英语名人堂：章子怡
1998年被张艺谋发掘，主演的电影《我的父亲母亲》荣获第50届柏林国际电影节银熊奖而一举成名。1999年主演的电影《卧虎藏龙》荣获第73届奥斯卡、第58届金球奖等最佳外语片奖，因此跻身国际影坛[1] 。2005年主演斯皮尔伯格监制的电影《艺伎回忆录》，成为首位担任好莱坞A级制作大片女主角的华人影星，该片获得第78届奥斯卡三项大奖，章子怡成为主演电影两度荣获奥斯卡奖的华人演员，并入围美国电影金球奖、英国电影学院奖、美国演员工会奖等全部“奥斯卡三大风向标”影后[2] ;同年登上《Vanity Fair》封面、第四次登上《时代周刊》封面并上榜“影响世界的100人”，同年入选“中国电影百年百位优秀演员”。[3-4] 2010年被亚洲电影博览会授予“21世纪前十年亚洲最杰出女演员”称号[5] 。
2013年，凭借主演的电影《一代宗师》而荣获金马奖、金像奖、百花奖、亚太电影节、亚洲电影大奖等超过12座大奖，[6] 成为获得“大众电影百花奖、中国电影华表奖、中国电影金鸡奖、香港电影金像奖、台湾电影金马奖”等全部华语五大电影奖影后的女演员[7] ，并创造了华语影坛凭借一部电影荣膺影后次数最多的记录。[8-9]
自2005年起章子怡担任奥斯卡终身评委，并连续担任第77和78届奥斯卡颁奖嘉宾;自2006年起三次担任戛纳国际电影节评委。演艺事业外，章子怡担任中国电影推广大使，在海外积极参与推广宣传华语电影。2015年12月27日，章子怡产下一女。
Zhang Ziyi, born in Beijing in 1979, is an actress who has worked with the best directors, both in her native China and in America. She said she would have become a kindergarten teacher if she hadn't got into acting. She has starred in many movies that have been worldwide hits and has won a string of awards.
When Zhang was 11, her parents sent her to the Beijing Dance Academy. They wanted their only child to be a star. She had a rough time there and on one occasion she ran away. She remembers the other girls being overly competitive and talking behind each other’s backs. She graduated and joined the prestigious Central Academy of Drama, China’s top acting college.
Zhang soon received many movie role offers. She got her first role in 1999 when she was 19, in ‘The Road Home’. A year later she rose to fame as the character Jen in Ang Lee’s ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’. She won international awards for best supporting actress. In 2001, she appeared in Rush Hour 2, even though she couldn’t speak English.
Zhang’s next international hit was as Sayuri in ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’. She received manynominations for best actress awards. She had also learnt English, helped by listening to Eminem songs. She said it was only later that she understood “how rude” the lyrics were. In 2006, Zhang became the youngest jury member to sit at the Cannes Film Festival.
