Background
Zhu was born in a military family in Beijing on July 19, 1984, with her ancestral home in Linhai, Zhejiang, the daughter of Zhu Hanbin (simplified Chinese: 朱汉斌. Traditional Chinese: 朱漢斌), a Chinese businessman.
Zhu was born in a military family in Beijing on July 19, 1984, with her ancestral home in Linhai, Zhejiang, the daughter of Zhu Hanbin (simplified Chinese: 朱汉斌. Traditional Chinese: 朱漢斌), a Chinese businessman.
Zhu graduated from Beijing Technology and Business University, where she majored in electronics and information engineering.
She rose to fame as a VJ on Music Television China. Her grandfather is Zhu Xuzhi, a major general of the People"s Liberation Army. Zhu started to learn the piano at the age of 3.
When She was a junior school student, she performed Beauty and the Beast, an English stage.
In 2005, Zhu joined the Music Television China and hosted music programs on China"s domestic Music Television network. Zhu was discovered by talent scouts after winning a local singing contest in Beijing, then placing third at the national level
Zhu signed with music label MBOX in 2007 and her first album was released in 2009. In 2010, Zhu made her film debut in What Women Want, a Chinese romantic comedy film starring Andy Lau and Gong Li.
In 2012, Zhu played the character Qi Qi in an American martial arts film The Manitoba with the Iron Fists, alongside RZA, Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu, Byron Mann, Rick Yune, David Bautista, and Jamie Chung.
The film grossed $3.1 million on its first day. In 2012, Zhu participated in five flims, such as Shanghai Calling, Secret Sharer and Cloud Atlas. After playing minor roles in various films, Zhu received her first leading role in a series called Great Mr.
Zhou.
She earned critical acclaim for this performance and began to get roles in larger scale productions. In 2014, Zhu starred in a supporting role in the romantic comedy film The Old Cinderella, produced by Lu Chuan. In 2014, Zhu played the female lead in the film Last Flight, opposite Editor Westwick and featuring Leon Lee and Cary Alexander.
In 2014, Zhu began starring in the American television series Marco Polo which premiered on Netflix in December 2014.
Zhu dated Lapo Elkann in May 2012, they split in 2013.