Zhu Zhu

Zhu was born in a military family in Beijing on 19 July 1984, with her ancestral home in Linhai, Zhejiang, the daughter of Zhu Hanbin (), a Chinese businessman. Her grandfather Zhu Xuzhi (1912–2000) was 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. Zhu graduated from Beijing Technology and Business University, where she majored in electronics and information engineering. ==Personal life==

Zhu was in a relationship with Italian businessman Lapo Elkann from 2012 to 2013. On 18 March 2021, Zhu married Wang Yunjia, a lecturer at Tsinghua University's Fine Art Department. They announced the birth of their first child, a daughter named Pearl, on 2 September 2021. ==Career==

In 2005, Zhu joined MTV China and hosted music programs on China's domestic MTV network. 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 participated in five films, such as Shanghai Calling, Secret Sharer, and Cloud Atlas. 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 Ed Westwick and featuring Leon Lee and Cary Alexander. In 2014, Zhu began starring in the American TV series Marco Polo which premiered on Netflix in December 2014. In 2016, Zhu signed on for a Bollywood historical war drama film Tubelight, opposite Salman Khan. The film is directed by Kabir Khan and was released on Eid 2017. It was the first time that she was in Bollywood. She reached Mumbai on 3 August 2016 to learn Hindi as soon as possible. On 18 March 2021, Zhu Zhu married Wang Yunjia. Wang was born in 1986 and graduated from the University of Manchester in the UK. He is the Beijing regional executive partner of a men's suit brand. ==Filmography==

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