Mandarin Name: Zhang Zi-Yi

Birthday: 9. February 1979
Place of Birth: Beijing, China

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

- actress & dancer -


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.

(text taken from the great "Ziyi Forever" fan page)

(Jackie-)Movies:

2006:
-> Ye Yan (Chin. title)
2005:
-> Memoirs of a Geisha  -> Operetta tanuki goten (Jap. title)
2004:
-> Jasmine Flower  -> 2046  -> House of Flying Daggers
2003:
-> My Wife is a Gangster 2  -> Purple Butterfly
2002:
-> Hero
2001:
-> 2046  -> Musa  -> The Legend of Zu  -> Rush Hour 2
2000:
-> Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1999:
-> The Home Road
1996:
-> Xing xing dian deng (TV)