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Zhao Tao‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1977-01-28

Popularity

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Zhao Tao

Taiyuan - Shanxi - China

Zhao Tao

Taiyuan - Shanxi - China

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1977-01-28

Popularity

star3.0

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Zhao Tao (Chinese: 赵涛, born 28 January 1977) is a famous Chinese actress, work in China and Europe, she has over 10 films to her credit since starting her career in 1999, muse of director Jia Zhangke. Zhao first came into international prominence through close collaboration with Chinese director Jia Zhangke and is credited with helping to bring Chinese cinema to Europe, especially Italy. As Shun Li in Io sono Li, her best starring role to date, she became the first Asian actress to win a prize at David di Donatello. Zhao's native language is Jinese, but she is multilingual, having learned to speak Italian, Mandarin and Szechuanese. Biography She was born January 28, 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 work frequently together. In 2011 she starred in the Italian movie Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre, the movie was 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.

Movie Credits

I Wish I Knew

I Wish I Knew‌
star7.0
calendar 2010

Still Life

Still Life‌
star7.2
calendar 2006

The World

The World‌
star6.8
calendar 2004

24 City

24 City‌
star7.1
calendar 2008

Black Breakfast

Black Breakfast‌
star5.0
calendar 2008

Walking on the Wild Side

Walking on the Wild Side‌
star6.0
calendar 2006

Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures‌
star6.3
calendar 2002

Platform

Platform‌
star6.9
calendar 2001

Caught by the Tides

Caught by the Tides‌
star0.0
calendar 2025

A Touch of Sin

A Touch of Sin‌
star7.2
calendar 2013

Cry Me a River

Cry Me a River‌
star5.6
calendar 2008

Our Ten Years

Our Ten Years‌
star6.0
calendar 2007

Remembrance

Remembrance‌
star8.0
calendar 2008

Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang

Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang‌
star6.9
calendar 2014

Mountains May Depart

Mountains May Depart‌
star6.9
calendar 2015

Smog Journeys

Smog Journeys‌
star5.7
calendar 2015

3.11 A Sense of Home

3.11 A Sense of Home‌
star6.5
calendar 2011

Ten Thousand Waves

Ten Thousand Waves‌
star7.5
calendar 2010

Where Has Time Gone?

Where Has Time Gone?‌
star5.5
calendar 2017

Ash Is Purest White

Ash Is Purest White‌
star6.9
calendar 2018

Revive

Revive‌
star0.0
calendar 2017

An Elephant Sitting Still

An Elephant Sitting Still‌
star7.7
calendar 2018

Shun Li and the Poet

Shun Li and the Poet‌
star7.1
calendar 2011

Tv Credits

Living

Living‌
star9.0
calendar 2009