Zhao Tao

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1977-01-28 (47 years old)

Place of Birth Taiyuan - Shanxi - China

Also Known As 赵涛

Zhao Tao

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
Caught by the Tides

as Qiao Qiao

2018
An Elephant Sitting Still

as History Teacher

2018
Ash Is Purest White

as Zhao Qiao

2017
2015
2013
A Touch of Sin

as Xiao Yu

2011
3.11 A Sense of Home

as (segment "Alone Together")

2011
2010
Ten Thousand Waves

as Blue Goddess

2010
2009
Living

as Hong Yu

2008
24 City

as Su Na

2006
Still Life

as Shen-Hong Guo

2004
The World

as Tao

2002
Unknown Pleasures

as Qiao Qiao

2001
Platform

as Yin Ruijuan

Producer

2008
Useless

as Producer

Writer

2016
The Hedonists

as Writer