Zhao Wei

Also known as Vicky Zhao, Vicki Zhao, Vicki Zhao Wei

Chinese actress, singer and filmmaker (born 1976)

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Zhao Wei is a Chinese actor, singer, and film director born in Wuhu, Anhui, China, on March 12, 1976. She is educated at the Beijing Film Academy and speaks Chinese. Her professional career began in 1994. She practices Buddhism.

Her work includes roles in acting and film. She is associated with the mandopop genre and performs using her voice. She is also identified with C-pop and Chinese female vocalists.

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Film & TV

Wuhu, Anhui, China

Zhao Wei (Chinese: 赵薇, born March 12, 1976) is a mainland Chinese film actress and pop singer. Audiences sometimes refer to her by her English name, Vicki Zhao (sometimes spelt 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 Globet, two times Changchun Film Festival Golden Deer…

Known for

Crazy Fist — Zhao Ying2021
No. 7 Cherry Lane — Meiling (voice)2019
Two Tigers — Zhou Yuan2019
Everybody Stand By2019
青春同学会2018
The Chinese Restaurant2017
The Weaving of a Dream: Johnnie To's Vision and Craft — Self2016
Three — Dr. Tong Qian2016
Dragon Girls! — Herself2016
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse — Self2016

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: South Korea
Active from: 1976

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Discography

Official site Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 3,370
Total plays: 62,108

Music

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Key facts

Born: ( 1976-03-12 ) 12 March 1976 (age 50) , Wuhu , Anhui, China
Other names: Wei Zhao Vicki Zhao Vicky Zhao
Education: Beijing Film Academy ( MFA )
Occupations: Actress filmmaker singer
Years active: 1994–2021
Spouse: Huang Youlong ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2021 )
Awards: See list
Genres: Mandopop
Traditional chinese: 趙薇
Simplified chinese: 赵薇
Hanyu pinyin: Zhào Wēi
Ipa: [ʈʂa ̂ ʊ we ́ ɪ]
Jyutping: Ziu Mei

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Zhao
Gender: female
Citizenship: China
Place of birth: Wuhu
Occupation: film actor
Educated at: Beijing Film Academy
Languages spoken: Chinese
Religion: Buddhism
Genre: mandopop
Instrument: voice
Official website: zhaoweispace.blog.sohu.com
Image: Zhao Wei.jpg

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date of birth: 1976-03-12
Commons category: Zhao Wei
start of work period: 1994-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Zhao Wei (simplified Chinese: 赵薇; traditional Chinese: 趙薇; pinyin: Zhào Wēi; born 12 March 1976), also known as Vicky or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, singer, filmmaker, and businesswoman. Regarded as one of China's Four Dan actresses, she rose to fame for her role in the television series My Fair Princess (1998–1999), followed by such popular dramas and films as Romance in the Rain (2001), Shaolin Soccer (2001), Moment in Peking (2005), Painted Skin (2008), Mulan (2009), Dearest (2014), for which she won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress, Lost in Hong Kong (2015) and Tiger Mom (2015). 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. Zhao ranked 80th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 22nd in 2014, 7th in 2015, and 28th in 2017.

Since 27 August 2021, Zhao has been blacklisted by the Chinese government, with most content featuring her removed from the Chinese Internet.

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