Chinese name 赵涛 (simplified) Name Zhao Tao Pinyin Role Actress | Occupation Actress,Producer Years active 1999-Present | |
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Movies Mountains May Depart, A Touch of Sin, Still Life, Shun Li and the Poet, Platform Similar People Jia Zhangke, Sylvia Chang, Zijian Dong, Karena Lam, Vivian Sung | ||
Film actress zhao tao on acting and collaboration with jia zhangke at asia society
Zhao Tao (born 28 January 1977) is a Chinese actress. She works in China and occasionally Europe, and has appeared in 10 films and several shorts since starting her career in 1999. She is best known for her collaborations with her husband, director Jia Zhangke, including Platform (2000) and Still Life (2006). With Shun Li and the Poet (2011), she became the first Asian actress to win a prize at David di Donatello. She received a Golden Horse Award nomination for Mountains May Depart (2015).
Contents
- Film actress zhao tao on acting and collaboration with jia zhangke at asia society
- Miff interview with jia zhangke zhao tao a touch of sin
- Biography
- Personal life
- References
Miff interview with jia zhangke zhao tao a touch of sin
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 film Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre, which 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.
Personal life
On January 7, 2012 she married director Jia Zhangke.
