2. Born to Chinese immigrants in Queens, New York.
Graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor with a degree in Asian languages and cultures.
Was the first Asian-American female to host
“Saturday Night Live”(1975).
First appeared on the big screen as an ex-girlfriend
in Jerry Maguire (1996).
Is an Emmy Award nominated Americans actress of
Chinese ancestry.
•Best known for starring in the TV series “Ally
McBeal” (1996-2000), “Charlie's Angels” (2000) and
“Kill Bill” (2003)

3. • Born in ShenYang, China
•Known as an international famous actress.
•First roles were in movies like “Ju Dou”,
“Raise the Red Lantern” and “The Story of
Qiu Ju” .
• Got a role in “Memoirs of a Geisha” which
made her a famous actress all over the
world.(2005)

4. • Born in Hawaii to a Polish-Irish American
father and a Vietnamese mother.
She is model and actress.
• Because of her memorable butt-kicking roles
in “Rush Hour 2”, “Mission: Impossible III” and
“Live Free or Die Hard”.

5. • Born in Ipoh, Malaysia.
• She was Miss Malaysia at the age of 21
(1983).
• Michelle's first movie role was in Sammo
Hung's action comedy, The Owl vs.
DumboThe Owl vs Dumbo (1984).
• She became known to western audiences
through her co-starring roles in the James
Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies” (1997) and
in the phenomenally successful “Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon” directed by Ang Lee
(2000).

6. • Born in Beijing,China.
Her first appearance in an American movie
was in Rush Hour 2 (2001).
Best Young Actress in an International Film
(2001) for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
She made her first major Hollywood role as a
geisha in the film "Memoirs of a Geisha"
directed by Rob Marshall, which is a love story.

7. • Born to Korean parents in Ontario, Canada.
• Her first play "The Canada Goose" at the age
of 10.
•Role in a made for television film called The
Diary of Evelyn Lau.
She won her first Genie (Canada's Oscar) a
year later for her leading role in Double
Happiness.
Her most recent film was the critically
acclaimed film “Sideways”. The film was
nominated for 5 Academy Awards and won the
Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.