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International Asian award-winning actress Zhang Ziyi's estimated net worth is at $100 million. Based in Beijing, China, much of her income comes from both international and local films, and modeling endorsements.

Zhang Ziyi, or Ziyi Zhang in China, is a renowned Chinese film actress and commercial model. She was also an award-winning dancer having joined the Beijing Dance Academy at the young age of 8. Winning a championship trophy in the National Dance Youth competition helped propel her status in the world of modeling and then, film.

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Zhang Ziyi started her film career in a critically-acclaimed film, "The Road Home" in 1999. The film won the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear price in 2000. Aside from being considered one of the 4 "Dan" or Most Powerful Actresses in the Chinese film industry, much of her global popularity emanates from international films like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Rush Hour 2", "House of Flying Daggers", "The Banquet", "The Horsemen", and "Memoirs of a Geisha".

She had been nominated for 3 BAFTA awards and has received nominations for the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, the Chicago and Toronto Film Critics Association, and the Independent Spirit. She also earned both Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for the film “Hero” in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Aside from her film contribution, her income also comes from steady commercial endorsements of brands like Omega Watches, VISA, Maybelline Cosmetics, Garnier, and Precious Platinum. She maintained her brand ambassador status of these companies up to this day.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2018

Salary

Estimated salary for the year 2018

$11,910,000

2016

Event

A 100-day banquet for Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi and rock singer Wang Feng's daughter Wang Xingxing that carried the theme “Blooming in Love”—meaning that Xingxing was born from love

$1,000,000

2015

Salary

Salary for the year 2015

$2,010,000

2011

Salary

Salary from the movie Weixian Guanxi as Du Fenyu

$2,980,000

2001

Salary

Salary from the movie Rush Hour 2 as Hu Li

$450,000

2000

Salary

Salary from the movie Wo hu cang long or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as Jen Yu in the Mandarin version and Jiao Long in the English dubbed version

$130,000

1999

Salary

Salary from the movie Wo de fu qin mu qin or The Road Home as Zhao Di, Young

$270,000