Zhang Ziyi
Acting • Born 1979-02-09
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.
Filmography
66 credits
Hero
Movie • 2002
Moon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Movie • 2000
Jen
TMNT
Movie • 2007
Karai (voice)
The Warrior
Movie • 2001
Princess Bu-yong
2046
Movie • 2004
Bai Ling
The Volunteers: To the War
Movie • 2023
Tang Sheng / 唐笙
Most of the Time
Movie • 2017
Self
Rush Hour 2
Movie • 2001
Hu Li
My Wife Is A Gangster 2
Movie • 2003
The Triad Boss
Sophie's Revenge
Movie • 2009
Sophie
The Road Home
Movie • 1999
Young Zhao Di
House of Flying Daggers
Movie • 2004
Xiao Mei
Purple Butterfly
Movie • 2003
Cynthia / Ding Hui
The Banquet
Movie • 2006
Empress Wan
Princess Raccoon
Movie • 2005
Tanukihime
Forever Enthralled
Movie • 2008
Meng Xiaodong
The Grandmaster
Movie • 2013
Gong Er
Jasmine Women
Movie • 2004
Young Mo
Zu Warriors
Movie • 2001
Joy
Horsemen
Movie • 2009
Kristen
Love for Life
Movie • 2011
Shang Qinqin
She's Got No Name
Movie • 2025
Zhan Zhou
Dangerous Liaisons
Movie • 2012
Du Fenyu
"Moon rises in the Bay Area" 2023 Greater Bay Area Film and Music Gala
Movie • 2023
My Lucky Star
Movie • 2013
Sophie
The Founding of a Republic
Movie • 2009
Gong Peng
Together
Movie • 2010
Herself
Touching Starlight
Movie • 1996
Chen Wei
The Road to "The Grandmaster"
Movie • 2012
The Crossing I
Movie • 2014
Yu Zhen
Forever Young
Movie • 2018
Wang Minjia
Better and Better
Movie • 2013
Zhang Ziyi
The Crossing II
Movie • 2015
Yu Zhen
Where's the Dragon?
Movie • 2015
Phoenix (voice)
Oh My God!
Movie • 2015
Auntie
Run for Love
Movie • 2016
Su Leqi
The Wasted Times
Movie • 2016
Xiao Liu
The Cloverfield Paradox
Movie • 2018
Tam
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie • 2019
Dr. Ilene Chen / Dr. Ling
All About Faces
Movie • 2017
Herself
Dragon Girls!
Movie • 2016
Herself
Existence
Movie • 2017
Herself
The Climbers
Movie • 2019
Xu Ying
Memoirs of a Geisha
Movie • 2005
Sayuri
My Country, My Parents
Movie • 2021
Yu Kaiying (segment "Poetry")
Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster
Movie • 2007
Zhang Ziyi
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
Movie • 2004
Self
War 1840
Movie
She's Got No Name: Part Two
Movie
Zhan Zhou
游过海岸一百米
Movie
Undercurrent
Movie
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
Movie • 2000
Self
Making of 2046
Movie
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Super Brain
TV • 2014
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
TV • 2018
Golden Horse Awards
TV • 1962
Self
The Birth of an Actor
TV • 2017
Trump Card
TV • 2016
Three Youths
TV • 2022
The Birth of an Actor
TV • 2018
The Rebel Princess
TV • 2021
王儇
Viva La Romance
TV • 2018
Everybody Stand By
TV • 2019
进步班
TV • 2025
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