Awards nominated

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2001 - Best Supporting Actress for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2005 - Best Actress for House of Flying Daggers

BAFTA Awards
2001 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2005 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for House of Flying Daggers
2006 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Memoirs of a Geisha

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2001 - Best Supporting Actress for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Golden Globes
2006 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Memoirs of a Geisha

Golden Horse Film Festival
2000 - Best Actress for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2004 - Best Actress for 2046

Hong Kong Film Awards
2001 - Best Actress for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2003 - Best Supporting Actress for Hero

Image Awards
2006 - Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Memoirs of a Geisha

Kids' Choice Awards
2002 - Favorite Female Action Hero for Rush Hour 2

MTV Movie Awards
2001 - Breakthrough Female Performance for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2002 - Best Villain for Rush Hour 2
2005 - Best Fight for House of Flying Daggers *(For Zhang Ziyi vs. The Emperor's guards)
2006 - Sexiest Performance for Memoirs of a Geisha

Online Film Critics Society Awards
2001 - Best Supporting Actress for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Satellite Awards
2005 - Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for Memoirs of a Geisha

Screen Actors Guild Awards
2006 - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Memoirs of a Geisha

Teen Choice Awards
2001 - Film - Choice Breakout Performance

Awards won

Hundred Flowers Awards
2000 - Best Actress for The Road Home

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2001 - Most Promising Actress

Golden Bauhinia Awards
2001 - Best Supporting Actress for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Golden Rooster Awards
2004 - Best Actress for Mo li hua kai

Hong Kong Film Awards
2005 - Best Actress for 2046

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
2005 - Best Actress for 2046

Independent Spirit Awards
2001 - Best Supporting Female for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

MTV Movie Awards
2001 - Best Fight for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon *(Versus entire bar)

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2000 - Best Supporting Performance, Female for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Young Artist Awards
2001 - Best Young Actress in an International Film for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Magazine recognition

Ranked 2nd of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001).
Named one of the 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 by Teen People Magazine (2001).
Named one of the 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 by Teen People Magazine (2002).
Ranked #91 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)
Voted in at #100 in FHM's Sexiest 100 Girls of 2002, UK edition. [June 2002]
Forbes magazine's China edition recently ranked her the second most popular celebrity after NBA player 'Yao Ming' . [August 2004]
Named by Entertainment Weekly in their 'The Must List' 2005. Listed 38th out of the 122 people and things the magazine "loves" this year, Ziyi was the only Chinese to be included.
Selected by Southern People Weekly magazine as 'Chinese Top Ten Leaders Of The Younger Generation' in 2005.
Listed in People's '50 Most Beautiful People' List in 2005.
Listed in TIME's World's 100 Most Influential People. They called her "China's Gift to Hollywood".
Ranked one of the '100 Most Beautiful Women in the World' in the July 2005 issue of Harpers & Queen magazine. It was her first time on the list. She was ranked number 15.
Included in People's 100 Most Beautiful People in the World the second year in a row in 2006. This is now her third appearance on the list.
Voted in at #86 in FHM's sexiest women in the world in 2006. She had not appeared in the list since 2002.
Topped Japanese Playboy's "100 Sexiest Women in Asia" list and was featured on the cover. (April 2006)⁹
Voted #1 in E!'s Sexiest Action Stars list in summer 2007.