Wei minzhi biography of michael

Eight years ago, the village girl, Wei Minzhi, from Hebei Province became world-famous overnight for the role she played in a film directed by Zhang Yimou, Not One Less (Yi Ge Dou Bu Neng Shao).

However, Wei has not appeared in many movies since then.

 

Eight years have elapsed and Wei is now studying on a full scholarship at Brigham Young University - Hawaii.

 

World-famous Overnight

 

If it were not for that film, Wei would have had to leave school at an early age, tending sheep, and then getting married, like any other girls in her village in Chicheng County, Hebei Province.

However, a chance encounter changed the course of her life.

 

Wei was born to an ordinary family in a mountainous village.

She led a poor and plain life. Before she was 13 years old, she had never stepped out of the mountains. She recalled, "At that time, I felt that the whole world was only as big as my vil