Zhou Xun

essential information

Zhou Xun, born on October 18, 1974 in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is a Chinese film actress and singer who graduated from Zhejiang Art School.

In 1991, he began his film and television career as a star of the ancient tomb. In 1996, he took part in the literary film Fengyue. In 2000, his film Suzhou Creek was released and won the best actress award at the 15th Paris International Film Festival. In 2002, she won the best actress award of the 25th popular film Hundred Flowers Award. In 2003, his first music album "summer" was released. In 2005, his starring film "if love" premiered, and won the best actress award in the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 43rd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. In 2007, she won the best supporting actress award of the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards for her film "Banquet". In 2009, she won the best actress award of the 27th China Golden Rooster film award, the best actress award of the 3rd Asian Film Award, and the best actress award of the 16th Beijing University Student Film Festival. In 2012, the starring film "the great magician" premiered. In 2014, he was awarded the French Knight Medal for literature and art; in the same year, red sorghum, which starred in the TV play, won the best actress award of the 21st Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award and the 17th Huading Award for the best actress of China's top 100 TV plays. In 2016, he starred in the drama when will the moon come.

In 2017, he starred in the costume drama "Ruyi biography" and participated in the recording of the program "today's film review · performer's speech". In 2018, he starred in the movie "Hello, China". On March 27, 2020, the female drama "imperfect she" starred by Zhou Xun went online; on August 27, the same year, Zhou Xun ranked 65th on the Forbes 2020 China celebrity list. On February 12, 2021, the fantasy movie "the order of the gods" starring Chen Kun and Chen Weiting was released. 

Early experience

Born in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Zhou Xun is the only child in her family. Her father Zhou Tianyu was a projectionist in a cinema in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, while her mother Chen Yiqin was a salesgirl in a department store. Because of his father's work, when he was 3 years old, Zhou Xun went to the cinema where his father worked to see a movie.

From primary school to junior high school, Zhou Xun has been doing well. Zhou Xun's parents think that Zhou Xun should study hard, enter the ideal university, and find a stable job after graduation. After graduating from junior high school, Zhou Xun was admitted to the municipal key high school. At the same time, she was also admitted to the national dance major of Zhejiang Art School. Zhou Xun finally chose Zhejiang art school to study dance arrangement and folk dance. In addition, Zhou Xun and his classmates were selected to be calendar models to earn tuition fees.

Acting experience

In 1991, because Zhou Xun liked to shoot a lot of calendars and cover photos, director Xie Tieli found her, who was still in school, and invited her to Beijing to make the film "ancient tomb wasteland studio". After making "ancient tomb wasteland studio", Zhou Xun went back to school to continue his studies. In 1993, after graduation, Zhou Xun came to Beijing. Zhou Xun once worked as a resident singer in a bar and was knocked out of his front teeth for refusing to accompany him.

In 1995, the plot film "daughter red", CO starring Fu Chengpeng and GUI Yalei, premiered, in which he played the flower carving of his youth.

In 1996, he and Cao Li starred in the comedy "little wife", in which he was smart and clever; in the same year, his literary film "Fengyue", directed by Chen Kaige, was released in Hong Kong, in which Zhou Xun played a dancer.

In 1997, he acted in the TV series "red prescription" adapted from Bi Shumin's novel of the same name, in which she played Shen Pei, a drug addict.

In 1998, he played in the drama Huaqiao Rongji; in the same year, he played in the costume drama Jingke assassinating King Qin directed by Chen Kaige, in which he played a blind girl.

In 1999, he signed a contract with Beijing RongXinDa film and Television Art Co., Ltd.; in January, the song "September" sung by Pu Shu was released, and Zhou Xun took part in the MV of the song; on January 18, the ancient costume drama "Shaoxing master" co starred with Chen Daoming and Fang Zige was broadcast, playing Feng Yanyan in the play; in August, the drama "Hongniang in green" starring Zhao Wenyu was premiered He played fan Xiaoxuan, the daughter of Fan Wenlan, a postal official of the Qing Dynasty, in the play. In the same year, he played the role of Tan gege in the light comedy "just be happy" of urban life.

In January 2000, the romantic drama April in the world, CO starred with Huang Lei, Liu Ruoying and Yi Nengjing, premiered in Taiwan, China, in which Zhou Xun played Lin Huiyin, a talented woman of the Republic of China; in March, Zhou Xun played Princess Taiping as a teenager in the ancient costume drama Daming Palace CI; in April, the song "happiness" sung by Chen Ming was released, and Zhou Xun acted as the singer In July, she starred in the historical TV series Taiping Heavenly Kingdom directed by Chen Jialin, playing Shi Yiyang, the adoptive daughter of Shi Dakai, the "king of wings"; in August, she starred in the idol drama Yuanlai family directed by Lu Lunchang, in which Zhou Xun played Tao Tao, Xu Hui's cousin; in September, she starred in a love movie with Jia Hongsheng《 Suzhou Creek was released in Hong Kong, China, in which Zhou Xun played the active and naughty girl peony. With this film, Zhou Xun won the best actress award of the 15th Paris International Film Festival. In the same year, he starred in the plot film if there is no love.

In 2001, his love drama "like fog, like rain and like wind", CO starring Chen Kun and Lu Yi, premiered, in which Zhou Xun played Du Xinyu, the daughter of the Du family; on February 17, his feature film "a bicycle at the age of 17", directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, in which Zhou Xun played Hongqin, a poor rural girl; in the same year, he co starred with Chen Yingming and Huang Younan Zhou Xun was nominated for best actress at the 39th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan for his role as a prostitute in Hollywood in Hong Kong.

In February 2002, the family ethics drama "orange is red", CO starring with Kou Shixun and Huang Lei, was broadcasted, playing Xiuhe, Rong Yaohua's third wife in the play; on February 26, the love movie "Yanyu Hongyan", CO starring with Zhang Xinzhe, was released, playing Zhao Jingjing, a rich woman in the film, with which Zhou Xun won the best actress award of the 25th popular film Hundred Flowers Award Zhou Xun won the most popular actress award at the 10th Beijing University Film Festival for college students for his role in the premiere of the love film "flowers bloom at that time" starring Yu and Pu Shu. In October, Balzac and the little tailor, CO starring Liu Ye and Chen Kun, was released in France and played the role of "little tailor" in the film.

In 2003, Zhou Xun and Li Yapeng played the role of Huang Rong in the ancient martial arts TV series "Shooting Heroes", which was adapted from Jin Yong's novel of the same name. In addition, Zhou Xun and Li Yapeng also sang the episode "never forget when I see you". In April, Zhou Xun's first personal music album "summer" was released, which included 10 songs. In July, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun sang together In the same year, the youth idol drama beach, CO starred with Li Yapeng and Wang Xuebing, played a young single mother a tong. In addition, Zhou Xun also sang the final song of the play, sunrise and the end of the day In January, the song "I love you, goodbye" sung by park Shu was released, and Zhou Xun and park Shu cooperated to play the MV of this song.

In January 2004, Zhou Xun won the Best Newcomer Award in mainland China in the 10th Chinese language list. In February, his love movie baby in love, starring Huang Jue and Chen Kun, was released, in which he played a persistent girl baby. With this film, Zhou Xun won the actresses of the year award of 2004 of China Film Directors Association. In the same year, his love movie mandarin duck and butterfly, starring Chen Kun, premiered In the movie, she plays Xiaoyu, a young Hangzhou girl.

On January 31, 2005, the pre-sale version of Zhou Xun's second music album "Encountering" was released. The pre-sale version included two singles and two MVs. In February, the feature film "beauty is still" starring Wu Junmei and Wang Zhiwen was released, in which she played Xiao Fei, the half sister of yingzi. On March 12, Zhou Xun's second music album "Encountering" was officially released, and the album was released He recorded 11 singles; in April, he starred in the plot film "life and death", directed by Li Shaohong, in which she played a female college student Yinni; in July, she won the most popular female singer award in the mainland at the 7th cctv-mtv Music Festival; in November, the song "songs of all sides", sung by Jay Chou and Michael Lin, was released, and Zhou Xun and Jay Chou co starred in the MV of the song; in the same year, he and Jin Jin sang the song If love, a song and dance film co starred by Cheng Wu and Zhang Xueyou, was released. In the film, he played Sunna who wanted to act, and co starred with Zhang Xueyou in the MV of if love, the theme song of the same name. Zhou Xun also won the nomination of best actress in the 8th China Changchun Film Festival, the best actress award in the 11th Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award, and the 25th Hong Kong Film Award The best actress award of the golden image award and the best actress award of the 43rd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award.

In January 2006, Zhou Xun officially signed the contract with Huayi Brothers, and in March, Zhou Xun won the award ceremony of the 13th Oriental fashion list

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