Zhu began her career by appearing in small roles in 1995, such as
Spring Breeze in the Evening,
Modern Urban Heroine, and
Waiting Hall. In 1998, Zhu won the Best TV Actress Award at the Beijing Chunyan Awards and Favorite Actress Award at the
Golden Eagle Awards for her performance in ''Loquacious Zhang Damin's Happy Life''. Zhu's first film role was uncredited appearance in the film
Bey, Our 1948 (1999). In 2000, Zhu played the role of
Soong Ching-ling in
Sun Yat-Sen, for which she won the Favorite Actress Award at the
CCTV Television Awards. That same year, she earned her
Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress nomination for her performance as Li Yun in
Beautiful Family. In 2001, Zhu had a supporting role in ''
Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito 2'', a historical television series starring
Zhang Guoli and
Deng Jie. For her role as Song Yu in
Romantic Matter, Zhu was nominated for the
Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress and
Chinese Television Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding Actress. In 2005, Zhu starred in
The Forest Ranger, a film adaptation based on the novel of Zhang Ping's
The Attacker, she received nominations at the
Shanghai Film Critics Awards,
Golden Rooster Awards and
Huabiao Film Awards, and won the Female Actor Award at the
Golden Phoenix Awards. In 2010, Zhu co-starred with
Jet Li,
Gwei Lun-mei and
Wen Zhang in
Ocean Heaven as the Aunt Chai. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award at the
Hundred Flowers Awards. In 2012, Zhu played the lead role in
Love in the Family, for which she earned her second
Golden Eagle Awards for Favorite Actress. ==Personal life and death==