Ziyi Zhang

Ziyi Zhang in Columbia Pictures' Memoirs of a Geisha - 2005

Biography

Born 02/09/1979

A delicately beautiful Chinese actress, Ziyi Zhang first caught the attention of filmgoers at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival with her debut performance as a young girl who falls in love with a schoolteacher in director Zhang Yimou's acclaimed drama, "The Road Home" (1999). Her strong performance and...
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Awards

  • In 2001, received Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress
  • In 2001, received MTV Movie Award for Best Fight Sequence
  • In 2000, received Chicago Film Critics Award for Most Promising Actress

Highlights

  • In 2005, Starred as Sayuri, the lead in Rob Marshall's film version of Arthur Golden's best selling novel "Memoirs of a Geisha"; earned Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actress
  • In 2004, Starred as a blind girl in "House of Flying Daggers" helmed by Zhang Yimou
  • In 2002, Co-starred with Jet Li and Maggie Cheung in "Hero," helmed by Zhang Yimou

Family & Companions

  • brother: has one, older

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