Name: Zhang Ziyi
Height: 5' 5"
Sex: F
Nationality: Chinese
Birth Date: February 9, 1979
Birth Place: Beijing, China
Profession: actress
Education: China Central Drama Academy in Beijing, China (majored in Acting)
Father: Zhang Yuanxiao (economist)
Mother: Li Zhousheng (kindergarten teacher)
Brother: Zhang Zinan (older)
Claim to fame: as Sha-Long in Ang Lee' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Zhang Ziyi is in the cover of T, a New York Times Magazine special for spring 2005. She is the first chinese woman on the cover of the publication.

Prefers to keep quiet about her personal life because she believes the media will print whatever they want regardless of how much information she divulges about herself.

Said that she has long idolized Gong Li.

Her character Hu Li in RUSH HOUR 2 was originally written for a man.

Ziyi did not have a typical chinese student education, as she was involved in the arts from a very young age.
At age 8 she began learning dance at the Youth Palace in Xuan Wu District, Beijing.
At age 11, she attended the Beijing Secondary Dance School, where it is known she was very unhappy as a student, evening running away in protest.
By age 15 she was attending the Beijing Dance Academy, where she developed the tremendous athletic ability she is now known for in her films.
At age 18, while still a student, she answered a modeling call ad for a shampoo commercial that famed Director Zhang Yimou

Studied calligraphy for several months along with her other training for WO HUNG CANG LONG.

Nominated for Best Villain at MTV Movie Awards for RUSH HOUR 2.