Ziyi
Zhang (mainland Chinese actress) grew up in a working class
family in Beijing. She passed the entrance examination of the
secondary school affiliated with Beijing Dancing College at the
age of eleven. She is a third-year student of the Performing Art
at China Central Drama College. She also won
an award in the National Young Dancer competition
Her
first film was 1999's "The Road Home,"directed by the
renowned director Zhang Yi-mou. The film, which will be released
by Sony Picture Classics in 2001, went on the garner the Jury
Grand Prix Silver Bear at the 2000 edition of the Berlin Film
Festival. Zhang Ziyi was
given the nickname "Little Gong Li".
On
June 26th, 2000, she demanded 10 million RMB for any role in
comercial ads, setting an astonishing record for the industry
She's
quickly risen to her stardom with her youthful beauty, acting
skill, and the rumored romantic scandal with the director Zhang
Yi-mou which she refuted.
Achievement
:
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Named
one of People's Magazines "50 Most Beautiful" in
2001(25th)
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Best Actress
China`s equivalent of our Oscars: the Golden Horse
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Best Supporting Actress
Toronto Film Critics Association on December 21st
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Runner-up for Best
Supporting Actress
The L.A. Film Critic's Association on December 16th
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MTV
Movie Award
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Oscar
Award 2000
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Chinese
actress demand top price of ads
Articles :
Quotes:
"She's a sweetheart, man. So attractive and so sexy.
I think what makes her so sexy is she don't speak English. She
can't say a word to me, and I can't say nothing to her, so I
just be lookin"
-
Chris
Tucker talking about Zhang Ziyi.
" In China a women was considered
beautiful until people knew her a long time and knew under skin "
- Zhang Ziyi said
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