陶虹是圈中为数不多的运动员出身的影视明星，12岁进入北京花样游泳队，几年后转入国家队，曾获得过全国冠军。她还曾是国家队在水中憋气时间最长的运动员，最高纪录是3分40秒。她一直心无旁骛练习花样游泳，谁知艺术之神眷顾于她，当年姜文的电影《阳光灿烂的日子》到花样游泳队挑选演员，请她饰演王朔小说中描写的那个“长着狐狸脸的女孩”。发现了自己的表演天分的陶虹，随后走进了中戏，开始了自己的演艺之路。

TaoHong is one of the few athletes in the circle of the background in the movie star，12 years old into Beijing synchronized swimming team，A few years later into the national team，Had won the national title。She was also the country at the time the longest underwater breath-holding athletes，Highest record is 3 minutes and 40 seconds。She has been centered practice synchronized swimming，But the god of art in her，When jiang wen's movie《Sunny day》Synchronized swimming team to choose an actor，Please she played in the novel about wang“Long the fox face of girl”。Found his performance TaoHong talent，Then went into the dramas，Began his acting way。