Ziyi Zhang Biography


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Ziyi
"I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of
Chinese women that they feel unable to let out."
~ Ziyi Zhang ~
Career Highlights
Non-acting careers: Model
Big break: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
Defining characters: Jen Yu (Jiao Long), Hu Li, Moon, Xiao Mei, Sayuri
Best movies:

  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
  • Musa
  • Hero (Ying xiong)
  • House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
  • 2046
  • Princess Raccoon (Operetta tanuki goten)
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
Best TV: Touching Starlight (Xing xing dian deng)
Endorsements:

  • Mercedes
  • Platinum Guild International
  • Garnier
  • Ascience (Japanese shampoo brand)
  • Maybelline
  • Visa
  • 2% Water (Korean bottled water)
  • Pantene
  • LVMH Group (a world leader in luxury brands)
    • Tag Heuer
    • Christian Dior
    • Ferragamo
    • Louis Vuitton
  • Soutec (Chinese cell phone manufacturer)
  • Legend ( China's largest computer manufacturer, now called Lenovo)
  • Cotton Harbor Towers
  • Got Milk?
  • Qiao Xing Mobile's luxury VEVA brand
  • SARS Public Service
  • Jaijue Motorcycles
  • Beijing Liquor (1996)
Other notable appearances/credits:

Sings on the soundtrack for:

Princess Raccoon (Operetta tanuki goten):
"koi sumi tan 'san' mizu"
"itsu ka ouji sama to"
"o suki na kami ha?"
"omoi Shita ri masu na"
"un'mei no wana"


House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
"Beauty Song (Jia Ren Qu)"


Producer of 'Sophie's Revenge' (2009)
Top awards:
Hong Kong-Asia Screenings "Star of Tomorrow" (1999)
Honored as the youngest member of the China Film Foundation (2001)
Named Friendship Ambassador to Tibet by the Tibetan Development Fund (2002)
Other:
Ziyi is an accomplished dancer, mainly in Chinese folk dance
In 1991 Ziyi won
the Performance Prize at the Taoli Cup National Youth Dance Competition

Ziyi Zhang Relationships

Family
    • Father: Zhang Yuanxiao
    • Mother: Li Zhousheng
    • Brother: Zhang Zinan (older)
    • Partner: Vivi Nevo
Relationships

    • Eric Fok Kai San: 2004 - 2006
    • Vivi Nevo: late 2006 - now
Frequent collaborators: Zhang Yimou

Ziyi Zhang's Awards & Honors

2006
Nominated Best Actress in a Drama at the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards for Memoirs of a Geisha
Nominated Best Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Memoirs of a Geisha
Nominated Best Actress at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards for Memoirs of a Geisha
Nominated Best Actress at the NAACP Image Awards for Memoirs of a Geisha
Nominated for Best Actress at the 28th Hundred Flowers Awards for House of Flying Daggers
Nominated for Sexiest Performance at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards for Memoirs of a Geisha
2nd place in Best Supporting Performer voting in Village Voice's Take 7 critics poll for 2046
2nd place in Best Supporting Performer voting at the National Society of Film Critics Awards for 2046
2nd place in Best Supporting Actress voting in the International Cinephile Society Awards for 2046
Named the Most Oustanding Actress in China in a vote conducted by China Radio International
Named
one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World
Named by E! Channel as the #1 Sexiest Action Hero
Named by Playboy magazine as one of the 25 Sexiest Celebrities
Presenter at the
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Presenter at the Directors Guild of America Awards
Presenter at the 78th Annual Academy Awards
Presenter at the Independent Spirit Awards
Invited to the White House to welcome Chinese President Hu Jintao to the United States
Member of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival Feature Film Jury


2005
Wins Best Actress at the 24th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards for 2046
Wins Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for 2046
Wins Best Actress at the 11th Huabiao Film Awards for House of Flying Daggers
Wins Best Supporting Performer in IndieWIRE's 2005 Foreign Language Film Survey for 2046
3rd place in Best Actress voting by the New York Film Critics Circle for 2046
Nominated Best Actress in a Drama at the Golden Satellite awards for Memoirs of a Geisha
Nominated Best Actress at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards for House of Flying Daggers
Nominated Best Actress at the 31st Saturn Awards for House of Flying Daggers
Nominated Most Popular Actress at the 1st China Film Billboard Awards for House of Flying Daggers
Invited to join the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences
Presenter at the 77th Annual Academy Awards
Presenter at the Closing Ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival
Presenter at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards
Honored as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World
Honored by South People Weekly magazine as one of the Top Ten Youth Pioneers in China
Honored as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World
Honored by Harper and Queens magazine as one of the 15 Most Beautiful Women in the World
Named to Variety magazine's 2005 Women's Impact List
Named by VH1 as one the 10 Sexiest Movie Stars of the Past 20 Years

2004
Wins Best Actress at the 24th Annual Golden Rooster Awards for Jasmine Women
Wins Best Actress at the CCTV-MTV Awards for House of Flying Daggers
Wins Best Actress at the The 4th Chinese Film Media Awards for Purple Butterfly
Nominated Best Actress at the 10th Annual Huabiao Awards for Jasmine Women
Nominated Best Leading Actress at the 41st Annual Golden Horse Awards for 2046
Honored as one of the 5 Most Influential Individuals in the Chinese Entertainment Industry
Named one of the 100 sexiest movie stars of all-time by Empire magazine

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

2002
Wins Most Fashionable Mainland Actress at the MTV-Lycra Fashion Awards
Nominated Best Villain at the 19th Annual MTV Video Music Awards for Rush Hour 2
Honored as one of 50 Most Influential Individuals in the Chinese Entertainment Industry
Named Friendship Ambassador to Tibet by the Tibetan Development Fund
Named one of the 25 Hottest Stars under 25 by Teen People

2001
(all for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, except where noted)
Wins Best Actress at the 5th Annual Iranian International Film Festival for The Road Home.
Wins Best Supporting Actress at the Hong Kong Film Critics' Golden Bahunia Awards
Wins Best Supporting Actress at the 16th Annual Independence Film Awards
Wins Best Supporting Female at the Independent Spirit Awards
Wins Most Promising Actress by the Chicago Film Critics Association
Wins Best Young Actress at the International Film Young Artist Awards
Wins Best Fight at the MTV Video Music Awards
2nd Place in Best Supporting Actress voting by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Nominated Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards
Nominated Best Actress at the AMMY Awards
Nominated Most Promising Actress at the 58th Annual Golden Globes Awards
Nominated Best Supporting Actress at the 58th Annual Golden Globes Awards
Nominated Best Supporting Actress at the British Academy Film and Television Awards
Nominated Best Supporting Actress by the Chicago Film Critics Association
Nominated Best Supporting Actress by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
Nominated Best Supporting Actress by the Online Film Critics Society
Nominated for Breakthrough Female Performance at the MTV Video Music Awards
Nominated Choice Breakout Performance at the 2001 Teen Choice Awards
Honored Best Actress Outside Japan by Screen Magazine
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
Honored as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World

2000
Wins Best Actress at the 23rd Session of the Hundred Flowers Awards for The Road Home
Wins Best Supporting Actress at the 25th Annual Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (CTHD)
Wins Best Most Promising Actress at the 25th Annual Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (CTHD)
Nominated Best Actress at the 37th Annual Golden Horse Awards (CTHD)

1999
Wins the Hong Kong-Asia Screenings "Star of Tomorrow" Award for The Road Home

1994
Wins the Performance Prize at the Taoli Cup National Youth Dance Competition

Ziyi Zhang's Upcoming Projects

  • The Horsemen (2009) - Kristen Spitz
  • Sophie's Revenge (2009)
  • Waiting (2009) - Wu manna
  • Lost For Words (2009) - Lin Zhen

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