Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi

Known for
Acting
Born
February 9, 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

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Filmography

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She's Got No Name: Part Two poster

She's Got No Name: Part Two

Movie · as Zhan Zhou

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游过海岸一百米

游过海岸一百米

Movie

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Undercurrent

Undercurrent

Movie

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Making of 2046 poster

Making of 2046

Movie

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Gold Mountain poster

Gold Mountain

Movie

2026
首届CMG中国电影盛典 poster

首届CMG中国电影盛典

TV · as 年度剧情电影女演员 · 1 ep

2025
She's Got No Name poster

She's Got No Name

Movie · as Zhan Zhou

2025
进步班 poster

进步班

TV · as 客座导师 · 1 ep

2023
The Volunteers: To the War poster

The Volunteers: To the War

Movie · as Tang Sheng

2023
"Moon rises in the Bay Area" 2023 Greater Bay Area Film and Music Gala poster

"Moon rises in the Bay Area" 2023 Greater Bay Area Film and Music Gala

Movie

2022
Three Youths poster

Three Youths

TV · 1 ep

2021
My Country, My Parents poster

My Country, My Parents

Movie · as Yu Kaiying (segment "Poetry")

2021
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart poster

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Rebel Princess poster

The Rebel Princess

TV · as Wang Xuan · 68 eps

2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters poster

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Movie · as Dr. Ilene Chen / Dr. Ling

2019
The Climbers poster

The Climbers

Movie · as Xu Ying

2019
Everybody Stand By poster

Everybody Stand By

TV · 22 eps

2018
Forever Young poster

Forever Young

Movie · as Wang Minjia

2018
The Cloverfield Paradox poster

The Cloverfield Paradox

Movie · as Tam

2018
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up poster

The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up

TV · 1 ep

2018
The Birth of an Actor poster

The Birth of an Actor

TV · 12 eps

2018
Viva La Romance poster

Viva La Romance

TV · 13 eps

2017
Most of the Time poster

Most of the Time

Movie · as Self

2017
All About Faces poster

All About Faces

Movie · as Herself

2017
Existence poster

Existence

Movie · as Herself

2017
The Birth of an Actor poster

The Birth of an Actor

TV · 13 eps

2016
Run for Love poster

Run for Love

Movie · as Su Leqi

2016
The Wasted Times poster

The Wasted Times

Movie · as Xiao Liu

2016
Dragon Girls! poster

Dragon Girls!

Movie · as Herself

2016
Faye's Moments Live 2016 poster

Faye's Moments Live 2016

Movie · as Self

2016
Trump Card poster

Trump Card

TV · 2 eps

2015
The Crossing II poster

The Crossing II

Movie · as Yu Zhen

2015
Where's the Dragon? poster

Where's the Dragon?

Movie · as Phoenix (voice)

2015
Oh My God! poster

Oh My God!

Movie · as Auntie

2014
The Crossing I poster

The Crossing I

Movie · as Yu Zhen

2014
Super Brain poster

Super Brain

TV · 16 eps

2013
The Grandmaster poster

The Grandmaster

Movie · as Gong Er

2013
My Lucky Star poster

My Lucky Star

Movie · as Sophie

2013
Better and Better poster

Better and Better

Movie · as Zhang Ziyi

2012
Dangerous Liaisons poster

Dangerous Liaisons

Movie · as Du Fenyu

2012
The Road to "The Grandmaster" poster

The Road to "The Grandmaster"

Movie

2011
Love for Life poster

Love for Life

Movie · as Shang Qinqin

2010
Together poster

Together

Movie · as Herself

2009
Sophie's Revenge poster

Sophie's Revenge

Movie · as Sophie

2009
Horsemen poster

Horsemen

Movie · as Kristen

2009
The Founding of a Republic poster

The Founding of a Republic

Movie · as Gong Peng

2008
Forever Enthralled poster

Forever Enthralled

Movie · as Meng Xiaodong

2007
TMNT poster

TMNT

Movie · as Karai (voice)

2007
Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster poster

Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster

Movie · as Zhang Ziyi

2006
The Banquet poster

The Banquet

Movie · as Empress Wan

2005
Princess Raccoon poster

Princess Raccoon

Movie · as Tanukihime

2005
Memoirs of a Geisha poster

Memoirs of a Geisha

Movie · as Sayuri

2004
2046 poster

2046

Movie · as Bai Ling

2004
House of Flying Daggers poster

House of Flying Daggers

Movie · as Xiao Mei

2004
Jasmine Women poster

Jasmine Women

Movie · as Young Mo

2004
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece poster

'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece

Movie · as Self

2003
My Wife is a Gangster 2 poster

My Wife is a Gangster 2

Movie · as The Triad Boss

2003
Purple Butterfly poster

Purple Butterfly

Movie · as Cynthia / Ding Hui

2002
Hero poster

Hero

Movie · as Moon

2001
The Warrior poster

The Warrior

Movie · as Princess Bu-yong

2001
Rush Hour 2 poster

Rush Hour 2

Movie · as Hu Li

2001
Zu Warriors poster

Zu Warriors

Movie · as Joy

2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon poster

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Movie · as Jen

2000
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' poster

The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'

Movie · as Self

1999
The Road Home poster

The Road Home

Movie · as Young Zhao Di

1996
Touching Starlight poster

Touching Starlight

Movie · as Chen Wei

1962
Golden Horse Awards poster

Golden Horse Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep