Born in Shanxi province of China, Zhao Tao is a famous Chinese actress who graduated from the Department of Chinese Folk Dance of Beijing Dance Academy in 1998. She began to work with awards in domestic dancing competitions and began to work with director Jia Zhang Ke as heroine in five of his films. She was also one of the producers of Jia Zhang Ke’s documentary Useless (2007). —Asianmediawiki