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Jingchu Zhang

Zhang Jingchu
Chinese name 張靜初 (traditional)
Chinese name 张静初 (simplified)
Pinyin Zhāng Jìngchū (Mandarin)
Jyutping Zoeng1 Zing6 Co1 (Cantonese)
Born Zhang Jing (張靜)
(1980-02-02) 2 February 1980 (age 37)
Yong'an, Fujian, China
Ethnicity Han
Alma mater Beijing New Oriental Institute
Occupation Actress
Years active 2002–present
Label(s) Zhang Jingchu Studio (under Bona Jinchuan)

Zhang Jingchu (Chinese: 张静初, born 2 February 1980) is a Chinese film actress. She graduated in Directing at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing.

Zhang was brought up in a middle-class family in the countryside. She studied English in Beijing New Oriental Institute and is fluent in the language.

Zhang came into international prominence through director Gu Changwei's debut film Peacock, which won the Silver Bear at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival. She was picked from 1,000 applicants for her role as a petulant, conniving homebound daughter who tries to chart her own course in life. Following which, she got a role in Tsui Hark's martial arts film Seven Swords, which opened the Venice Film Festival in August 2005.

Zhang shed her gentle and quiet image to play the rebellious and gusty protagonist in Huayao Bride in Shangri-la (2005), and won the Beijing College Student Film Festival for Best Actress. She was named one of "Asia's Heroes" by Time magazine.

In 2006, Zhang was cast as the tough-talking heroine in the Finnish-Chinese kungfu movie Jade Warrior, directed by A. J. Annila. The same year, she starred in romantic drama The Road directed by Lu Chuan. Zhang won over the audience with the maturity she shows in her acting, and her extraordinary ability to touch hearts by interpreting the different stages of a Chinese woman's life. She won the Best Actress award at the 30th Cairo International Film Festival.


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