Ziyi Zhang's biography

Zhang Zi-Yi is 43 years old actress born at Beijing, China. Ziyi Zhang was born on Friday 9th of February 1979. Ziyi Zhang is often nicknamed as Zhang Ziyi, Ziyi Zhang, Zhang Zi Yi, Zhang Zi-Yi, Cheung Chi Yi, Cheung Chi-Yi, Jēung Jí-yìh, Chiong Chú-î, 章子怡. According to year of birth 1979 Ziyi Zhang belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 9th of February means Ziyi Zhang is Aquarius. Aquarius is an Airy sign. They are smart thinkers, social, communicative, independent and intelligent people.

Ziyi is asian chinese. Ziyi is buddhist.

Ziyi Zhang's schools

Detailed informations about Ziyi Zhang's schools

Graduated in acting from Central Drama Academy, the top acting college in China.

Ziyi Zhang's career

Ziyi´s main focus is to be actress. Ziyi Zhang is famous thanks to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Rush Hour 2 / House of Flying Daggers / Memoirs of a Geisha.

Is Ziyi Zhang gay ?

Ziyi Zhang is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Ziyi Zhang's Rankings

Was ranked 2nd of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001).
Forbes magazine's "China edition" recently ranked her the second most popular celebrity after NBA player Yao Ming [August 2004].
Ranked #91 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)
Was ranked one of the '100 Most Beautiful Women in the World' in the July 2005 issue of Harpers & Queen magazine. It was her first time on the list. She was ranked number 15.

What Ziyi Zhang has done for a first time

Her first appearance in an American movie was in Rush Hour 2 (2001), but as she didn't speak English, Jackie Chan had to translate everything the director said to her. In that movie, her character's name, "Hu Li" translated from Mandarin Chinese is "Fox".
Was ranked one of the '100 Most Beautiful Women in the World' in the July 2005 issue of Harpers & Queen magazine. It was her first time on the list. She was ranked number 15.

Ziyi Zhang's quotes

In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin.
You know, I never think I can become an actress. But it happened. Not because I dreamed it, but because it happened.
It's my first time in a lead and I have to speak English! In a Japanese accent! [on Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)].
It was so hard working for him, but I like the challenge. We don't learn the script, every day we had to, erm ... improvise. [on working with Wong Kar-wai in '2046']
Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.
I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.
But I enjoy being an actress a lot, because I can feel different women's lives. I have the chance to feel like a geisha one day, and on another day maybe a scientist. That's the interesting part for me. My profession has helped me to grow up.
It was my publicist's idea.... Either way, I'm still me, right? -- on changing the order of her name from the Chinese-style "Zhang Ziyi" to the Western-style "Ziyi Zhang", 2004

Ziyi Zhang's height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color

Lets describe how Ziyi Zhang looks. We will focus on Ziyi´s height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color and shoe size. Ziyi is tall as 5' 5" (165 cm). Ziyi Zhang weights 112lbs (51 kg). Body build is slim. Ziyi Zhang's eyes are tinted brown - dark. Ziyi Zhang's hair is shade of black. If you are really curious, you may find interesting Ziyi´s shoe size is 9.

Ziyi Zhang