Zhao Tao
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 28, 1977, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
- Movies
- 26
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Zhao Tao (Chinese: 赵涛, born 28 January 1977) is a famous Chinese actress, work in China and Europe, she has over 10 films to her credit since starting her career in 1999, muse of director Jia Zhangke. Zhao first came into international prominence through close collaboration with Chinese director Jia Zhangke and is credited with helping to bring Chinese cinema to Europe, especially Italy. As Shun Li in Io sono Li, her best starring role to date, she became the first Asian actress to win a prize at David di Donatello. Zhao's native language is Jinese, but she is multilingual, having learned to speak Italian, Mandarin and Szechuanese.
Biography
Upcoming Zhao Tao Movies
Mamma Dunhuang
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | Torino Shadow | |
| 2024 | Caught by the Tides | Qiao Qiao |
| 2018 | Ash Is Purest White | Zhao Qiao |
| 2017 | Where Has Time Gone? | |
| 2017 | Revive | |
| 2016 | Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang | Self |
| 2015 | Mountains May Depart | Shen Tao |
| 2015 | Smog Journeys | |
| 2013 | A Touch of Sin | Xiao Yu |
| 2011 | Shun Li and the Poet | Shun Li |
| 2011 | 3.11 A Sense of Home Films | (segment "Alone Together") |
| 2010 | Ten Thousand Waves | Blue Goddess |
| 2010 | I Wish I Knew | Self |
| 2008 | Remembrance | |
| 2008 | Black Breakfast | |
| 2008 | 24 City | Su Na |
| 2008 | Cry Me a River | |
| 2007 | Our Ten Years | |
| 2006 | Still Life | Shen Hong |
| 2006 | Walking on the Wild Side | |
| 2004 | The World | Tao |
| 2002 | Unknown Pleasures | Qiao Qiao |
| 2001 | Platform | Yin Ruijuan |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2021 | Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue | Producer |
| 2016 | The Hedonists | Writer |
| 2008 | Useless | Producer |
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