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Zhao Tao is a Chinese actress. She works in China and occasionally Europe, and has appeared in 10 films and several shorts since starting her career in 1999. She is best known for her collaborations with her husband, director Jia Zhangke, including Platform (2000) and Still Life (2006). With Shun Li and the Poet (2011), she became the first Asian actress to win a prize at David di Donatello. She received two Golden Horse Award nominations for Mountains May Depart (2015), Ash Is Purest White (2018).
Born
Friday, 28 January 1977
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ash Is Purest White | Qiao / Zhao Qiao | 2018 |
| An Elephant Sitting Still | History Teacher | 2018 |
| Mountains May Depart | Shen Tao | 2015 |
| Jia Zhang-ke by Walter Salles | Self | 2014 |
| A Touch of Sin | Xiao Yu | 2013 |
| Shun Li and the Poet | Shun Li | 2011 |
| 3.11 Sense of Home | (segment "Alone Together") | 2011 |
| I Wish I Knew | Self | 2010 |
| Shi nian | 2008 | |
| Dada's Dance | 2008 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ash Is Purest White | Qiao / Zhao Qiao | 2018 |
| An Elephant Sitting Still | History Teacher | 2018 |
| Mountains May Depart | Shen Tao | 2015 |
| Jia Zhang-ke by Walter Salles | Self | 2014 |
| A Touch of Sin | Xiao Yu | 2013 |
| Shun Li and the Poet | Shun Li | 2011 |
| 3.11 Sense of Home | (segment "Alone Together") | 2011 |
| I Wish I Knew | Self | 2010 |
| Shi nian | 2008 | |
| Dada's Dance | 2008 | |
| Cry Me a River | 2008 | |
| 24 City | Su Na | 2008 |
| Our Ten Years | 2007 | |
| Still Life | Shen Hong / Shen-Hong Guo | 2006 |
| Walking on the Wild Side | 2006 | |
| The World | Tao | 2004 |
| Unknown Pleasures | Qiao Qiao | 2002 |
| Platform | Ruijuan / Yin Ruijuan | 2000 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue | 2020 |
| Wuyong | 2007 |
