Zhao wuxuu ku guuleystey guul dheeri ah "Nomadland" (2020), kaas oo soo jiitay aqoonsi caalami ah wuxuuna ku guuleystay abaalmarino badan, oo ay ku jiraan Libaaxa Dahabka ah ee Bandhigga Filimka ee Venice, Abaalmarinta Xulashada Dadka ee Bandhigga Filimka Caalamiga ah ee Toronto, iyo abaalmarino badan oo ah Filimka ugu Fiican. Zhao wuxuu ku guuleystay abaalmarinta agaasinka abaalmarinta Academy Awards
, Abaalmarinta Agaasimayaasha Guild of America, Abaalmarinta Golden Globe, iyo Abaalmarinta Akadeemiyada Filimka ee Ingiriiska; labadaba, waxay ahayd haweeneyda labaad ee ku guuleysata. Zhao waxay ku guuleysatay labadaba Filimka ugu Fiican iyo Agaasimaha ugu Fiican, iyadoo noqotay haweeneyda labaad ee taariikhda ku guuleysata tan dambe kadib Kathryn Bigelow sanadkii 2010, iyo haweeneyda ugu horeysa ee midab leh ee ku guuleysata qaybta. Waxay sidoo kale noqotay haweeneydii lixaad ee ku guuleysata abaalmarino badan oo Academy ah isla sanadkaas, ka dib Edith Head, Catherine Martin, Fran Walsh, Kathryn Bigelow iyo Frances McDormand. Filimka lama sii daynin tiyaatarka Shiinaha, iyadoo la malaynayo inay ugu wacan tahay faallooyinkeedii hore ee ku saabsan qaranka, iyo warar ku saabsan ku guuleysigeeda Agaasimaha ugu Fiican ee Abaalmarinta Akadeemiyada ayaa sidoo kale la xayiray.