Zhang Ziyi

In 2007, Zhang Ziyi received Hong Kong residency through Quality Migrant Admission Scheme.

She got married to rock musician Wang Feng in March 2015. In December the same year, she gave birth to their daughter Wang Xingxing.

Zhang Ziyi was born on 9 February 1979 in Beijing, China, to Li Zhousheng, a kindergarten teacher and Zhang Yuanxiao, an accountant and later economist. She has an older brother, named Zhang Zinan.

At the age of eight, Ziyi started learning dance. Later on, she joined the Beijing Dance Academy at age 11.

At age 15, she won the national youth dance championship and started appearing in TV commercials in Hong Kong. At the age of 17, she entered the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing.

In 1998, Zhang Ziyi was offered her first acting role by director Zhang Yimou for his film ‘The Road Home’. She then appeared in the 2000 martial arts movie ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’.

Soon after this, the actress acted in the American flick ‘Rush Hour 2’ in 2001. The same year, she appeared in the movies ‘The Legend of Zu’ and ‘Musa’.

Then Zhang co-starred in the film ‘Hero’ alongside in Tony Leung in 2002. This flick was a huge success and was even nominated for the Oscars and Golden Globe awards.

The following year, the Chinese beauty appeared in the movie ‘My Wife is a Gangster 2’. This was followed by her performance in the romantic drama flick ‘2046’.

Then Zhang acted in the films ‘House of Flying Daggers’ and ‘Jasmine Women’. Next came the movie ‘Princess Raccoon’ in which she played Princess Tanuki. This movie, directed by Japan's Seijun Suzuki, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

In 2013, Zhang Ziyi worked with Tony Leung and Wong Kar-wai in the film ‘The Grandmaster’. The performance of Ziyi in the movie was her best performance in the history of her career according to critics. The film also earned the actress several "Best Actress" awards across Asia.