Ziyi Zhang
Biography
Zhang Ziyi is a Chinese actress whose screen characters are independent and strong-willed. Raised in Beijing, she joined the Central Academy of Drama in 1996 and acted that year in the television film Touching Starlight. Her breakthrough came with Zhang Yimou's The Road Home (1999), which earned her a Best Actress award at the Hundred Flowers Awards. International fame followed with Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). Her first American film was Rush Hour 2 (2001), playing a villain, and she later appeared in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005). Other credits include Zhang Yimou's Hero (2002) and House of Flying Daggers (2004), plus Wong Kar-wai's 2046 (2004) and The Grandmaster (2013), the latter earning 12 Best Actress awards. Later work includes The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), The Climbers (2019), and My Country, My Parents (2021), on which she made her directorial debut and took the 2022 Media Honors prize for best new director.
47years old
Turns 48 on February 9in 118 days
- Born Beijing
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Zhang Zi Yi
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 24 years1999 to 2023
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Behind the camera
Zhang Ziyi's first work as a director was the short "Shi" (Poem), one of four stand-alone tales in My Country, My Parents. The 2022 Media Honors gave her its best new director award for the film.
Beyond film
Zhang also appeared on the House of Flying Daggers soundtrack, performing her own musical version of the old Chinese poem Jia Rén Qu, known as The Beauty Song.
Getting ready for a role
Zhang took singing and dancing lessons for two weeks in Japan for her role in Princess Raccoon, the 2005 film directed by Japan's Seijun Suzuki that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Ziyi Zhang movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon2000 Action, Drama, Romanceas Jen Yu (Mandarin version) / Jiao Long (English dubbed version)
IMDb rating 7.8297K votes
Most often with
Yimou Zhang directed three of these films, John Woo two. Huang Xiaoming appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Huang Xiaoming's page
Wu Jing's page
Jing Wu's page
Takeshi Kaneshiro's page
Hye-kyo Song's page
Jackie Chan's page
All films by John Woo
Also two films together14 more actors
- Michelle YeohMemoirs of a Geisha (2005) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- MakoTMNT (2007) and Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
- Tony Chiu Wai LeungThe Grandmaster (2013) and Hero (2002)
- Jack KaoThe Crossing 2 (2015) and My Lucky Star (2013)
- Ken WatanabeGodzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
- Masami NagasawaThe Crossing 2 (2015) and The Crossing I (2014)
- Chen ChangThe Grandmaster (2013) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- Xiaoming HuangThe Crossing I (2014) and The Banquet (2006)
- Bowie Lam Bo-YeeThe Crossing 2 (2015) and The Crossing I (2014)
- Tong DaweiThe Crossing 2 (2015) and The Crossing I (2014)
- Angeles WooThe Crossing 2 (2015) and The Crossing I (2014)
- Daoming ChenMy Country, My Parents (2021) and Hero (2002)
- Hitomi KurokiThe Crossing 2 (2015) and The Crossing I (2014)
- Tony YangThe Crossing 2 (2015) and The Crossing I (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Ziyi Zhang's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.2 billion
20 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 20 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas.
- 20Worldwide figure
- 1Never in cinemas
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 83% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$387M17.9% of the total
- 2$347M16.1% of the total
- 3$222M10.3% of the total
- 4$214M9.9% of the total
- 5$177M8.2% of the total
- 6$162M7.5% of the total
- 7$157M7.3% of the total
- 8$119M5.5% of the total
$378 millionfrom the other 12 films with a worldwide figure, 17% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 2013 to 2014.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2014 | Asian Film Award for Best Actress | The Grandmaster | Won |
| 2013 | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | Won | |
| 2013 | Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress | The Grandmaster | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.