Zhao Tao
Gender: Female
Born: 28th January 1977 (currently 35 years old)
Nationality: China
Movies: 24 City, Unknown Pleasures, Platform, The World, Better Life, Still Life, Cry Me a River, Li And The Poet
Zhao Tao (simplified Chinese: 赵涛; traditional Chinese: 趙濤; pinyin: Zhào Tāo; born Taiyuan, Shanxi) is a Chinese actress who has starred in several films by Jia Zhangke.
She was born 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. In 2011 she starred in the Italian movie Io Sono Li by Andrea Segre. The movie was screened in the Venice Days section of the 68th Venice International Film Festival.
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