Zhao Wei | |||||||||||||
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赵薇 | |||||||||||||
![]() Zhao Wei in 2011 | |||||||||||||
Born | [1] | 12 March 1976||||||||||||
Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||
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Education | Beijing Film Academy (MFA) | ||||||||||||
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Years active | 1994–2021 | ||||||||||||
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Huang Youlong (m. 2008) | ||||||||||||
Children | 1 | ||||||||||||
Awards | See list | ||||||||||||
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Genres | Mandopop | ||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 趙薇 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 赵薇 | ||||||||||||
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Zhao Wei (simplified Chinese: 赵薇; traditional Chinese: 趙薇; pinyin: Zhào Wēi; born 12 March 1976),[1] also known as Vicky Zhao or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, singer, filmmaker and businesswoman. She rose to pan-Asian fame for her role as Xiaoyanzi ("Little Swallow") in the TV series My Fair Princess (1998–1999), followed by a series of popular films, such as Shaolin Soccer (2001), Red Cliff (2008–2009), Painted Skin (2008), Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012), and Lost in Hong Kong (2015). She made her directorial debut with So Young (2013), which is a commercial and critical success. She is also a singer with 7 albums and the second largest shareholder of Alibaba Pictures, the film division of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings. Zhao ranked 80th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013,[2][3] 22nd in 2014,[4] 7th in 2015,[5] and 28th in 2017.[6]
Since 27 August 2021, Zhao has been blacklisted by the Chinese government for unknown reasons, with most content featuring her removed from the Chinese Internet.[7][8] In February 2024, the ban imposed on her was partially lifted.[9]
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