Born in Beijing, China, Zhang joined the Beijing Dance Academy at the age of 11. When Zhang's parents suggested she go to the dance academy, she was skeptical. While at the boarding school, she noticed how catty the other girls were while competing for status amongst the teachers. Zhang disliked the attitude so much that, on one occasion, she ran away from the school.Zhang entered China's prestigious Central Academy of Drama (regarded as the top acting college in China) at the age of 15.
At the age of 19, Zhang was offered her first role in Zhang Yimou's The Road Home, which won the Silver Bear award in the 2000 Berlin Film Festival.
n May 2006, Zhang became the youngest member to sit on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival.In the fall of 2006, Zhang played Empress Wan in The Banquet, a film set in the Tang Dynasty.
Zhang provided the voice of Karai in the TMNT movie that was released on March 23, 2007. She later starred in Forever Enthralled (2008) (previously titled Mei Lanfang) and will appear in The Horsemen (2009) with Dennis Quaid. Zhang will sing for the first time in a duet with Leon Lai for the movie Forever Enthralled.
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