[4] In 2003, Zhang made her acting debut in the television series, Hero During Yongle Period.
[2] She built up her popularity in China with various supporting roles in television series; such as The Romance of the Condor Heroes (2014), The Whirlwind Girl (2015) and Promise of Migratory Birds (2016).
[5][6][7] In 2017, Zhang played her first small-screen leading role in When We Were Young, a remake of the South Korean television series Who Are You: School 2015.
[8] In 2018, she starred in romance drama Summer's Desire, based on Ming Xiaoxi's novel Pao Mo Zhi Xia.
[14] In 2020, Zhang is set to star in the film Flowers Bloom in the Ashes directed by Chen Kaige.