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Zhao Wei (born 1976) a.k.a. Vicky Zhao is a Chinese actress and pop singer.
She discovered acting by accident in 1993, when her hometown was chosen as the location of the shooting of Hua Hun, a film starring Gong Li, and she got to play as an extra. In 1995 she starred in a Live Action Television series, Yu Tian You Gu Shi, and in the feature film Penitentiary Angel. Her more notable roles since then include Ah Mui in Shaolin Soccer, Yao Mulan in Moment in Peking, Sun Shangxiang in Red Cliff, and the title character in a 2009 Live Action Adaptation of Mulan.
She lives with her husband, a businessman, and their daughter, born in 2010. In 2011, she announced she will return to judging at the Singapore Film Festival.