1987, Zhang Ziyi entered the Children's Palace in Xicheng District to learn dance. Zhang Ziyi was very thin when he was a child, so the teacher suggested that Zhang Ziyi learn dance. Learning dance as a child laid the foundation for Zhang Ziyi to shoot martial arts dramas in the future. [8]
1990, Zhang Ziyi was admitted to the middle school attached to Beijing Dance Academy, and Zhang Ziyi began to study folk dance for six years, and won the performance prize of the national Li Tao Cup dance competition in 1994.
1998, Zhang Ziyi, who was still studying at the Central Academy of Drama, was chosen by the famous director Zhang Yimou to play the heroine Zhao Di in the film My Mom and Dad. In the film, Zhang Ziyi successfully created a peasant girl who was crazy about love in an extraordinary period, and the film won the Silver Bear Award at the 50th Berlin International Film Festival. Zhang Ziyi also won the Best Actress in the 23rd Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for this film, and Zhang Ziyi Chinese Opera has not yet graduated.
1999 recommended by director Zhang Yimou, Zhang Ziyi starred in the martial arts blockbuster Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee of China, and played the rebellious Gege Yujiaolong, fighting wits with actors such as Chow Yun Fat and Yang Ziqiong. Zhang Ziyi plays Yu Jiaolong.
In 2000, Zhang Ziyi participated in the opening song and dance "Spring Festival" of the Spring Festival Gala. In the same year, Zhang Ziyi starred in the Hollywood movie Rush Hour 2 starring Jackie Chan, through which Zhang Ziyi became a Hollywood star. Together with Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei and Xu, they are called "Four Hua Dan" in China by the media.
200 1 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon became the first Chinese film in China to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. That year, it won four awards, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and many other international awards. The global box office of this film exceeded 2140,000 USD, making it the highest-grossing Chinese film in the world. Zhang Ziyi also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role of Yu Jiaolong.
From 2002 to 2004, Zhang Ziyi starred in the martial arts films Hero and House of Flying Daggers directed by Zhang Yimou, and performed on the same stage with China actors such as Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro. The global box office of the two films exceeded $270 million, which broke the box office record of China films at that time and ushered in the era of commercial blockbusters in China. Hero, House of Flying Daggers and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are regarded as the martial arts trilogy in Zhang Ziyi's early films.
In 2004 and 2005, Forbes China celebrities ranked second (first among actresses) for two consecutive years. Besides making blockbusters, Zhang Ziyi also appeared in literary films, such as The Purple Butterfly directed by Lou Ye and Jasmine Blossoms directed by Hou Yong.
In 2005, she won the Best Actress Award in China Watch Award and the Best Actress Award in Golden Rooster Award for Jasmine Blossom. On February 1, Zhang Ziyi attended the 77th Academy Awards Ceremony as an award guest. In March, she won the Best Actress Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for starring in the film "2046" directed by Wong Kar-wai.
In 2006, for her performance in Memoirs of a Geisha, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in American Film. In the same year, Zhang Ziyi served as one of the judges of Cannes International Film Festival, and once again served as the guest of the 78th American Academy Awards, presenting the best editing award. In the same year, he took on the first costume blockbuster "The Banquet" and played the role of Queen Wan in the film. At the Venice International Film Festival that year, Marco Müller, the president of the film festival, even knelt down to Zhang Ziyi and called her "the queen of movies". Zhang Ziyi, in 2002, 2005 and 2006, Zhang Ziyi appeared on the cover of Time magazine and was selected as "100 people who influenced the world". Time magazine called Zhang Ziyi a gift from China to Hollywood. The French magazine Le Point said that Zhang Ziyi has become synonymous with China in the eyes of foreign media.