Zhao Wei

Zhao Wei
Zhao Wei
	Zhao Wei at Huabiao Award red carpet in 2007
Born	12 March 1976; Wuhu, Anhui, China
Education	Master of Fine Arts
Alma mater	Beijing Film Academy
Occupations	Actress; director; Producer; Singer;
Years active	1994–present
Awards	Changchun Film Festival; Best Actress; 2006 A Time to Love; 2010 Mulan; Golden Phoenix Awards; 2005 Society Award; 2009 Special Jury Award; Shanghai Film Critics Awards; Best Actress; 2010 Mulan & 14 Blades; Best New Director; 2013 So Young; Shanghai International Film Festival; Best Actress; 2005 A Time to Love; Most Attractive Actress; 2007 The Longest Night in Shanghai; Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Actress ; 2015 Dearest – Li Hongqin ; ; Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan ; 2014 So Young ; ; ; Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Actress ; 2015 Dearest – Li Hongqin ; ; ; Huabiao Awards – Outstanding Actress ; 2005 A Time to Love – Qu Ran ; ; ; Golden Rooster Awards – Best Directorial Debut ; 2013 So Young ; ; ; Hundred Flowers Awards – Best Actress ; 2010 Mulan – Hua Mulan ; ; Best Director ; 2014 So Young ; ; ; Golden Eagle Awards – Best Actress ; 1999 My Fair Princess – Xiaoyanzi ; ; ; RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards – Outstanding Mandarin Song ; 1999 Swallow ; ; ; MTV Asia Awards – Favorite Artist, Mainland China ; 2006 ; ; ; Beijing Pop Music Awards – Song of the Year ; 2007 Angel's Suitcase ; ; ;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	趙薇
Simplified Chinese	赵薇
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhào Wēi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Ziu6 Mei4
	Musical career
Also known as	Vicki Zhao; Vicky Zhao
Genres	Mandopop

Zhao Wei (born 12 March 1976), also known as Vicky Zhao or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, film director, producer and pop singer. She is considered one of the most popular actresses in China and Chinese-speaking regions, and one of the highest paid actresses.[1][2]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhao.

Over her 20 years acting career, Zhao has starred in many box-office smash-hits, including Shaolin Soccer (2001), Red Cliff (2008-2009), Painted Skin (2008), Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012), Dearest (2014) and Lost in Hong Kong (2015). She has received numerous awards from the Shanghai International Film Festival, Huabiao Awards, Changchun Film Festival, Hundred Flowers Awards and Shanghai Film Critics Awards for films like A Time to Love (2005) and Mulan (2009). In 2014, after almost 2-year break from acting, she returned to the silver screen in Peter Chan's movie Dearest, and won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress.

Her directorial debut So Young (2013) broke the box office record for movies directed by female Chinese directors in just a week. The movie also earned her multiple awards in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, including Golden Rooster Award for Best Directorial Debut, Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director and Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan.

Zhao was named as member of the main Jury at the 73rd Venice Film Festival.

Zhao Wei became a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme on 20 November 2016.[3]

References

"Beyond Cute". Time. March 29, 2004. Archived from the original on December 24, 2006. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
"Leaked list reveals China's top earning actresses". China Daily. November 18, 2014.
"联合国开发计划署任命赵薇成为亲善大使". People's Daily (in Chinese). November 21, 2016. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2017.

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[time-1] "Beyond Cute". Time. March 29, 2004. Archived from the original on December 24, 2006. Retrieved September 2, 2017.

[2] "Leaked list reveals China's top earning actresses". China Daily. November 18, 2014.

[3] "联合国开发计划署任命赵薇成为亲善大使". People's Daily (in Chinese). November 21, 2016. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2017.