 Zhou was ranked 91st on "Forbes" China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 15th in 2014, 17th in 2015, 60th in 2017, and 53rd in 2019.Zhou was born to a middle-class family in Quzhou, Zhejiang.Her father, Zhou Tianning (), was a local film projectionist, and her mother, Chen Yiqin (), was a salesperson at a department store.