After winning several film awards including ones for her directorialdebut, actress Zhao Wei has returned to the small screen in theform of a tiger mom.

Zhao is starring in an urban television drama called "Tiger Mom" (Hu Ma Mao Ba), and several still photos have been released toshow the career side of the working-mother character.

Inspired by Amy Chua's controversial book "Battle Hymn of theTiger Mother", the TV drama is about a strong-willed workingmother who struggles with high expectations for her youngdaughter.

Amy Chua's book, published in 2011, raised debates over thedifferent child-rearing approaches taken by Western and Chineseparents.

Being a mother herself, Zhao has said that in real life she prefers apressure-free childhood to a disciplined one.

In the TV series, Zhao acts alongside actor Tong Dawei and actress Dong Jie. Its air date is yetto be announced.

The drama is Zhao's first TV show in five years. The 38-year-old actress gained instant fame in1998 with her lead role in the costume TV series "Princess Pearl" (Huan Zhu Ge Ge). She thenbuilt an award-winncing film career.

In 2013, she released her directorial debut film, "So Young", which won the Best DirectorialDebut award in that year's Golden Rooster Awards.