Zhao received her master's degree in film directing from Beijing Film Academy in 2012. In September 2017, she is named as a member of the main competition jury for the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival. In 2016, Zhao is named as member of the main jury at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. Zhao ranked 80th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 22nd in 2014, 7th in 2015, and 28th in 2017. In 2006, she won the MTV Asia Award for Favorite Artist from Mainland China, for her album Double. She has a music career, starting with her debut album Swallow (1999), and has released 7 albums. While focusing mostly on films, her works also include TV series such as Romance in the Rain (2001), Moment in Peking (2005) and Tiger Mom (2015). In 2014, after almost a two-year break from acting, she appeared in Peter Chan's film Dearest, and won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. She has received numerous awards from the Shanghai International Film Festival, Huabiao Awards, Changchun Film Festival, Hundred Flowers Awards and Shanghai Film Critics Awards for films like A Time to Love (2005) and Mulan (2009). Zhao has starred in many box-office hits, including Shaolin Soccer (2001), Red Cliff (2008–2009), Painted Skin (2008), Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012), Dearest (2014) and Lost in Hong Kong (2015).

My Fair Princess enjoyed unprecedented success in East and Southeast Asian countries, and Zhao was regarded by many as Mainland China's first 'national idol' since the economic reform began in 1978.

While studying at the Beijing Film Academy, Zhao rose to national and regional prominence overnight for her role as Xiao Yan Zi ('Little Swallow') in the hit TV series My Fair Princess (1998–1999), for which she also won Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress. She is considered one of the most popular actresses in China and Chinese-speaking regions, and one of the highest paid actresses as well. Zhao Wei ( simplified Chinese: 赵薇 traditional Chinese: 趙薇 pinyin: Zhào Wēi born 12 March 1976), also known as Vicky Zhao or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, businesswoman, film director, producer and pop singer.

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