Zhou Xun

Not to be confused with Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xun
Zhou at the MTV Movie Awards in Beijing 2002.
Chinese name	周迅
Pinyin	Zhōu Xùn (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Zau1 Seon3 (Cantonese)
Born	(1974-10-18) October 18, 1974 Quzhou, Zhejiang
Other name(s)	Zhou Gongzi (周公子, "Young Gentleman Zhou")
Occupation	Actress, singer, model
Voice type(s)	Lyric Contralto
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Archie Kao (m. 2014)
Parents	Zhou Tianning (father) Chen Yiqin (mother)
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress 2006 Perhaps Love Best Supporting Actress 2007 The Banquet Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Actress 2006 Perhaps Love Best Supporting Actress 2007 The Banquet Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress 2005 Perhaps Love Golden Horse Awards Best Actress 2005 Perhaps Love Golden Rooster Awards Best Actress 2009 The Equation of Love and Death Hundred Flowers Awards Best Actress 2002 A Pinwheel Without Wind

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhou.

Zhou Xun (born October 18, 1974) is a Chinese actress and singer who has won "Best Actress" at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Golden Bauhinia Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, Golden Horse Awards, Golden Rooster Awards, Hundred Flowers Awards, Festival du Film de Paris, Shanghai Film Critics Awards, Beijing College Student Film Festival and Asian Film Awards, among others. She is regarded as one of the "Four Dan Actresses" of China.

Early life

Zhou was born to a middle-class family in Quzhou, Zhejiang. Her father, Zhou Tianning (周天宁), was a local film projectionist, and her mother, Chen Yiqin (陈以琴), was a salesperson at a department store. She had her schooling in Quzhou No.1 Middle School. After she graduated,Zhou enrolled at the Zhejiang Arts Institute to further her interest in dramatic arts, against the wishes of her parents, who wanted her to graduate from a university. She was handpicked for a role in the film Strange Tales Amongst Old and Desolate Tombs during her teenage years in school.

Acting career

Zhou gained international recognition for her roles in Lou Ye's Suzhou River (2000) and Dai Sijie's Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002), winning the Best Actress Award for the former at the 15th Festival du Film de Paris. In 2002, she starred as Huang Rong, reuniting her with Kaixin Jiuhao television co-star Li Yapeng, who played Guo Jing, in the 2003 television series The Legend of the Condor Heroes. The series was one of the most watched ones in mainland China in that year.

Zhou entered the Hong Kong film industry in 2005, starring in Peter Chan's musical film Perhaps Love. She won the "Best Actress" award at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong Film Critic's Society Awards, Golden Bauhinia Awards, Golden Horse Awards, Beijing Student Film Festival and Hangzhou Student Film Festival for her performance. After Perhaps Love, her next film was Feng Xiaogang's The Banquet, in which she played a supporting role. Zhou's next project was Susie Au's film Ming Ming (2007), which won high praise at the 2006 Pusan International Film Festival held in South Korea. At the premiere of the film, she released her new music video, featuring the theme song of Ming Ming.

In 2008, Zhou starred in Cao Baoping's romantic thriller The Equation of Love and Death as a taxicab driver on the lookout for her missing boyfriend. The movie was filmed in Yunnan. In that year, she also played the lead role in Painted Skin, a remake of a classic supernatural thriller of the same title. She has also appeared in the urban romantic comedy All About Women directed by Tsui Hark.

In 2012, Zhou made her Hollywood debut in Cloud Atlas, in multiple roles in the film, as Yoona~939, a clone in dystopian 2144 Korea; as Rose, in 2321; and as Talbot / Hotel Manager in 1973.

Singing career

Apart from her acting career, Zhou has also performed for some motion picture soundtracks, such as Ming Ming, Baobei In Love, Xin Bian Guo Le Xi San Meng You Xian Jing and Perhaps Love. She has also released two solo albums, Summer (2003) and Come Across (2005).

Environmental advocate

Zhou at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2007

Zhou Xun is the 2010 Laureate of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)'s Champions of the Earth (Inspiration & Action). She was the first entertainer in the world to receive this honour.

Zhou Xun and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly runs a campaign 'Our Part', which promotes ‘tips for green living’.

She was named a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador for China in 2008 with a special focus of promoting environmental sustainability.

She was also the Green Ambassador for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.

Fashion

Since 2011, Zhou was formally announced as a new ambassador for Chanel. Chanel chief designer Karl Lagerfeld noted Zhou Xun for her strong fashion sense, describing the actress as "a synthesis of young Coco Chanel and Ballet Troupe Zizi Jeanmaire."

Personal life

Zhou Xun married American actor Archie Kao on July 16, 2014 on stage after a charity event in Hangzhou, China.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Old Grave	Jiaona
1994	Nü'er Hong	Hua Dao
1995	The Pampered Wife	Yangyang
1996	Temptress Moon	Little dance girl
1998	My Rice Noodle Shop
1999	The Emperor and the Assassin	Blind girl
2000	Suzhou River	Meimei/Moudan	Festival du Film de Paris for Best Actress
2001	Beijing Bicycle	Qin
2001	Hollywood Hong Kong	Hung Hung/Tong Tong	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Nominated - Golden Horse Awards for Best Actress
2002	A Pinwheel Without Wind	Zhao Ningjing	Hundred Flower Awards for Best Actress Beijing Student Film Festival for Top Ten Favorite Actress
2002	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Little seamstress
2002	Where Have All the Flowers Gone	Huanzi
2004	A West Lake Moment	Xiaoyu
2004	Beauty Remains	Xiaofei
2004	Baobei in Love	Baobei	Chinese Director's Association Awards for Best Actress
2005	Stolen Life	Yanni
2005	Perhaps Love	Sun Na	Golden Horse Award for Best Actress Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Actress Beijing Student Film Festival for Best Actress Hangzhou Student Film Festival for Best Actress
2006	The Banquet	Qingnü	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Golden Horse Awards for Best Original Film Song Nominated - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress
2006	Ming Ming	Mingming / Nana
2008	The Equation of Love and Death	Li Mi	Asian Film Awards for Best Actress Golden Rooster Awards for Best Actress Chinese Film Media Awards for Best Actress Shanghai Film Critics Awards for Best Actress Beijing Student Film Festival for Best Actress
2008	Painted Skin	Xiaowei	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Nominated - Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Actress Nominated - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress
2008	All About Women	Awkward lab researcher
2009	The Message	Gu Xiaomeng	Nominated - Golden Horse Award for Best Actress Nominated - Chinese Film Media Awards for Best Actress Nominated - Asia Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress
2010	Confucius	Nanzi
2010	True Legend	Ying
2011	The Founding of a Party	Wang Huiwu
2011	The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate	Jade	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Nominated - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress Nominated - Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Actress Nominated - Beijing Student Film Festival for Best Actress
2012	The Great Magician	Liu Yin	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
2012	Painted Skin: The Resurrection	Xiaowei	Nominated - Chinese Director's Association Awards for Best Actress
2012	The Silent War	Zhang Xue Ning	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
2012	Cloud Atlas	Talbot/Hotel Manager Yoona~939 Rose
2014	Overheard 3	Ruan Yuehua	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
2014	One Day	Xiao Zhou
2014	Women Who Flirt	Zhang Hui
2014	Meet Miss Anxiety	Qi Jia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Hongchufang	Shen Pei
1998	Palace of Desire	young Princess Taiping
1998	The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom	Shi Yiyang
1998	Jingtan Fengyun	Lin Peipei
1999	Lüyi Hongniang	Fan Xiaoxuan
1999	April Rhapsody	Lin Huiyin
1999	Kaixin Jiuhao	Tan Gege
1999	Yuanlai Yijiaren	Taotao
2000	Love Story in Shanghai	Du Xinyu
2000	Jinqian Bense	Mandy
2000	Xin Wang
2001	Ripening Orange	Xiuhe
2002	The Legend of the Condor Heroes	Huang Rong
2003	Beach	A'Tong
2003	Business Family	Su Boyuan / Xia He
2014	Red Sorghum	Jiu'er

External links

• Xun Zhou at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website (Chinese)
• Zhou Xun on Sina Weibo (Chinese)
• Official blog (Chinese)
• Zhou Xun on Sina.com (Chinese)
• Zhou Xun on Baidu Baike (Chinese)

Awards
Asian Film Awards
Preceded by Jeon Do-yeon for Secret Sunshine	Best Actress 2009 for The Equation of Love and Death	Succeeded by Kim Hye-ja for Mother
Golden Bauhinia Awards
Preceded by Rene Liu for A World Without Thieves	Best Actress 2006 for Perhaps Love	Succeeded by Gong Li for Curse of the Golden Flower Charlene Choi for Simply Actors
Preceded by Teresa Mo for 2 Young	Best Supporting Actress 2007 for The Banquet	Succeeded by None
Golden Horse Awards
Preceded by Shu Qi for Three Times	Best Actress 2006 for Perhaps Love	Succeeded by Joan Chen for The Home Song Stories
Hong Kong Film Awards
Preceded by Zhang Ziyi for 2046	Best Actress 2006 for Perhaps Love	Succeeded by Gong Li for Curse of the Golden Flower
Preceded by Teresa Mo for 2 Young	Best Supporting Actress 2007 for The Banquet	Succeeded by Susan Shaw for The Pye-Dog
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Preceded by Zhang Ziyi for 2046	Best Actress 2005 for Perhaps Love	Succeeded by Gong Li for Curse of the Golden Flower

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