張靜初

简介

Zhang Jingchu is a Chinese actress born on February 2, 1977, in Yong'an, Fujian province, originally named Zhang Jing before changing it after graduation. Her father was a government employee and her mother a primary school teacher. She attended Beimen Primary School in Yong'an and enrolled at Fuzhou Art Normal School in 1991. After graduating in 1995, she worked at Fujian Southeast TV before moving to Beijing as a "Beipiao," where a talent scout discovered her and she appeared in advertisements. In 1997, she enrolled at the Central Academy of Drama in the directing department and also studied at Beijing International Studies University and traveled to New Zealand to learn English. After graduating in 1999, she took on TV series and ads but remained unknown, prompting her to change her name to Zhang Jingchu for good fortune. In 2003, she approached the crew of the film "Peacock" and was selected by director Gu Changwu to play the older sister role. The film won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2005, launching her fame. She gave interviews to foreign media fluently in English without a translator. She won Best Actress at the Beijing College Student Film Festival for "The Girl from the Clouds" and received acclaim for her role as a drug addict in "The Underdog Knight," earning her first Hong Kong Film Award nomination. She starred alongside Jackie Chan in "Rush Hour 3," raising her international profile, and worked with German director Florian Gallenberger in "John Rabe." She received multiple Hong Kong Film Award nominations for "Night and Fog" and "Project Gutenberg," and a Golden Horse Award nomination for "Aftershock." In 2014, she starred in and produced "The Age of Departure." She successfully obtained Hong Kong residency and passport through the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, and in August 2025 completed a graduate directing program at the AFI Conservatory.