Zhang Zifeng (born 27 August 2001), also known as Wendy Zhang, is a Chinese actress. Regarded as one of the New Four Dan actresses of the post-95s Generation, she is widely considered one of the best young actors in China today.
Zhang first gained recognition for her role in Aftershock (2010), where her performance as a young girl surviving the 1976 Tangshan earthquake won her Best Newcomer at the 31st Hundred Flowers Awards, making her the youngest ever Hundred Flowers Award winner. She later starred in films such as Go Brother! (2018), Last Letter (2018), and Upcoming Summer (2021). For her performance in Sister (2021), she won the Best Actress awards at the 16th Changchun Film Festival and 19th Huabiao Awards.
Zhang ranked 98th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2019, and 81st in 2020.
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Early life
Zhang Zifeng was born on 27 August 2001 in Sanmenxia, Henan. She acted in advertisements from the age of five. Zhang and her mother moved to Beijing after her teachers referred her to an advertising company.
Zhang missed a casting call for Feng Xiaogang's film Aftershock but was later cast as a young Fang Deng after an assistant director recommended her to Feng.