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Zhou Dongyu

Chinese actress

Born
January 31, 1992
Age in 2026
34
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1992

About Zhou Dongyu

Zhou Dongyu (Chinese: 周冬雨; born 31 January 1992) is a Chinese actress. She rose to fame for her role in Zhang Yimou's film Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010). She is also known for her roles in Soul Mate (2016), for which she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress, Us and Them (2018), and Better Days (2019), for which she won both the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress and Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress. Zhou was named by Southern Metropolis Daily as one of the "Four Dan actresses of the post-90s Generation". She ranked 71st on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2017, 7th in 2019, and 3rd in 2020. Zhou received the Best Actress award at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards together with her Soul Mate co-star Sandra Ma, and also won Best Actress at the 28th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award. Zhou also starred in her first television series, spy war drama Sparrow.

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The world when Zhou Dongyu was born

Zhou Dongyu was born in 1992. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1992

  • #1 song"End of the Road" – Boyz II Men
  • Top movieUnforgiven
  • Top TV show60 Minutes
  • Best-selling bookThe Bridges of Madison County – Robert James Waller

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentDream Team dominates Olympic basketball in Barcelona
  • Top headlineBill Clinton elected president
  • Technology milestoneFirst text message sent
  • Defining fadGrunge fashion flannel shirts
  • Notable inventionText messaging (SMS)
  • World population5.45 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge H.W. Bush
  • Sports championToronto Blue Jays (World Series)
  • Also wonChicago Bulls (NBA)
  • U.S. population255.0M

1992 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Zhou Dongyu's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19922026
Gas$1.13$3.45/gal
Average home$100,000$435,000
Average income$37,553$67,500
Minimum wage$4.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$4.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.29$0.73
Population255.0M341 million

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