Zhao, an actress, graduated from Langfang Electronic Information Engineering School, not a key university. Moreover, after graduation, she didn't take the flight attendant exam because of family conditions, and found a job near her home.

In May, 2006, by chance, Zhao, who liked acting since childhood, signed up for the Yahoo Star Search Competition jointly sponsored by Yahoo!, Zhejiang Satellite TV and Huayi Brothers, and finally won the Xiaogang Feng Group championship with her good performance and the support of voting netizens, thus playing the leading actress of millions of advertisements directed by Xiaogang Feng, and was signed by Huayi Brothers to enter the entertainment circle.