Zhao Tao
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).
Zhao Tao
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Zhao Tao as Member of the International Competition Jury at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2023 · CC BY 2.0
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- 1977. · Taiyuan.
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China.
- Occupation
- actress.
- Education
- Beijing Dance Academy.
- Honours
- David di Donatello for Best Actress.
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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).
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Biography
She received two Golden Horse Award nominations for Mountains May Depart (2015) and Ash Is Purest White (2018). In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #8 on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.
Zhao was born 28 January 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 have worked together frequently. 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
Personal life
On 7 January 2012, Zhao married director Jia Zhangke.
L'actrice Zhao Tao à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs au festival de Cannes 2015
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L'actrice Zhao Tao à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs au festival de Cannes 2015
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