Zhang Ziyi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Zhang Ziyi

Chinese film actress

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1979

Place of Birth: Beijing, China

Profession: actor, stage actor, model, dancer, film actor

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Zhang Ziyi ([??á? ts?`.i]; Chinese: ???; born 9 February 1979) is a Chinese actress and model. Her first major role was in The Road Home (1999).
She later gained international recognition for her role in Ang Lee's 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), 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 Chinese actress for a single film.From 2004 to 2010, Zhang ranked in the Top 5 of Forbes China Celebrity 100 list every year.
In 2008, she was awarded with the Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema award at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival.
In 2013, she received the French Cultural Order at the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Zhang most recently appeared in the J.J.
Abrams-produced Netflix film The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and upcoming Godzilla vs.
Kong (2020), both sequel to the franchise reboot film Godzilla.