 With her role as young Princess Taiping in historical drama "Palace of Desire", Zhou received the Audience's Choice for Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards at the 18th China TV Golden Eagle Award.Zhou achieved breakthrough on the big screen with Lou Ye's "Suzhou River" (2000), which won her the Best Actress award at the 15th Festival du Film de Paris.That year, she was named one of the Four Dan Actresses alongside Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Wei and Xu Jinglei.