Zhao Tao
Chinese actress · China · On the map · Actors · Born 1977 · age 49
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).
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Torino ShadowFilm2024
Caught by the TidesFilm, Qiao Qiao2021
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns BlueFilm, Producer2018
Ash Is Purest WhiteFilm, Zhao Qiao2016
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from FenyangFilm2015
Mountains May DepartFilm, Shen Tao2013
A Touch of SinFilm, Xiao Yu2012David di Donatello for Best ActressAward2011
3.11 A Sense of Home FilmsFilm, (segment "Alone Together")2010
I Wish I KnewFilm2009
LivingSeries, Hong Yu2008
24 CityFilm, Su Na2006
Still LifeFilm, Shen-Hong Guo2004
The WorldFilm, Tao2002
Unknown PleasuresFilm, Qiao Qiao2001
PlatformFilm, Yin Ruijuan1977Born28 January 1977People around Zhao
Lim Giong Wrote A Touch of Sin and Ash Is Purest White
Han Sanming Also in Still Life, Platform and The World
Nathanaël Karmitz Produced Ash Is Purest White (2018)
Andrea Segre Directed Shun Li and the Poet (2013)
Olivier Père Produced Ash Is Purest White (2018)
Dong Zijian Also in Mountains May Depart (2015)- Zhai Yongming Also in Still Life (2006), wrote 24 City (2008)
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A Touch of Sin 2013
Still Life 2006
Platform 2001
Mountains May Depart 2015
Shun Li and the Poet 2011
Also in Français
Filmography 27
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Television 1
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About this person
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) and Ash Is Purest White (2018). In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #8 on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.
