Zhao Wei

Zhao Wei (; born 12 March 1976), also known as Wei Zhao or Vicky Zhao or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, singer, filmmaker, and businesswoman. Regarded as one of China's Four Dan Actresses, she rose to pan-Asian fame for her role in the television series ''My Fair Princess'' (1998–1999), followed by a series of popular dramas and films, such as ''Romance in the Rain'' (2001), ''Shaolin Soccer'' (2001), ''Moment in Peking'' (2005), ''Painted Skin'' (2008), ''Mulan'' (2009), and ''Dearest'' (2014), for which she won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress.

Zhao made her directorial debut with ''So Young'' (2013), which is a commercial and critical success. She is also a singer with 7 albums and the second largest shareholder of Alibaba Pictures, the film division of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings. Zhao ranked 80th on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 22nd in 2014, 7th in 2015, and 28th in 2017.

Since 27 August 2021, Zhao has been blacklisted by the Chinese government for unknown reasons, with most content featuring her removed from the Chinese Internet. Provided by Wikipedia