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.

Known For

Trump Card

Golden Horse Awards

Everybody Stand By

Super Brain

The Oscars

Viva La Romance

The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up

Rush Hour 2

All Movies (54)

• She's Got No Name2025 · as Zhan Zhou
• The Volunteers: To the War2023 · as Tang Sheng
• "Moon rises in the Bay Area" 2023 Greater Bay Area Film and Music Gala2023
• My Country, My Parents2021 · as Yu Kaiying (segment "Poetry")
• The Climbers2019 · as Xu Ying
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019 · as Dr. Ilene Chen / Dr. Ling
• The Cloverfield Paradox2018 · as Tam
• Forever Young2018 · as Wang Minjia
• Most of the Time2017 · as Self
• Existence2017 · as Herself
• All About Faces2017 · as Herself
• Faye's Moments Live 20162016 · as Self
• The Wasted Times2016 · as Xiao Liu
• Dragon Girls!2016 · as Herself
• Run for Love2016 · as Su Leqi
• Oh My God!2015 · as Auntie
• Where's the Dragon?2015 · as Phoenix (voice)
• The Crossing II2015 · as Yu Zhen
• The Crossing I2014 · as Yu Zhen
• My Lucky Star2013 · as Sophie
• Better and Better2013 · as Zhang Ziyi
• The Grandmaster2013 · as Gong Er
• The Road to "The Grandmaster"2012
• Dangerous Liaisons2012 · as Du Fenyu
• Love for Life2011 · as Shang Qinqin
• Together2010 · as Herself
• The Founding of a Republic2009 · as Gong Peng
• Sophie's Revenge2009 · as Sophie
• Horsemen2009 · as Kristen
• Forever Enthralled2008 · as Meng Xiaodong
• Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster2007 · as Zhang Ziyi
• TMNT2007 · as Karai (voice)
• The Banquet2006 · as Empress Wan
• Memoirs of a Geisha2005 · as Sayuri
• Princess Raccoon2005 · as Tanukihime
• 'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece2004 · as Self
• 20462004 · as Bai Ling
• House of Flying Daggers2004 · as Xiao Mei
• Jasmine Women2004 · as Young Mo
• My Wife is a Gangster 22003 · as The Triad Boss
• Purple Butterfly2003 · as Cynthia / Ding Hui
• Hero2002 · as Moon
• The Warrior2001 · as Princess Bu-yong
• Zu Warriors2001 · as Joy
• Rush Hour 22001 · as Hu Li
• The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'2000 · as Self
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon2000 · as Jen
• The Road Home1999 · as Young Zhao Di
• Touching Starlight1996 · as Chen Wei
• She's Got No Name: Part Two— · as Zhan Zhou
• 游过海岸一百米—
• Undercurrent—
• Making of 2046—
• Gold Mountain—

All TV Shows (14)

• 首届CMG中国电影盛典2026 · as 年度剧情电影女演员
• 进步班2025 · as 客座导师
• Three Youths2022
• The Rebel Princess2021 · as 王儇
• Everybody Stand By2019
• The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up2018
• The Birth of an Actor2018
• Viva La Romance2018
• The Birth of an Actor2017
• Trump Card2016
• Super Brain2014
• Golden Horse Awards1962 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self