Zhang Mei'e
Chinese actress from Hengdian who launched a remarkable screen career after six decades of rural life, debuting at age 60.
Zhang Mei'e - Personal Information
- Name: Zhang Mei'e
- Also Known As: Mei'e Zhang, 张美娥, Zhang Mei E
- Date of Birth: November 17, 1950
- Place of Birth: Wuguantang, Hengdian, China
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
Biography
After graduating from elementary school in rural Hengdian, the future actress worked as a common farmer and factory painter, and raised silkworm cocoons. In 1996, Hengdian began to transform into a major cinema city, attracting film and television crews from across China. Seizing the opportunity, Zhang Mei'e decided to set aside her farm work and seek employment at a movie studio roughly 100 kilometers from her home.
With the assistance of a fellow villager, she secured a position repairing obsolete buildings at the Hengdian Film and Television Base. The work proved well-suited to her background as a painter. At 60 years old, she made her acting debut in Stephen Chow's Journey to the West, embarking on a screen career that few could have anticipated from such humble and industrious beginnings.
Filmography
A selection of Zhang Mei'e's recent screen appearances across film and television.
- 诡墓神棺 (2022)
- Chinese Odyssey: The Beginning (2022)
- Detective Dee and The Pact with the Underworld Gods (2022)
- Mobile Phone Storm (TV - 2021) as Teacher Zhang
- Best Mechanism Great Master (2020)
- Detective Dee's Gods and Demons (2020)
- Billion Coward (2020)
- Joy of Life (TV - 2019) as Northen Qi Attendant
- One Car Four Servants (2019)
- The Legend of Pig Warrior (2019)
External Links
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