Famous Chinese Americans Entertainment: Acting

	Who	What
Buy @Amazon.com	胡凱莉 Kelly Hu b. 1968, Hawaii	Hu won the title of Miss Teen USA in 1985, the first Asian American to do so. After moving to the mainland, she appeared in a number of commercials and small parts in several TV shows and movies. Her training in the martial arts earned her a recurring role in the TV show Martial Law (starring Sammo Hung). In 2002, she co-starred in her first major film role opposite The Rock in The Scorpion King. More recently, she appeared in the Jet Li movie Cradle 2 the Grave and as Lady Deathstrike in the X-Men sequel, X2: X-Men United.
	Malese Jow b. 1991, Tulsa, Oklahoma	A talented teen actress, singer, and songwriter, she was born of a Chinese father and a Caucasian mother with Cherokee Indian blood. She played the role of Geena Fabiano in the Nickelodeon show Unfabulous for three seasons and appears in Bratz, the Movie. Prior to that, she competed in Ed McMahon's Next Big Star and appeared in some McDonald commercials. More recently, she's appeared in a number of TV shows and has been doing some songwriting.
Buy @Amazon.com	關家蒨 Nancy Kwan b. 1939, Hong Kong	Kwan, daughter of a Chinese father and a British mother, was an 18-year old student at the British Royal Ballet School, when she was tapped for the title role in The World of Suzie Wong. The next year she starred in the movie version of The Flower Drum Song, the first major Hollywood film with an all Asian American cast. Her subsequent movies were less successful but she continued to appear in various movie and TV roles, including the Noble House miniseries. She also owned her own production company in Hong Kong, producing commercials for the Southeast Asian market. More recently, she has served as the spokesperson for the Asian American Voters Coalition.

Who

What

胡凱莉
Kelly Hu

b. 1968, Hawaii

Hu won the title of Miss Teen USA in 1985, the first Asian American to do so. After moving to the mainland, she appeared in a number of commercials and small parts in several TV shows and movies. Her training in the martial arts earned her a recurring role in the TV show Martial Law (starring Sammo Hung). In 2002, she co-starred in her first major film role opposite The Rock in The Scorpion King. More recently, she appeared in the Jet Li movie Cradle 2 the Grave and as Lady Deathstrike in the X-Men sequel, X2: X-Men United.

Malese Jow

b. 1991, Tulsa, Oklahoma

A talented teen actress, singer, and songwriter, she was born of a Chinese father and a Caucasian mother with Cherokee Indian blood. She played the role of Geena Fabiano in the Nickelodeon show Unfabulous for three seasons and appears in Bratz, the Movie. Prior to that, she competed in Ed McMahon's Next Big Star and appeared in some McDonald commercials. More recently, she's appeared in a number of TV shows and has been doing some songwriting.

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關家蒨
Nancy Kwan

b. 1939, Hong Kong

Kwan, daughter of a Chinese father and a British mother, was an 18-year old student at the British Royal Ballet School, when she was tapped for the title role in The World of Suzie Wong. The next year she starred in the movie version of The Flower Drum Song, the first major Hollywood film with an all Asian American cast. Her subsequent movies were less successful but she continued to appear in various movie and TV roles, including the Noble House miniseries. She also owned her own production company in Hong Kong, producing commercials for the Southeast Asian market. More recently, she has served as the spokesperson for the Asian American Voters Coalition.