Ziyi Zhang

Biography

Ziyi Zhang is a Chinese actress and model. She is best known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Hero (2002), House of Flying Daggers (2004), and Memoirs of a Geisha (2005). She made her feature film debut in The Road Home (1999). For her work in Memoirs of a Geisha she was nominated for an Golden Globe for Best Actress.

Known For

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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House of Flying Daggers

THE ACTIVE SHOO-IN & YOUR MOMENT OF TRUTH

This essay is a reflection on 'the moment of truth'. The movies you may see before or after reading this reflection are: The Bicycle Thief (1948, Italy), All About Eve (1950, USA), and The Road Home (1999, China). Here are some thoughts of life that linger as I finish a film or a book, as I remember devouring movies back in 1990s, when I was in my twenties. I have watched movies the way I read the person, the character or the persona. And there is also almost always a reminder of a book I have r