Zhao Wei
Gender: Female
Born: 12th March 1976 (currently 35 years old)
Nationality: China
TV programs: Romance in the Rain, Princess Pearl, Old House Has Joy, Thank You For Having Loved Me, Moment in Peking, Fast Track Love
Movies: Green Tea, Shaolin Soccer, So Close, Warriors of Heaven and Earth, The Duel, Goddess of Mercy, Red Cliff, East Palace, West Palace, Chinese Odyssey 2002, The Longest Night in Shanghai, A Time to Love, The Postmodern Life of My Aunt, Painted Skin, Red Cliff II, Penitentiary Angel, 14 Blades, Mulan, My Dream Girl, Assassin Swordsman, Midnight Beating, The Founding of a Republic
Zhao Wei (born 12 March 1976) is a mainland Chinese film actress and pop singer. Audiences sometimes refer to her by her English name, Vicki Zhao (sometimes spelled Vicky Zhao). She has been awarded the Hundred Flowers Award, Shanghai Film Critics Award, Huabiao Award, Golden Eagle TV Award as well as Shanghai Film Festival Golden Globe, amongst others.
After being chosen to work as an extra on a filming set, Zhao developed a love for acting. While studying at Beijing Film Academy, Zhao participated in various film projects. Zhao's breakout role as a leading actress was in Princess Pearl, a Chinese television series. In 1999, after Princess Pearl was broadcast, Zhao also began a singing career with her first album, Swallow. She is considered one of the "Four Young Dan actresses" in China (四小花旦), along with Xu Jinglei, Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun.
Zhao rose to international stardom in films such as Stephen Chow's Shaolin Soccer (2001), So Close (2002) and the epic Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2004). In John Woo's historical epic Red Cliff (2009), she played warrior princess Sun Shangxiang. She gained positive reviews from the Associated Press: "But the biggest surprise in the cast is
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