ilene Chen / Dr. Ling
Super Brain
The Cloverfield Paradox
as Tam
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
as Jen
Rush Hour 2
as Hu Li
Today
as Self
Hero
as Moon
The Grandmaster
as Gong Er
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Sayuri
The Rebel Princess
as 王儇
TMNT
as Karai (voice)
Three Youths
House of Flying Daggers
as Xiao Mei
2046
as Bai Ling
