A pop singer, businesswoman, director, producer, and celebrated actress, China doll Zhao Wei (AKA Vicki Zhao or Vicky Zhao) also has the distinction of being ranked number two in the 100 Sexiest Women countdown by FHM in 2002. This sino-sexpot began her acting career in the 1994 film A Soul Haunted by Painting. From there, she appeared in the flicks Penitentiary Angel (1995), East Palace, West Palace (1996), and Deja Vu (1999) and the TV shows Jie jie mei mei chuang bei jing (AKA Sisters Rush to Beijing), Da mo fang (AKA Big Magic Formula), and Huan zhu ge ge (AKA My Fair Princess). Eventually she starred in projects that even some western people have heard of, like Shaolin Soccer (2001), Red Cliff (2008), and Mulan: Rise of a Warrior (2009). Based on her FHM ranking, you'd think that she spends her screentime trying hard to get you hard, but the closest she's come to stripping on screen was in So Close (2002)...and it's not even that close! She takes a bubble bath in her underwear. What was Zhao thinking? That's rhetorical, as she's obviously thinking of dollar--or renminbi--signs. Zhao hasn't needed to get naked to be successful. In nine different years she landed on Forbes' China Celebrity 100 list, which ranks China's 100 most influential celebrities. Her highest ranking was in 2004, landing the third spot behind Yao Ming and Zhang Ziyi. Her other rankings were fourth (2005 and 2006), seventh (2008, 2009, 2015), 22nd (2014), 28th (2017), and 80th (2013). She and her husband Huang Youlong have a reported net worth of over $1 billion. Holy Zhao!
