Misplaced Pages

Wang Zhi (Chinese: 王智; pinyin: Wāng Zhì; born July 29, 1982) is a Chinese actress. She first rose to prominence in 2015 for playing Qiu Ya in the comedy film Goodbye Mr. Loser, which placed third at the box office with US$226.6 million in China.

Biography

Early life and education

A native of Anshan, Liaoning, she started to learn martial arts at the age of five. In 2004, she enrolled at the Central Academy of Drama, where she studied alongside Tong Liya. After graduation in 2008, she became a village official in Zhangzikou Village (张自口村) of Yangsong Town (杨宋镇) near Beijing. She worked there for three years.

Career

Wang's first role was a nurse uncredited appearance in the television series Witness (2007).

In 2008, she has appeared in a number of television productions, such as Eighteen Years in Enemy Camp, One Hundred Years of History, and Fruit of marriage.

In 2011, she got a small role in the historical television series All Men Are Brothers, adapted from Shi Nai'an's classical novel Water Margin.

In 2012, she was cast in Ma Yongzhen, playing the sister of Danny Chan Kwok-kwan's character.

In 2013, she had a cameo appearance in Ju Jueliang's The Patriot Yue Fei, a historical television series starring Huang Xiaoming, Ruby Lin, Gallen Lo, and Cheng Pei-pei. She had a supporting role in Painted Skin 2, opposite Hawick Lau and Michelle Bai. That same year, she was cast in the film Drug War, playing the wife of Louis Koo's character. She also provided the voice for Hong Tailang in the animated comedy film I Love Wolffy 2.

In 2014, she co-starred with Hawick Lau and Zanilia Zhao in the romantic comedy television series The Wife’s Secret.

In 2015, she played Qiu Ya, the lead role in the comedy film Goodbye Mr. Loser, costarring Shen Teng and Ma Li. It was released in September 2015, and was instantly a huge critical and box office success. The film grossed US$226.6 million in China, and US$228.5 million worldwide. She won the Most Potentiality Award at the Macau International Movie Festival, and was nominated for Best Actress at the 33rd Hundred Flowers Awards.

In 2016, she appeared in Kwak Jae-yong's Crying Out In Love, a film adaptation based on the novel Socrates in Love by Kyoichi Katayama.

Filmography

Film

Television

Drama

TV shows

Film and TV Awards

References

1. ^ "七岁习武，中戏毕业去当村官，阿朵不认识的王智，值得被认识-搜狐新闻". m.k.sohu.com.
2. 《精忠岳飞》乌诗玛饰演者王智. Sina (in Chinese). 2013-07-22.
3. ^ "Xia Luo Te Fan Nao (2015)". the-numbers.com. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
4. 喜剧片《夏洛特烦恼》票房超13亿元 延长全国放映时间. Xinhuanet (in Chinese). 2015-10-29. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016.
5. 王智出席金羊奖澳门国际电影节 获最具潜质奖. 163.com (in Chinese). 2016-03-09.
6. 王智提名百花奖最佳女配角 "夏洛"秋雅深入人心. 163.com (in Chinese). 2016-05-23.

External links

• Wang Zhi on Weibo (in Chinese)
• Wang Zhi at douban.com
• Wang Zhi at chinesemov.com

• 1983 births
• Living people
• Actresses from Liaoning
• 21st-century Chinese actresses
• Central Academy of Drama alumni
• Chinese film actresses
• Chinese television actresses
• People from Anshan