Zhou Dongyu, an award-winning Chinese actress, first gained recognition for her performance in Zhang Yimou’s film Under the Hawthorn Tree in 2010. She continued to star in several acclaimed films, including Soul Mate, This Is Not What I Expected, Us and Them and Better Days, winning numerous domestic and international awards. After winning the Best Actress Award in 2016 at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards for her role in Soul Mate, Zhou Dongyu continued her success and won the Best Actress Award at the 2020 39th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 33rd Golden Rooster Awards for her performance in Better Days, making her the youngest person in Chinese film history to win all three prestigious awards. Better Days was also nominated for Best International Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
