Zhang gained recognition with the Taiwanese television dramas My MVP Valentine (2002) and At Dolphin Bay (2003).

Her career was derailed in 2008 by a public row with her family, which was further worsened by a falling out with her label, Linfair Records.

She did not revive her career until the Hunan TV reality show Singer 2018, where she participated as both a host and contestant.

Zhang was born into an ethnic Hakka family from Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan, as the eldest of three children.

[8] In 2008, Zhang was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse and disappeared from the public eye, traveling between Taiwan and Canada for medical treatment.

[11] Zhang's career did not revive from the prolonged family row until her participation in the reality show Singer 2018, after which her uncle again accused Zhang of unfilialness, claiming that she had promised to provide NT$60,000 per month to support her parents and to buy each of them a house, but failed to fulfill these commitments.