Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
67
Gender
Female
Birthday
1979-02-09 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Beijing, China
Also Known As
章子怡
Zhang Zi-Yi
Ziyi Zhang
장쯔이
زانج زيي
チャン・ツィイー
Chương Tử Di
சாங் சீயீ
ਜ਼ਾਂਗ ਜ਼ੀ
ঝাং জিয়ি
جانگ زئی
จาง จื่ออี๋
ג'אנג דזה יי
Չժան Ցզիի
Чжан Цзыи
チャン・ツーイー
ژانگ زییی
جانگ زئیییه
Zhang Ziyi
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.
