Zhao Tao
Actor/Actriz
26
Filmes
2
Séries
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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.
Como Ator/Atriz
天注定
Xiao Yu
风流一代
Qiao Qiao
任逍遥
Qiao Qiao
大生活
Hong Yu
三峡好人
Shen-Hong Guo
山河故人
Shen Tao
Esa mujer
Zhao Qiao
二十四城记
Su Na
世界
Tao
河上的爱情
Io sono Li
Shun Li
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
(segment "Alone Together")
海上传奇
Self
赖小子
都灵之影
站台
Yin Ruijuan
我们的十年
人在霾途
十年
逢春
黑色早餐
Jia Zhangke, Um Homem de Fenyang
Self
Ten Thousand Waves
Blue Goddess
时间去哪儿了