Zhao Tao
Zhao Tao
Zhao Tao, born on January 28, 1978 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, graduated from the folk dance department of Beijing Dance Academy, is a Chinese film actress.
In 2000, he became famous for his role in the film platform directed by Jia Zhangke. In 2006, the plot film "Three Gorges good man" starred won the Golden Lion Award at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival. In 2008, he supervised the production of "useless" and won the best film of the 64th Venice International Film Festival horizon documentary.
In 2010, "Legend of the sea" won the golden orchid award at the Hawaii International Film Festival. In 2012, with the film I am Li, she won the best actress award of Italian nanny Moretti film award and the best actress award of Asti Film Festival, and became the first Asian actor to win the Italian film David award. In 2013, he won the "Santa Marino TetA Award" for outstanding artistic achievement of San Marino Film Festival. On October 30, 2015, the leading role of the plot film "old friends of mountains and rivers" was released.
In July 2020, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organizer of the Oscars, announced the recruitment list, with Zhao Tao on the list.
Early experience
Zhao Tao studied Chinese classical dance since childhood, but he was very interested in film performance.
In 1996, Zhao Tao was admitted to the folk dance department of Beijing Dance Academy. During her schooling, she participated in many dance competitions at home and abroad and won many awards. She is also known as the future star of Chinese folk dance. The graceful and dreamy dance performance has won wide praise from people in the industry, which has also played a good supporting role in his later performance in the film, such as a wonderful dance performance in the world (2004).
After graduating from university in 1998, Zhao Tao chose to be a dance teacher in Taiyuan Normal University and began her teaching career.
Acting life
In 2000, Zhao Tao was selected by director Jia Zhangke to play in the film platform, in which she played a young woman Yin Ruijuan in the 1980s. Her performance was completely unskilled and life-oriented. The film won the best Asian Film Award at the Venice International Film Festival in 2000.
In 2002, she was selected as the best actress of Cannes International Film Festival for her role as a dancer in the film Ren Xiaoyao.
In 2004, the leading film "the world" participated in the Venice Film Festival, becoming the only Chinese film to enter the competition unit in that year. Zhao Tao was also shortlisted for the best actress for the second time.
In 2006, the film "Three Gorges good man" won the Golden Lion Award for best film at the 63rd Venice Film Festival, another milestone in Chinese film history. The film also won the 34th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for best foreign language film and best photography. In the same year, Zhao Tao was selected as one of the 50 best actresses of the year by Lincoln Center.
In 2007, he was the producer of the documentary useless, which won the best documentary of the 64th Venice International Film Festival.
In 2009, he starred in the Sichuan dialect drama "big life" with Zhang Guoli and Zhang Jiayi for the first time in a TV play, playing the role of the bumpy landlady in the play.
In 2010, he starred in better life directed by Isaac Julian and performed oriental charm with Maggie Cheung. The film was shortlisted in the horizon unit of the 67th Venice Film Festival. In the same year, "Legend of the sea" won the best documentary award at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
In early 2012, at the Asti Film Festival in Italy, Zhao Tao won the best actress award for the feature film "I am Li" directed by Italian director Andre Segre. This is the first time that Zhao Tao has won the title of Queen of film at the International Film Festival since he became a film actor. Later, Zhao Tao also won the best actress award of the Italian Film Golden Award and the best actress award of the Asti Film Festival He is the first Chinese actor to win the highest award of Italian film, and is shortlisted for best actress of Belgium International Film Festival. At the same time, the film finally won the best film of this film festival and the best actress of nanny Moretti film award. In November, he served as the judge of Rome International Film Festival.
In 2013, the starring film "destiny" was shortlisted for the Palme d'Or at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival.
On October 30, 2015, Jia Zhangke, the leading actor of the movie, was released.
On September 21, 2018, the criminal love film "the people of the lake" co starred with Liao Fan and Xu Zheng was released, in which Qiao Qiao, the heroine, won the silver Hugo Award for best actress at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival; on November 9, she won the best actress award at the 25th Minsk International Film Festival for her performance in the film "the people of the lake".
In July 2020, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organizer of the Oscars, announced its recruitment list, with Zhao Tao on the list.
Personal life
On September 11, 2011, Jia Zhangke announced his marriage to actor Zhao Tao and attached a wedding photo taken in Venice.
On January 7, 2012, Jia Zhangke and Zhao Tao held a wedding in Fenyang, officially forming a 100 year friendship in the land of Sanjin where they were born and raised.
Main works
Take part in the film
Take part in TV series
variety show
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social activities
On June 29, 2012, Zhao Tao and Jia Zhangke took part in the "one year charity meeting of da'ai Qingchen" sponsored by da'ai Qingchen foundation of China Social Assistance Foundation in Beijing and accepted the offer of appointment.
On August 3, 2012, Zhao Tao taught mountain children dance lessons at a hope primary school in Jingle County, Xinzhou, Shanxi Province. On the same day, in 2012, the library plan of xiaojiedeng rural primary school was launched in Shanxi. Zhao Tao, as the image representative of this activity, donated books to hope primary school.
Award winning record
Character evaluation
In 2000, she began to work with director Jia Zhangke to perform her debut work platform, which was highly praised after the launch of Venice Film Festival. Her performance was also highly praised by film critics all over the world. After that, she worked as the No.1 actress in Jia Zhangke's films, including Ren Xiaoyao, the world, the Three Gorges good man, 24 cities and the legend of the sea. She has been nominated as the best actress in Cannes International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival for three times, and served as the best actress in Rome International Film Festival and Shanghai International Film Festival Zhao Tao, the judge of various units of the festival, is also a lifelong judge of the Italian Film Awards. He starred in many of his films and won honors in many international film festivals, including the Golden Lion Award, the highest award of the 63rd Venice International Film Festival. Over the years, Zhao Tao has enjoyed high recognition and popularity among European film audiences. Zhao Tao is known as the most internationally known Chinese film actress after Gong Li. (people's online review)
Zhao Tao himself is quite low-key and conservative about entering the performing arts industry. After the completion of Ren Xiaoyao, the people behind the scenes think that she has a strong ability to portray characters. There is a big difference between her temperament and her role, but she has the performance characteristics of being handy and savvy. Zhao Tao can be said to be the queen of art movies. Every film she stars in is a competition film of three major European film festivals. She is also in the mainstream media in Europe. His quiet, introverted appearance contains a strong explosive force. Many international media have commented that Zhao Tao is comparable to the French actress in the new wave period, and his personality has created a rebellious film. In the past ten years, Zhao Tao's performance has been well received by filmmakers all over the world. It has a high reputation in the world. In 2011, Zhao Tao attended the Venice Film Festival for the sixth time and took part in the competition with the new Italian film I am Li. At the opening ceremony, he surprised the audience with a sapphire blue dress. The European audience and photographers on the scene yelled out Zhao Tao's name, which caused a climax on the scene and also reflected Zhao Tao's high recognition and popularity in Europe (Netease Entertainment review).
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