Ziyi Zhang
HER 'GEISHA' ROLE Sayuri, the Cinderella-like protagonist, who is transformed from a country girl named Chiyo into Kyoto's most renowned geisha
WHERE YOU KNOW HER FROM Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), where she played the sheltered noblewoman whose secrets include a bandit lover and high-flying martial arts prowess
LITTLE-KNOWN GEM The Road Home (1999), directed by China's premier director, Zhang Yimou (no relation), in which Ziyi plays Di, a fierce-willed village girl who struggles heroically to win the heart of the town schoolteacher
ALSO SHINES IN Zhang Yimou's martial arts epics Hero (2002) and House of Flying Daggers (2004); Wong Kar-Wai's 2046 (2005), where she played a call girl who falls for writer Chow (Tony Leung); and Rush Hour 2 (2001), where she played a villain who fights Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker
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