Regardless of everything, the box office and achievements of Memoirs of a Geisha speak for themselves, and Zhang Ziyi is also the only Chinese actress with a realistic chance of carrying over one hundred million dollars in box office revenue as the primary lead.
Coupled with winning the Golden Rooster Best Actress award last year for Jasmine Women, this year's Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress for 2046, and her accumulated successes prior to this, she has quietly surpassed Zeng Li and Boss Zhao within her age cohort, cementing her position as the undisputed top actress of Mainland China.
Had her general public appeal and reputation not been somewhat mediocre, that throne of the Mainland's top actress would already be entirely hers.
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