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	ASIANOW - TIME Asia \| 'I Want to Prove to Everyone That I Have Talent' \| 12/5/2000
		Zhang: During filming I was anxious, nervous and unsettled because I always felt that Ang Lee had taken a gamble in choosing me in the first place.
		Zhang: When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
		Presumably this young girl is going to be called the new Zhang Ziyi, because she can't be the new Gong Li.
	www.time.com /time/asia/features/interviews/2000/12/05/int.zhang_ziyi.html (0 words)

	Zhang Ziyi \| Yummy! Celebrities and Entertainment News
		Zhang Ziyi was trained as a dancer since 10 at the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy, and won in a national competition.
		Ziyi was regarded as one of nation’s most potential dancer back then but she felt that she couldn’t achieve much as a dancer, and decided to switch path to acting instead.
		Ziyi’s breakthrough was when she went for an audition by renowned director Zhang Yi-Mou, and was selected by the director to lead his next movie.
	yummycelebrities.com /2005/09/15/zhang-ziyi (888 words)

	Zhang Ziyi Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zhang Ziyi was raised in Western Beijing under the aegis of her mother, a retired kindergarten teacher, and her father, an economist.
		She began her brief six-year stint as a dancer at the age of 11, and although she was able to gain a few awards and win a few contests, it gradually became apparent to her that her future in the field of dancing was not bright.
		Zhang's star is ascending at meteoric speed, having already worked with the likes of Zhang Yimou, Ang Lee, Yun-Fat Chow (one of her idols), and Michelle Yeoh.
	allstarz.hollywood.com /zhang/bio.htm (366 words)

	Ziyi Zhang
		Shi mian mai fu (2004) (as Zhang Ziyi)....
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	Zhang Ziyi CSC: Multimedia: Videos 1
		Zhang Ziyi talks in English about her role in Hero on the American TV program Entertainment Tonight.
		Zhang Ziyi with Musa co-star Jung Woo-sung in this heavily dramatic and emotional Korean 2% Bottled Water commercial.
		Zhang Ziyi is featured showcasing her long, beautiful hair in this Pantene China shampoo commercial.
	csc.ziyi.org /multimedia (0 words)

	Zhang Ziyi at HelloZiyi.us \| Ziyi Zhang Pictures, Videos, and more
		Zhang‘s character Meng Xiaodong (1907 - 1977) was another Peking opera artist, always played bearded men.
		Zhang Ziyi and 25 other Chinese have been nominated for a special World Influence award to be presented by the National Peoples Congress of China.
		In November, Ziyi joined with the Special Olympics to spread the organization’s message of inclusion and acceptance of people with intellectual disabilities, and to help promote the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games which will be held in Shanghai
	www.helloziyi.us (0 words)

	Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Ziyi nude, Zhang Ziyi pics, Zhang Ziyi "Hero"
		You can call her the Asian Julia Roberts, because Zhang Ziyi is the most beautiful Chinese actress to ever make a splash in the US, and her undeniable talent coupled with her youthful innocence has made her one of the most successful Asian actresses in the history of American cinema.
		Zhang Ziyi's upcoming schedule includes a number of Asian-produced feature films that will surely make their way to the states with her current success as an imported starlet and her first English-speaking role as a mainstream Hollywood actress.
		Ziyi is curently set star as a mail-order bride in the comedy "Good Cook, Likes Music," a film that was supposed to star Adam Sandler until the busy actor signed on to the unusually similar "Spanglish."
	www.bullz-eye.com /celebritybabes/zhang_ziyi.htm (449 words)

	Zhang Ziyi - Introduction, Biography, Filmography, Facts, Interviews, Picture Resources, Notes
		Impulsive, naughty, poised yet childlike, Zhang [Ziyi] is the daughter of an economist father and a kindergarten teacher mother, and is a native Beijinger.
		Zhang feels she worked hard from an early age.
		Zhang Ziyi is perhaps the most well known Chinese actress in America.
	chinese-school.netfirms.com /Zhang-Ziyi.html (305 words)

	Zhang Ziyi CSC: News: Archives
		Zhang Ziyi Shooting New Maybelline Commercial In New York June 17, 2005
		Zhang Ziyi Attends amfAR AIDS Benefit At Cannes May 20, 2005
		Zhang Ziyi At Salvatore Ferragamo Charity Event Aril 16, 2004
	csc.ziyi.org /news/archives.html (0 words)

	Zhang Ziyi on Her Way Out - Zhou Xun, Zhang Jingchu Wait In Line to Take Over » Netscape.com
		Zhang Ziyi on Her Way Out - Zhou Xun, Zhang Jingchu Wait In Line to Take Over » Netscape.com
		Zhang Ziyi on Her Way Out - Zhou Xun, Zhang Jingchu Wait…
		Zhou Xun and Zhang Jingchu (no relation) are billed as the next two Chinese...
	movies.netscape.com /story/2006/09/08/zhang-ziyi-on-her-way-out-zhou-xun-zhang-jingchu-wait-in-line-to-take-over (94 words)

	Ziyi Zhang (Site not responding. Last check: )
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	Zhang Ziyi -- pictures, picture, pics, images, gallery, info, bio, gossip, shirtless, photos
		Zhang Ziyi, born 09 February, 1979, is a Chinese actress.
		Zhang Ziyi is the daughter of an economist father and a kindergarten teacher.
		Zhang has also been known to sing, and was featured on the House Of Flying Daggers Soundtrack with her own musical rendition of the ancient Chinese poem 'Jia Rén Qu' (The Beauty Song).
	www.mostbeautifulwoman.com /actors/zhangziyi/bio.shtml (440 words)

	People's Daily Online -- "Really proud of being a Chinese": Zhang Ziyi
		Chinese famous movie star Zhang Ziyi was in Washington recently for her first visit to Washington D.C. with the Chinese movie delegation to attend the "2006 Chinese Film Festival" in the US.
		Zhang said that she was born in a new era with frequent and popular foreign exchange and cultural exchanges.
		There is no doubt that Zhang Ziyi is now one of the most famous Chinese actresses in China, but she is also one of the most controversial performers in the country.
	english.people.com.cn /200604/28/eng20060428_261952.html (946 words)

	The babe from 2046 I'm Obsessed with Zhang Ziyi
		In it, she is dressed like a courtesan from a night-club in 1960s Hong Kong, wearing a body hugging fl silk dress covered in sparkling jewels with a high collar rising all the way to her tiny chin.
		With all of these movies under her belt, Zhang Ziyi has achieved an extraordinary level of fame not only in China, but in the rest of the world.
		Zhang is the new face for Coca-Cola Asia, and she is also a spokesperson for Maybelline, Pantene, and (formerly) Tag Heuer.
	www.thesimon.com /magazine/articles/why_are_they_famous/0926_im_obsessed_zhang_ziyi.html (1506 words)

	Zhang Ziyi Forever > Biography
		Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi ("Jahng Tz-Yee" - Zhang is her surname) grew up in, and still lives with, a working class family in Beijing, the daughter of an economist father and kindergarten teacher mother.
		Zhang Ziyi left the Beijing Dance Academy when she was 17, took a government-sponsored aptitude test, discovering that she had a knack for acting.
		With a little luck and a lot of hard work and perserverance, Zhang Ziyi's career has since taken off, making her one of the most successful and popular actors in her native China today and an ever-growing presence and star to watch for on the international stage.
	ziyiforever.primenova.com /bio.html (378 words)

	'Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi both natural actresses'
		Director Zhang Yimou says both Chinese movie stars Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi are passionate about acting and eager to do better, rebutting criticism that they are focused on advancing their personal fortunes.
		Asked to compare Chinese movie stars Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, both of whom he worked with early in their careers, director Zhang Yimou said they were passionate about acting.
		Zhang disputed criticism that the two actresses were focused on advancing their personal fortunes, saying despite their international fame, "they still hope to develop their acting."
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /china/2006-11/22/content_739292.htm (387 words)

	AskMen.com - Zhang Ziyi
		Zhang Ziyi has yet to become a household name in North America, although the movies she has appeared in are well-known.
		Zhang Ziyi was born on February 9, 1979, in Beijing, China, and is the daughter of an economist father and a kindergarten teacher.
		Raised with her older brother in an urban, working-class part of Beijing, Zhang was originally interested in dance and gymnastics.
	www.askmen.com /women/actress_60/98_zhang_ziyi.html (504 words)

	Memoirs of a Geisha - Zhang Ziyi at HelloZiyi.us (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Still, Ziyi is as lovely and charming as ever, showing off her dancing skills once again in a passionate number done on 7-inch lifts, which is the film's unforgettable showstopper.
		When Ziyi talked about the reports that there was a lot of crying among the actresses on the set, perhaps because of the script’s emotional tug, she choked with emotion, too, as she replied.
		Ziyi Zhang's Sayuri, a servant girl who blossoms into Kyoto's most beloved geisha, undergoes the greatest transformation, which Atwood captured by gradually swapping dark, subdued tones in simple ''gritty-poor'' cotton for ''rich, light'' hues in elegant silk.
	www.helloziyi.us /Movies/memoirs-of-a-geisha.htm (4830 words)

	Interview - Ziyi Zhang for "Memoirs of a Geisha"
		Zhang admits that her toughest challenge to play the distinctively Japanese character was "the language because English is my second language and when I got the news that I got this role, I wasn't sure I could do that," Zhang concedes.
		Zhang specifically describes her character in 'Memoirs' as someone who "at the end, became the greatest geisha in the Hanamachi because she had a very difficult childhood, was psychologically and physically abused by the people who took her and she had a very tough start.
		Zhang has evolved as one of China's biggest stars despite beginning her artistic life as a dancer, she quietly recalls.
	www.darkhorizons.com /news05/geisha2.php (1213 words)

	AsiaFinest Zhang ZiYi Bio and Photo Gallery
		Not only does Zhang Ziyi look like a younger, trimmed-down version of China's leading lady, but both of them were discovered by Zhang Yimou.
		The fifth-generation director introduced Gong Li to the world in 1988's Red Sorghum, and, 11 years later, showcased Zhang in The Road Home, in which she plays the role of a beautiful peasant girl who is in love with her teacher.
		A Beijing native, Zhang was encouraged by her economist father and kindergarten-teacher mother to enroll in a dance school.
	www.asiafinest.com /chinese/zhangziyi.htm (440 words)

	The Zhang Ziyi Picture Pages
		In Beijing, China, Zhang Ziyi was born on February 9, 1979, to an economist (Zhang Yuanxiao) and kindergarten teacher (Li Zhousheng).
		Ziyi has been interested in dancing and gymnastics since she was a young child.
		Despite her English disability, Ziyi won the female lead role, skilled assassin Hu Li, a role that was originally written for a man, and starred opposite Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker.
	www.superiorpics.com /zhang_ziyi (1206 words)

	blog.myspace.com/shakespeore
		Zhang also is discussing starring in another Chinese cross-dressing tale for the Weinstein Co. as folk heroine Hua Mulan -- the girl who dresses as a man to do battle in place of her ailing father.
		Although a spokesperson for Zhang refused to comment, the president of the Huayi Brothers Company, Wang Zhonglei, says Zhang will probably at least attend the event, as she has promised to join in on promotional activities for the film "The Banquet" at the festival.
		Ziyi and her "Banquet" co-star Ge You were honored in Beijing by the New Film Association, on its 10th Anniversary, as two of mainland China's most popular stars of the past 10 years.
	blog.myspace.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=132444844&blogID=198263480 (6130 words)

	Zhang Ziyi @ Filmbug
		However, although a career in dance seemed promising for the graceful Zhang, her growing interest and enthusiasm for acting prevailed and she enrolled in the prestigious Central Academy of Drama in Beijing.
		Zhang knew immediately that Zhang Ziyi would be perfect for his new film, 'The Road Home' (1999), and cast her in the role of a young girl in love with a schoolteacher in rural China.
		Zhang Ziyi's talents have since moved beyond her homeland, working in Hollywood for 'Rush Hour 2' (2001) opposite the comedy duo Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan, and starring in the ambitious Korean epic, 'The Warriors'.
	www.filmbug.com /db/342289 (434 words)

	Chinavoc.com-entertainment:actress-Zhang ziyi
		Born in Beijing with her mother,a retired kindergarten teacher, and her father, an economist, Zhang ziyi was so thin in her childhood that she began to learn dance at the age of eight.
		Although she was able to gain a few awards and win a few contests, it gradually became apparent to her that her future in the field of dancing was not bright.
		In 1999, she was luckly choosen by famous director Ang Lee to star Jen in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".The younger Zhang's breakthrough performance propelled the spry young girl onto the world stage.
	www.chinavoc.com /entertainment/actress/zhangziyi/zhangziyi.htm (216 words)

	Zhang Ziyi - The Huffington Post
		Zhang Ziyi at "The Banquet" premiere in Tokyo
		Ziyi, 28, is best known for her roles in the phenomenally successful Crouching Tiger, Hidden...
		Zhang Ziyi, boyfriend show up at Time 100 gala
	www.huffingtonpost.com /people/Zhang+Ziyi (576 words)

	Zhang Ziyi Bio, News, Awards and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com
		Zhang knew immediately that Zhang Ziyi would be perfect for his new film, ‘The Road Home’ (1999), and cast her in the role of a young girl in love with a schoolteacher in rural China.
		Zhang Ziyi later reteamed with helmer Zhang Yimou to play the brave and loyal servant, Moon, in 2003’s Academy Award nominated ‘HERO’.
		Zhang Ziyi’s talents have since moved beyond her homeland, working in Hollywood for ‘Rush Hour 2’ (2001) opposite the comedy duo Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan, and starring in the ambitious Korean epic, ‘The Warriors’.
	www.ropeofsilicon.com /profile.php?id=1882 (399 words)

	The Zhang Ziyi Picture Pages
		Impulsive, naughty, poised yet childlike, Zhang is the daughter of an economist father and a kindergarten teacher mother, and is a native Beijinger.
		Zhang feels she worked hard from an early age.
		In the summer of 2001, Zhang Ziyi was cast as the lead villian in the sequel to Rush Hour opposite Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker.
	www.123-celebrities.com /zhang_ziyi (442 words)

	Zhang Ziyi - Moviefone
		An actress of almost eerie, otherworldly beauty and simmering intensity, Zhang Ziyi burst onto the international film scene with her role as the...
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		Zhang Ziyi - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Zhang Ziyi Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/zhang-ziyi/280898/main?_pgtyp=pdct (109 words)

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