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Zhao Tao
Acting

Zhao Tao
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1977-01-28,Taiyuan - Shanxi - China
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

6.7

I Wish I Knew
2010-07-02

7.235

Still Life
2006-11-16

6.912

The World
2004-09-01

7

24 City
2008-09-27

Black Breakfast

5.5

Black Breakfast
2008-10-23

Walking on the Wild Side

6

Walking on the Wild Side
2006-03-24

Unknown Pleasures

6.4

Unknown Pleasures
2002-06-06

7

Platform
2001-08-29

Caught by the Tides

6.767

Caught by the Tides
2025-01-08

7.189

A Touch of Sin
2013-10-04

5.8

Cry Me a River
2008-07-11

5.5

Our Ten Years
2007-09-29

8

Remembrance
2008-11-29

Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang

6.9

Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
2016-05-27

Mountains May Depart

7

Mountains May Depart
2015-10-30

5.8

Smog Journeys
2015-01-22

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

6.5

3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011-09-11

Ten Thousand Waves

7.5

Ten Thousand Waves
2010-10-13

Where Has Time Gone?

5.5

Where Has Time Gone?
2017-10-19

Ash Is Purest White

6.875

Ash Is Purest White
2018-09-21

6

Revive
2017-06-15

An Elephant Sitting Still

7.7

An Elephant Sitting Still
2018-12-14

Shun Li and the Poet

6.9

Shun Li and the Poet
2011-09-23

Untitled Jia Zhangke Film

0

Untitled Jia Zhangke Film

9

Living
2009-03-18

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