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person_profile-Zhao Tao

Zhao Tao Age: 48

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Zhao Tao

Date of Birth:

Jan 28, 1977

Country of birth:

Taiyuan - Shanxi - China

Biography of

Zhao Tao

    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.

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Zhao Tao

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Filmography of

Zhao Tao

Found 17 Movies in total

... 2024

An Elephant Sitting Still

History Teacher ( Actor )

... 2018

Ash Is Purest White

Zhao Qiao ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2017

Mountains May Depart

Shen Tao ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2014

A Touch of Sin

Xiao Yu ( Actor )

... 2013

Shun Li and the Poet

Shun Li ( Actor )

... 2011

3.11 A Sense of Home

(segment "Alone Together") ( Actor )

... 2011

Ten Thousand Waves

Blue Goddess ( Actor )

... 2010

I Wish I Knew

Self ( Actor )

... 2010

24 City

Su Na ( Actor )

... 2008

Still Life

Shen-Hong Guo ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2006

The World

Tao ( Actor )

... 2004

Unknown Pleasures

Qiao Qiao ( Actor )

... 2002

Platform

Yin Ruijuan ( Actor )

... 2001