Ziyi Zhang Biography

Ziyi Zhang, Actress

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Born as	章子怡
Occup.	Actress
From	China
Born	February 9, 1979 Beijing, China
Age	45 years

Ziyi Zhang is a Chinese actress as well as version birthed in Beijing, China in February 1979. Zhang examined dancing at the Beijing Dance Academy and also began her acting profession in 1999 with "The Road Home," for which she won Best Actress at the Hundred Flowers Awards. This brought about her playing the lead duty in noted Chinese supervisor Zhang Yimou's legendary film "Hero," where she acted together with fighting styles actors Jet Li and Donnie Yen.

Ziyi's development role in the West was available in 2000 when she played the function of May in Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." The film was a big success worldwide and also Zhang was chosen for both a BAFTA as well as a Golden Globe. From there, she went on to star in various Hollywood as well as Chinese manufacturings, showcasing an impressive capacity to carry out in both Mandarin and also English.

In 2004, Zhang played the character of Jen in "House of Flying Daggers," a martial arts legendary guided once again by Zhang Yimou, and also received essential acclaim for her performance. Various other successful films Zhang has starred in consist of "Memoirs of a Geisha" (2005), "Rush Hour 2" (2001), "2046" (2004), as well as "The Grandmaster" (2013).

Ziyi Zhang's charm and grace have actually made her a preferred option for global magazine covers and also ads, consisting of a campaign for Omega watches. Zhang has also served as a brand ambassador for Tag Heuer, Maybelline, as well as Clé de Peau Beauté.

In 2015, Zhang married Wang Feng, a Chinese rock musician, and the couple had 2 children with each other. Apart from her acting job, Zhang is enthusiastic about philanthropy and charity job, sustaining causes such as Child Welfare League of China as well as Sowers Action, a Hong Kong-based charity organization.

In acknowledgment of her contributions to Chinese movie theater, Zhang obtained the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, among France's highest cultural honors, in 2013. She likewise functions as an ambassador for the Chinese Children Charity Fund. With her performing, modeling, and philanthropic job, Ziyi Zhang has ended up being a true symbol in Chinese and worldwide amusement.

Our collection contains 8 quotes who is written / told by Ziyi.

Related authors: Ang Lee (Director), Zhang Yimou (Director), Donnie Yen (Actor), Jet Li (Actor), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

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8 Famous quotes by Ziyi Zhang

"I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me"

"Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure"

"It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in traditional Chinese dance, and after working so hard it seemed unfair to just disappear into a group"

"My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer"

"In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin"

"I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother"

"China's cinema has been rising for some time; it has more exposure, so my chances of becoming internationally known are better. But the first thing I have to do is learn English. If I can grasp the language, then perhaps I can think about the U.S"

"I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult"