Let's make this birthday one to remember.

46 years old (Born on February 09, 1979)

Happy Birthday, Ziyi Zhang! Whether gracefully flying through bamboo forests in *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*, trading witty barbs alongside Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in *Rush Hour 2,* or dancing elegantly amid swordfights in the beautiful chaos of *House of Flying Daggers*—your performances have given us endless entertainment (and unrealistic expectations for fight choreography).

May your birthday be as timelessly elegant as a geisha's memoirs—and funnier than outtakes from any martial-art blooper reel. Here's to another year filled with success even more breathtaking than wirework stunts—you truly are film royalty who never misses an exquisite high kick!