Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I angitu a Zhao me te "Nomadland" (2020), i kukume i te rongonui o te ao me te wikitoria i nga tohu maha, tae atu ki te Golden Lion i te Venice Film Festival, te People's Choice Award i te Toronto International Film Festival, me te maha o nga tohu Ataata Pai. I riro i a Zhao ngā tohu mō te whakahaeretanga i te Academy Awards
, Directors Guild of America Awards, Golden Globe Awards, me British Academy Film Awards; i ia tinana, ko ia te wahine tuarua i toa. E wha nga whakaingoa Academy Award mo te kiriata, i wini a Zhao i te Whakaahua Pai me te Kaiwhakahaere Pai, ka noho ko ia te wahine tuarua i roto i te hitori ki te wikitoria i te whakamutunga i muri o Kathryn Bigelow i te tau 2010, me te wahine tuatahi o te tae ki te wikitoria i te waahanga. I riro hoki ia hei wahine tuaono ki te wikitoria i nga Tohu Academy maha i te tau kotahi, i muri i a Edith Head, Catherine Martin, Fran Walsh, Kathryn Bigelow me Frances McDormand. Kaore i tukuna te kiriata ki te whare tapere i Haina, me te whakapae na nga korero o mua mo te iwi, ana ko nga korero mo tana toa Kaiwhakahaere Pai i te Academy Awards kei te tirotirohia ano hoki.