Born on January 6, 1946 in Shanghai, China, Zheng Pei Pei left Shanghai for Hong Kong in 1961.In 1963, she was admitted to the South China Experimental Theatre Company as a graduate of the second phase, and after graduation, she joined Shaw Brothers Film Company .
In 1963, she was cast as Liu Yanchang in her first film "The Lotus Lamp", and was recognized by Hu Jinquan.
In 1964, she starred in the literary film "Lover's Stone", which won the "Golden Samurai Award" from the International Independent Producers Association, and was the first Asian actress to receive such an award.
In 1966, starred in Hu Jinquan, director of China's new school of martial arts films, the opening work of the Great Drunken Warrior
In 1968, starred in the Golden Swallow as the valiant Golden Swallow; starred in the movie Jade Rakshasa as the Jade Rakshasa, and in 1968, starred in the movie Jade Rakshasa as the Jade Rakshasa. "
In 1969, she was chosen by the press as the "Queen of Martial Arts Movie".
In 1971, she starred in the movie "Zhong Kui Niang Zi"; in the same year, she announced her retirement from the movie industry.
In 1992, she made a comeback, and in 1993, she starred in the Stephen Chow and Gong Li comedy film "Tong Pak Fu Po Fu", playing the loquacious and neurotic "Madam Wah".
In March 1994, she starred in the movie "Wing Chun" starring Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen as Yim Wing Chun's mentor.
In 1996, she appeared in the Republican TV drama "Shanghai Tango" starring Chen Xunqi and Zhou Hai Mei as Chen Xunqi's mother.
In 1999, she appeared in the TV drama "Young Hero Fong Sai Yuk" starring Zhang Weijian and Tien Niu, playing the role of "Five Plums".
In 2001, she appeared in the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee, playing the role of "Bee-eyed Fox", which won her the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and competed for the Academy Award.
In 2004, she starred in the costume drama "The Legend of the Immortal Sword and the Chivalrous Heroine" starring Hu Ge and Liu Yifei as "Lou Lou"; she also starred in the TV drama "Yang Men Women Generals" starring Li Ruotong and Ning Jing, in which she played the role of Ms. She Taijun.
In 2005, she played the role of Li Wei's mother in the costume comedy drama "Li Wei's Resignation".
In 2010, she starred in the costume war movie "The Military Order of Yang Men Women Generals" starring Cecilia Cheung, again playing the role of She Taijun .
In July 2013, she played the role of "Mother-in-Law" in the TV series "Jingzhong Yuefei" starring Huang Xiaoming.
In 2014, Zheng starred with Ben Whishaw in the British film "Shake Gently" about a Chinese mother and her son's boyfriend after the death of her son, which won the World Cinema Jury Prize for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival.
In April 2014, she took part in the star sibling self-help reality TV show "Flowers and Teenagers", which is titled by Hunan TV's original Besunyen, and acted as the guest character "Big Sister."
In 2015, she starred in the action movie "Fighting Lost City" with Sichin Gao Wa, Chen Weiting, and Zhao Ke.
In 2016, she starred in the idol urban drama "Little Lover" starring Hu Jun, in which 70-year-old Zheng Pei Pei played the role of the "most trendy grandma" with red hair, and danced square dance in the drama.