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LI GONG
Li Gong was born in Shenyang and grew up in Jinan. She is China's best known actress in the West, and was named Best Actress at the 49th Venice Internationl Film Festival for her role in Qiu Ju da guan si ("The Story of Qiu Ju"). She has starred in the US films Memoirs of a Geisha, Miami Vice, and Hannibal Rising. Li was included in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People and is the beauty ambassador for L'Oreal cosmetics.
LUCY LIU
Lucy Liu who was born to Chinese immigrants in Queens, New York, always tried to balance an interest in her cultural heritage with a desire to move beyond a strictly Asian-American experience. She was the first Asian-American female to host "Saturday Night Live" in 1975. Lucy Liu ranked as as #56 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" and #79 in 2006. She was also one of the Charlie's Angels which is a super duper big movies starring as one of the Charlies Angels - Alex.
LEA SALONGA
Lea Salonga was born in Manila, Philippines. She began her singing career at the age of 10 when she recorded her first album, Small Voice. She also hosted her own musical TV show, "Love, Lea". She starred in "Miss Saigon" and was then offered the role of the singing voice of Jasmine in the Disney film Aladdin. Lea was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in 1991.
TANG WEI
Wei Tang was born in Zhejiang Province, China. She is an aspiring writer and director, and is currently bursting onto the International stage thanks to her starring role in Ang Lee�s Lust, Caution movie. She was selected from more than 10,000 actresses to appear in the movie, which won the 2007 Golden Lion award.
KELLY HU
Kelly Hu is a fourth-generation American with Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian and English ancestry. She won Miss Teen USA in 1985, and she was the very first Asian American to win the award. She competed as Miss Hawaii at Miss USA in 1993, where she won the Miss Photogenic Award and finished in the Top 6 overall. Kelly Hu was the first Asian American to be featured on the cover of Maxim Magazine. At the time of publication, Kelly Hu's cover was the biggest selling issue of Maxim in their history.
YUNKIN KIM
Yunjin Kim was born in Korea, but raised mostly in New York City. Yunjin, who is already a big star in Asia, is crossing over the Pacific and gaining American fans in the hit TV show "Lost". She was ranked #98 on Maxim's "hot 100" list of 2006 and was the February 2007 entry in Stuff magazine's 2006-2007 pin up calendar.
DEVON AOKI
Devon Aoki is of Japanese, German, and English ancestry. She started modeling when she was 13, and is now the face of Lancome and is one of the top earners at her agency, Women. She is best known for her roles in the movies 2 Fast 2 Furious, Sin City, and Sin City 2.
MICHELLE YEOH
Michelle Yeoh (who's birth name is Yang Zi Chong) was born in Ipoh, a city in West Malaysia. She spoke English and Malay before Chinese. She is the highest paid actress in Asia, and became famous in American for her role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. She acted in films like Memoirs of a Geisha. Michelle was chose by by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World and was crowned Miss Malaysia in 1983.
MAGGIE Q
Maggie Denise Quigley (better known as "Maggie Q") was born to a Polish-Irish American father and a Vietnamese mother, who met during the Vietnam War. Maggie Was a fashion model and television personality before she became a movie actress. She had a cameo in the Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker smash hit Rush Hour 2 and is part of the supporting cast in Mission: Impossible III, starring Tom Cruise. She was cast for "Live Free or Die Hard" without an audition.
ZIYI ZHANG
Ziyi Zhang is a Chinese actress. Her first appearance in an American movie was in Rush Hour 2, and since she didn't speak English, Jackie Chan had to translate everything the director said to her. Ziyi ranked 2nd of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan in 2001, was named one of the 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 by Teen People Magazine in 2001 and 2002, ranked #100 in FHM's Sexiest 100 Girls of 2002, listed in People Magazine's '50 Most Beautiful People' List in 2005. She is currently a spokesmodel for Maybelline and is a former spokesmodel for Pantene shampoo, Coca-Cola (in Asia) and Lenovo Computers.
