My Take
Zhao Wei is genuinely one of those rare entertainers who refuses to be boxed in, and I mean that as the highest compliment. She exploded into the Chinese-speaking world with My Fair Princess in the late '90s, and that role was so culturally massive it's hard to overstate — people who were kids then still have the theme song lodged in their brains. But what impresses me more is that she didn't coast on that. She pivoted to serious film work, won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress, then turned around and stepped behind the camera as a director too. Actress, singer, filmmaker — she's done all three at a serious level, which is vanishingly rare. Born in Wuhu, a city most outsiders couldn't place on a map, she went on to become one of China's most recognized faces globally. That kind of range and ambition is what separates a star from a career.
Overview
Zhao Wei (simplified Chinese: 赵薇; traditional Chinese: 趙薇; pinyin: Zhào Wēi; born 12 March 1976), also known as Vicky or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, singer, filmmaker, and businesswoman. Regarded as one of China's Four Dan actresses, she rose to fame for her role in the television series My Fair Princess (1998–1999), followed by such popular dramas and films as Romance in the Rain (2001), Shaolin Soccer (2001),…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Zhao Wei
- Name (Japanese)
- ヴィッキー・チャオ
- Reading
- ゔぃっきー・ちゃお
- Born
- March 12, 1976 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dragon
- Origin
- Wuhu, People's Republic of China
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / film director / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.