赵涛，1978年1月28日出生于山西太原，毕业于北京舞蹈学院民舞系，中国内地女演员。

2000年因参演贾樟柯导演的电影《站台》而一举成名。2006年主演的剧情电影《三峡好人》摘得第63届威尼斯国际电影节金狮奖。2008年担任监制的作品《无用》获得第64届威尼斯国际电影节地平线单元纪录片最佳影片。

2010年主演的影片《海上传奇》获得美国夏威夷国际电影节金兰花奖。 2012年凭借电影《我是丽》荣获意大利南尼·莫雷蒂奖最佳女主角以及阿斯蒂电影节最佳女主角奖，并成为首位获得意大利电影大卫奖影后的亚洲演员 [。2013年获得圣马力诺电影节杰出艺术成就“圣马力诺泰塔奖”。2015年10月30日领衔主演的剧情电影《山河故人》上映。

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Zhao Tao (Chinese: 赵涛, born 28 January 1977) is a famous Chinese actress, work in China and Europe, she has over 10 films to her credit since starting her career in 1999, muse of director Jia Zhangke. Zhao first came into international prominence through close collaboration with Chinese director Jia Zhangke and is credited with helping to bring Chinese cinema to Europe, especially Italy. As Shun Li in Io sono Li, her best starring role to date, she became the first Asian actress to win a prize at David di Donatello. Zhao's native language is Jinese, but she is multilingual, having learned to speak Italian, Mandarin and Szechuanese.

Biography

She was born January 28, 1977, in Taiyuan, Shanxi, which is also the hometown of the heroine in Still Life. As a child, she studied classical Chinese dance. In 1996, she enrolled in the folk dance department at Beijing Dance Academy. After graduation, she became a dance teacher in Taiyuan Normal College, where she was spotted by Jia during casting for Platform. Since then they work frequently together.

In 2011 she starred in the Italian movie Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre, the movie was screened in the Venice Days section of the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

Zhao won the David di Donatello Award, the Italian Oscar, for Best Actress for her bilingual role.