Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi

Born: February 9, 1979
in Beijing,China
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.

Movies for Zhang Ziyi...

She’s Got No Name
Title: She’s Got No Name
Character: Zhan Zhoushi
Released: May 31, 2024
Type: Movie
One woman’s suffering gives rise to the revolution of women’s social rights in China.
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The Volunteers: To the War
Title: The Volunteers: To the War
Character: Tang Seng
Released: September 28, 2023
Type: Movie
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, New China was faced with "internal and external troubles". Since the outbreak of the Korean Civil War, the U.S. military has repeatedly provoked the border between China and North Korea, and civilians have been brutally bombed. In order to maintain the hard-won peace and long-term stability for generations, in October 1950, the Chinese People's Volunteers entered North Korea, and the "Resist US Aid Korea" war kicked off.
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Title: "Moon rises in the Bay Area" 2023 Greater Bay Area Film and Music Gala
Released: June 29, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Three Youths
Released: March 31, 2022
Type: TV
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My Country, My Parents
Title: My Country, My Parents
Character: Yu Kaiying
Released: September 30, 2021
Type: Movie
Actress Zhang Ziyi, actor-and-director Wu Jing, comedian Shen Teng, and actor-and-director Xu Zheng come together to direct four short films as part of a new anthology drama paying tribute to China’s families.
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One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
Title: One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 2, 2021
Type: Movie
Tracing the beginnings of Jet Tone Films, which was founded in 1991 by Wong Kar Wai for the production of Ashes of Time (1994), the film features never-before-seen materials, including deleted scenes, behind-the-scene footage, and selected narration by Wong Kar Wai.
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Title: The Rebel Princess
Character: Wang Xuan / A'Wu
Released: January 9, 2021
Type: TV
Wang Xuan and Xiao Qi strike a deal for the sake of power. They marry first before falling in love and join hands to protect their homeland. She is a woman who is no less than any man while he rose from humble beginnings. The imperial family has become rotten to the core. The nobles are lavish with no regard for the people. Princess Wang Xuan and her childhood sweetheart, the third prince, become pawns of a prophecy that states, "to acquire thee is to obtain the world." Being pulled into the matters of the court, Wang Xuan is married off by her father to Xiao Qi who comes from a poor family. On the night of their wedding, Xiao Qi is forced to leave the capital. Wang Xuan is shamed and discouraged. The Helan Prince kidnaps Wang Xuan in order to seek revenge on Xiao Qi. The crisis they face becomes a blessing in disguise for the couple. Wang Xuan is moved and inspired by Xiao Qi's wish to bring peace and prosperity to the nation and they fall in love.
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The Climbers
Title: The Climbers
Character: Xu Ying
Released: September 30, 2019
Type: Movie
May 1960. Mount Everest, the second step under the cliff. The four members of the China Everest Climbing Commando are attacking the most difficult and most difficult "second step". This is their fifth assault. The first four failures have cost them too much physical strength - finally, the wind and snow stop the gap.
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Title: Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Character: Dr. Ilene Chen / Dr. Ling
Released: May 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
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Title: 影响:改革开放40年的中国电影
Released: November 19, 2018
Type: TV
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Title: The Birth of an Actor
Released: September 8, 2018
Type: TV
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The Cloverfield Paradox
Title: The Cloverfield Paradox
Character: Tam
Released: February 4, 2018
Type: Movie
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
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Forever Young
Title: Forever Young
Character: Wang Minjia
Released: January 12, 2018
Type: Movie
From World War, to revolution and ultimately rebirth, Forever Young is the story of four generations spanning a hundred years of modern Chinese history. Each generation faces its own unique set of challenges. Up against corporate corruption, the trials and tribulations of the cultural revolution, and one's duty to nation in time of war, they are faced with choosing their individual paths through history. But as the challenges and turmoil of each generation may differ as time changes, what was learned in the past cannot help but effect the choices that are made in the future as it is passed down from generation to generation. And that is the universal message that being true to yourself is precious. It is the source of strength that empowers one to become the person they want to be, to march forward as far as their hearts desire, into the future.
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Title: 演员的诞生
Released: October 28, 2017
Type: TV
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Most of the Time
Title: Most of the Time
Character: Self
Released: September 27, 2017
Type: Movie
Vogue Film short film directed by Kurt Iswarienko in 2017.
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Existence
Title: Existence
Character: Herself
Released: August 15, 2017
Type: Movie
This is the inspiring story of how an ordinary Chinese boy became China's biggest Rock star
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All About Faces
Title: All About Faces
Character: Herself
Released: August 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Short film presented by Vogue Film.
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The Wasted Times
Title: The Wasted Times
Character: Xiao Liu
Released: December 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.
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Dragon Girls !
Title: Dragon Girls !
Character: Herself
Released: July 3, 2016
Type: Movie
Yves Montmayeur takes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as the starting point for his study of the new female warrior in Asian pop culture. From Beijing to Tokyo and Taiwan, he went to meet with the most iconic muses of this new trend, including Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Shu Qi, and Asami.
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Run for Love
Title: Run for Love
Character: Su Leqi
Released: February 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A romantic anthology with five episodes featuring five love stories in Japan, United States, Norway, the Island of Saipan, and the one in Rjukan Norway, where the sun is brought down where the can't shine by large mirrors.
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Oh My God
Title: Oh My God
Character: Auntie
Released: December 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Oh My God is a sci-fi romantic comedy revolving around a couple who is desperate to conceive a child. Others cast alongside Lay are Cheney Chen (Chen Xudong), who trained under Cube Entertainment and starred in the movie Tiny Times, and actress Jacqueline Li (Li Xiaolu) from the recent movie Forbidden Kiss.
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Where's the Dragon?
Title: Where's the Dragon?
Character: Phoenix (voice)
Released: October 23, 2015
Type: Movie
The story follows a ten-year-old girl who teams up with animals from the Chinese Zodiac to search for a lost dragon and save the world from a treacherous conspiracy.
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The Crossing II
Title: The Crossing II
Character: Yu Zhen
Released: July 30, 2015
Type: Movie
A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping.
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The Crossing
Title: The Crossing
Character: Yu Zhen
Released: December 2, 2014
Type: Movie
At the end of the World War II and the middle of the Chinese Revolution, three couples from different backgrounds with different nationalities flee from China to the island of Taiwan.
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Title: Super Brain
Released: January 3, 2014
Type: TV
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My Lucky Star
Title: My Lucky Star
Character: Sophie
Released: September 17, 2013
Type: Movie
My Lucky Star is a 2013 Chinese romance film directed by Dennie Gordon and starring Zhang Ziyi and Leehom Wang. The film also serves as a prequel to the 2009 film Sophie's Revenge.
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Better and Better
Title: Better and Better
Character: Zhang Ziyi
Released: February 10, 2013
Type: Movie
Sun Xiangcheng, a self-styled professional fan organiser, is called from his home village of West Well Valley by his mother Yuanfang. Thinking he's highly connected with celebrities, she asks him to help organise the village's New Year celebrations
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The Grandmaster
Title: The Grandmaster
Character: Gong Er
Released: January 10, 2013
Type: Movie
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
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The Road to
Title: The Road to "The Grandmaster"
Released: November 15, 2012
Type: Movie
This is not a documentary describing the filming process of "The Grandmaster", but a record of Wong Kar-wai and Chen Xunqi's personal visits to martial artists all over the mainland to collect valuable martial arts information. It is divided into two episodes.
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Dangerous Liaisons
Title: Dangerous Liaisons
Character: Du Fenyu
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: Movie
Dangerous Liaisons is a Chinese film by Hur Jin-ho based on the novel with the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
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Love for Life
Title: Love for Life
Character: Shang Qinqin
Released: May 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Set in a small Chinese village where HIV virus is spreading rapidly as a result of illicit blood trade, Mo shu wai zhuan revolves around De Yi and Qinqin are both estranged from their respective family because of their disease and unexpectedly find love with each other by their misfortunes.
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Together
Title: Together
Character: Herself
Released: December 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Zhao Liang’s film portrays AIDS sufferers of both genders; they are all people with very different biographies. As if it wasn’t bad enough being infected by HIV, their suffering is compounded by the fact that in the People’s Republic of China the disease is hushed up and people living with AIDS are ostracised. In China, the public at large knows very little about the disease and most people associate the virus with promiscuity. This fear of discrimination forces most patients to hide the fact that they are positive. The AIDS sufferers in Zhao Liang’s film were willing to share their experiences with him. The filmmaker was able to make contact with them via internet support groups; he also visited children with Aids at a ‘red ribbon’ school; but above all, he talked to AIDS sufferers during the making of Gu Changwei’s film. It is their presence which lends Changwei’s film its particular authenticity.
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The Founding of a Republic
Title: The Founding of a Republic
Character: Gong Peng
Released: September 17, 2009
Type: Movie
The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
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Sophie's Revenge
Title: Sophie's Revenge
Character: Sophie
Released: August 13, 2009
Type: Movie
Dumped by her fiance just two months before their wedding, comic strip writer Sophie hatches an elaborate plan to get her Jeff back and punish the movie star, Joanna, who seduced him away. She finds herself a partner, Gordon, an ex-lover of Joanna's. The two start on a comic adventure full of laughs and tears, aided by Sophie's two best friends, Lucy and Lily. At the eve of her success, Sophie suddenly faced of having to chose between a repentant Jeff and Gordon who has fallen for her.
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Horsemen
Title: Horsemen
Character: Kristen
Released: February 6, 2009
Type: Movie
A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
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Forever Enthralled
Title: Forever Enthralled
Character: Meng Xiaodong
Released: December 5, 2008
Type: Movie
The epic story Mei Lanfang, who overcame the prejudice against artists in 1930s China to become the country's greatest opera star.
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TMNT
Title: TMNT
Character: Karai (voice)
Released: March 23, 2007
Type: Movie
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City.
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The Banquet
Title: The Banquet
Character: Empress Wan
Released: September 14, 2006
Type: Movie
Crown Prince Wu Luan is in love with Little Wan but left heartbroken when she marries his father, the emperor. The emperor's brother, Li, kills him and Wu Luan tries to avenge his father's death.
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Title: Memoirs of a Geisha
Character: Sayuri
Released: December 6, 2005
Type: Movie
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
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Princess Raccoon
Title: Princess Raccoon
Character: Tanukihime
Released: May 28, 2005
Type: Movie
Amechiyo (the banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised as human). This is an operetta which includes comedy, singing and dancing, and a love story.
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2046
Title: 2046
Character: Bai Ling
Released: October 29, 2004
Type: Movie
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
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Jasmine Women
Title: Jasmine Women
Character: Young Mo
Released: June 13, 2004
Type: Movie
Zhang Ziyi plays the youngest of three generations of women who leads lives in Shanghai. Joan Chen plays the great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother. The film recounts this family, the mistakes they make, and a cycle that the granddaughter breaks out of.
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House of Flying Daggers
Title: House of Flying Daggers
Character: Xiao Mei
Released: May 19, 2004
Type: Movie
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
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My Wife Is A Gangster 2
Title: My Wife Is A Gangster 2
Character: The Triad Boss
Released: September 5, 2003
Type: Movie
Former Scissor Gang leader Eun-jin, who now suffers from amnesia, nevertheless defends Jae-cheol, a restaurateur who employs her, from a gangster who wants his business.
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Purple Butterfly
Title: Purple Butterfly
Character: Cynthia / Ding Hui
Released: July 4, 2003
Type: Movie
Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami, an ex-lover and officer with a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Purple Butterfly.
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Hero
Title: Hero
Character: Moon
Released: July 22, 2002
Type: Movie
During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.
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The Warrior
Title: The Warrior
Character: Princess Bu-yong
Released: September 7, 2001
Type: Movie
In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged as spies and sent in exile to a remote desert.
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Zu Warriors
Title: Zu Warriors
Character: Joy
Released: August 9, 2001
Type: Movie
King Sky, the sole disciple of the Kun Lun Sect, falls in love with his master Dawn. Dawn is killed when Insomnia destroys the Kin Lun Mountain. King Sky waits for two hundred years and meets Enigma, who is the reincarnation of Dawn, and in love with her again. However, Insomnia's Blood Clouds is ready to destroy Zu...
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Rush Hour 2
Title: Rush Hour 2
Character: Hu Li
Released: August 3, 2001
Type: Movie
It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Title: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Character: Jen
Released: July 6, 2000
Type: Movie
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
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The Road Home
Title: The Road Home
Character: Young Zhao Di
Released: October 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
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Touching Starlight
Title: Touching Starlight
Character: Chen Wei
Released: August 23, 1996
Type: Movie
Touching Starlight is a true story about a young girl, Chen Wei, an aspiring dancer whose hopes and dreams for the future are dashed when her leg is amputated due to cancer. To encourage others to overcome their handicaps and to live successful and productive lives, Chen Wei starts a local radio talk program, "Starlight," which also works to address the acceptance of the handicapped by the community at large. Unfortunately, though the radio program proves to be immensely popular due to her hard work and the tireless support of her numerous friends, Chen Wei is forced to leave when it's learned that her cancer has spread, becoming terminal.
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Title: Golden Horse Awards
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 1962
Type: TV
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: Today
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 1952
Type: TV
Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and is the fifth-longest running American television series. Originally a two-hour program on weekdays, it expanded to Sundays in 1987 and Saturdays in 1992. The weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007. Today's dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until the late 1980s, when it was overtaken by ABC's Good Morning America. Today retook the Nielsen ratings lead the week of December 11, 1995, and held onto that position for 852 consecutive weeks until the week of April 9, 2012, when it was beaten by Good Morning America yet again. In 2002, Today was ranked #17 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Television Shows of All Time.