Zhao Wei (Simplified Chinese: 赵薇; Traditional Chinese: 趙薇; Pinyin: Zhào Wēi; born 12 March 1976 in Wuhu, Anhui, China) is a Chinese film actress and pop singer. Audiences sometimes refer to her by her English name, Vicki Zhao.
After being chosen to work as an extra on a filming set, Zhao developed a passion for acting. While studying at Beijing Film Academy, Zhao participated in various film projects. Zhao's breakout role as a leading actress was in My Fair Princess, a television series. In 1999, after My Fair Princess was broadcast, Zhao also began a singing career with her first album, Swallow. After her breakthrough, Zhao has been involved in numerous controversies about her personal and professional lives, including posing in a dress resembling Japanese war flag.
Throughout her career, Zhao has engaged herself in more varied roles, such as Lu Yiping in Romance in the Rain, a policewoman named An Xin in Jade Goddess of Mercy, the playful Qu Ran in A Time to Love, and the gentle,...
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Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Chinese: 天地英雄; Pinyin: Tiān dì yīng xióng) is a 2004 action/adventure film from China, and is directed by He Ping. The film is in Mandarin, with some Japanese. It was made in 2003, but was released internationally the following year.
The film's score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman, which features 16 tracks including the theme song in 3 languages, Chinese (Mandarin), English and Hindi. The film features the theme song Mirage (Warriors In Peace), sung by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. Following the film's release, the score and soundtrack were released in one album separately, under the title Between Heaven and Earth.
Another notable aspect of the film is its cinematography, by Zhao Fei, which captures a wide range of landscapes, across the Xinjiang province of China. The film also includes numerous horse-riding sequences, played out by trained Kazakh horsemen from the People's Liberation Army. It consists of a classic battle between good and...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374330
Green Tea (Simplified Chinese: 绿茶; Traditional Chinese: 綠茶; Pinyin: Lǜ Chá) is a 2003 Chinese film. It was adapted from the novel Adiliya by the River by Jin Renshun.
A conservative college student (Zhao Wei) who goes on a series of blind dates, not taking them seriously and often leaving halfway through. She is pursued by an older man (Jiang Wen) who is also attracted to a sexy woman who may be the same person.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382821
Jade Goddess of Mercy or Goddess of Mercy (Pinyin: Yu Guān Yīn) is a 2003 film directed by Ann Hui.
It was adapted from a novel from Chinese writer Hai Yan. The title comes from a necklace featuring Kuan Yin, the "Goddess of Mercy".
An Xin is a law enforcer in Yunnan Province of southern China. Before her consummating her marriage with Tiejun, she consummates her romantic fling with Maojie, who is a drug dealer. But neither knew the other's true profession. From then on all but fortunate events flood into An Xin's life - eventually she and the people she knew are twisted in this cruel fate that is the end for them.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413515
So Close (Traditional Chinese: 夕陽天使; Simplified Chinese: 夕阳天使; Chik yeung tin see) is a 2002 action-adventure Hong Kong film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Shu Qi, Karen Mok and Zhao Wei. The English title is derived from the The Carpenters' song Close to You, which has a prominent role in the film.
Ai Lin(Shu Qi) and her sister Ai Quarn(Zhao Wei) are computer hackers and espionage specialists who use their late father's advanced secret satellite technology to give them the field advantage over their enemies and the local law enforcement. At the start of the movie they are handling the assassination of the chairman of top Chinese company, which is accomplished without a hitch.
In the aftermath of their successful mission, an intelligent Police Detective named Kong Yat Hung (Karen Mok) is assigned to their case and is able to track them down. The cat-and-mouse chase becomes more complicated when Lin and Ai Quarn become the targets of the very people who originally hired them and...,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300620
Shaolin Soccer is a 2001 Hong Kong comedy film co-written and directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the film. It is about a former Shaolin monk who reunites his five Sihings (martial brothers), years after their master's death, to apply their superhuman martial art skills to play soccer and bring Shaolin kung fu to the masses.
Shaolin Soccer tells the story of Sing (Stephen Chow), a master of Shaolinquan Kung Fu whose goal in life is to let the world know about the benefits of the ancient art. He experiments with various methods to mainstream the art, including comedic song and dance routines, all of which bear no positive results. He meets an old man called Fung (Ng Man Tat), who was a soccer star in his days until his teammate Hung, now a rich businessman, paid him to shave his points. After missing the game-winning penalty kick, Fung's “golden leg” was broken by angry baseball bat-wielding fans (hired by Hung) and had not been able to play ever since. Sing tries to explain...,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286112
East Palace, West Palace (Simplified Chinese: 东宫西宫; Traditional Chinese: 東宮西宮; Pinyin: Dōng Gōng Xī Gōng) is a 1996 film directed by Zhang Yuan starring Hu Jun, Si Han and Zhao Wei.
East Palace, West Palace is the first Mainland Chinese movie with an explicitly gay theme. The title of the movie derives from the two parks near the Forbidden City - the East Palace and the West Palace. The two parks, specifically their public washrooms, are notorious for being places of congregation for the homosexuals in Beijing during the night.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119007
Zhao Wei was born in Wuhu, China
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