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Zhao Tao

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Zhao Tao (born 28 January 1977) is a famous Chinese actress, work in China and Europe, she has over 10 films to her credit since starting her career in 1999, muse of director Jia Zhangke. Zhao first came into international prominence through close collaboration with Chinese director Jia Zhangke and is credited with helping to bring Chinese cinema to Europe, especially Italy. As Shun Li in Io sono Li, her best starring role to date, she became the first Asian actress to win a prize at David di Donatello. Zhao's native language is Jinese, but she is multilingual, having learned to speak Italian, Mandarin and Szechuanese. Biography She was born January 28, 1977, in Taiyuan, Shanxi, which is also the hometown of the heroine in Still Life. As a child, she studied classical Chinese dance. In 1996, she enrolled in the folk dance department at Beijing Dance Academy. After graduation, she became a dance teacher in Taiyuan Normal College, where she was spotted by Jia during casting for Platform. Since then they work frequently together. In 2011 she starred in the Italian movie Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre, the movie was screened in the Venice Days section of the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Zhao won the David di Donatello Award, the Italian Oscar, for Best Actress for her bilingual role.


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Born:
Jan 28, 1977 In Taiyuan - Shanxi - China
Movie/TV Credits:
22
First Appeared:
In the movie Platform 2001-08-29
Latest Project:
Movie Caught by the Tides 2024-11-22
Known For
Poster of Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Poster of Our Ten Years
Filmography
Movie Caught by the Tides Qiao Qiao 2024-11-22
Movie Ash Is Purest White Zhao Qiao 2018-09-21
Movie An Elephant Sitting Still History Teacher 2018-12-14
Movie Where Has Time Gone? 2017-10-19
Movie The Hedonists 2016-03-23
Movie Mountains May Depart Shen Tao 2015-10-30
Movie Smog Journeys 2015-01-22
Movie Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang Self 2014-10-20
Movie A Touch of Sin Xiao Yu 2013-10-04
Movie Shun Li and the Poet Shun Li 2011-09-23
Movie 3.11 A Sense of Home (segment "Alone Together") 2011-11-04
Movie I Wish I Knew Self 2010-07-02
Movie Ten Thousand Waves Blue Goddess 2010-10-13
Series Living Hong Yu 2009-03-18
Movie Cry Me a River 2008-07-11
Movie 24 City Su Na 2008-09-27
Movie Remembrance 2008-11-29
Movie Our Ten Years 2007-09-29
Movie Still Life Shen-Hong Guo 2006-11-16
Movie The World Tao 2004-09-01
Movie Unknown Pleasures Qiao Qiao 2002-06-06
Movie Platform Yin Ruijuan 2001-08-29