Zhao Tao

Zhao Tao

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: Acting
Birthday: 1977-01-28
Place of Birth: Taiyuan - Shanxi - China
Also Known As: 赵涛

Movies List of Zhao Tao

HD

I Wish I Knew

2010 Movie
HD

Still Life

2006 Movie
HD

The World

2004 Movie
HD

24 City

2008 Movie
HD

Black Breakfast

2008 Movie
HD

Unknown Pleasures

2002 Movie
HD

Platform

2001 Movie
HD

Caught by the Tides

2024 Movie
HD

A Touch of Sin

2013 Movie
HD

Cry Me a River

2008 Movie
HD

Our Ten Years

2007 Movie
HD

Remembrance

2008 Movie
HD

Mountains May Depart

2015 Movie
HD

Smog Journeys

2015 Movie
HD

3.11 A Sense of Home

2011 Movie
HD

Ten Thousand Waves

2010 Movie
HD

Where Has Time Gone?

2017 Movie
HD

Ash Is Purest White

2018 Movie
HD

Revive

2017 Movie
HD

Shun Li and the Poet

2011 Movie