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Zhao Wei

1976 - Today

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Zhao Wei (simplified Chinese: 赵薇; traditional Chinese: 趙薇; pinyin: Zhào Wēi; born 12 March 1976), also known as Vicky Zhao or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, singer, filmmaker, and businesswoman. Regarded as one of China's Four Dan Actresses, she rose to pan-Asian fame for her role in the television series My Fair Princess (1998–1999), followed by a series of popular dramas and films, such as Romance in the Rain (2001), Shaolin Soccer (2001), Moment in Peking (2005), Painted Skin (2008), Mulan (2009), and Dearest (2014), for which she won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Zhao made her directorial debut with So Young (2013), which is a commercial and critical success. She is also a singer with 7 albums and the second largest shareholder of Alibaba Pictures, the film division of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zhao Wei is the 4,244th most popular actor (down from 4,097th in 2019), the 867th most popular biography from China (up from 877th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Chinese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Zhao Wei ranks 4,244 out of 13,578Before her are Clémence Poésy, Scott Patterson, Roshan Seth, James Shigeta, Stina Ekblad, and Courtney B. Vance. After her are Gina Torres, Françoise Rosay, Debra Jo Rupp, Heinz Erhardt, Clara Calamai, and Yunjin Kim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Zhao Wei ranks 111Before her are Giovanna Antonelli, Carice van Houten, Sally Hawkins, Mishary Rashid Alafasy, Samuel Kuffour, and Tim Duncan. After her are Jonathan Nolan, Jang Hyuk, Seann William Scott, Alex O'Loughlin, Yasuhiro Toyoda, and Petit.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhao Wei ranks 867 out of 1,610Before her are Yu Rongguang (1958), Li Changchun (1944), Wu Wenjun (1919), Carina Lau (1965), David Chiang (1947), and Tsai Chin (1933). After her are Yuen Ren Chao (1892), Liu Yunshan (1947), Zhao Rukuo (1170), Li Rui (1917), Lang Ping (1960), and Wen Yiduo (1899).

Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Zhao Wei ranks 42Before her are Jiang Wen (1963), Lisa Lu (1927), Yu Rongguang (1958), Carina Lau (1965), David Chiang (1947), and Tsai Chin (1933). After her are Tang Wei (1979), Ching Siu-tung (1953), Li Li-hua (1924), Toshiko Fujita (1950), Keye Luke (1904), and Dilraba Dilmurat (1992).