Asian actresses, while more Chinese, tend to Hollywood

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

After the kung fu fighters, Asian actresses also pulled themselves into Hollywood. So far, the most successful of them are Chinese. Refined beauty and mastery of martial arts made them the most inviting performers on many film sets in the world.

Michelle Yeoh

Born into a Chinese family in Malaysia, she studied ballet from the age of four, later she continued her studies in classical dance in London, first at school then at the London Royal Academy of Dance. Due to a spinal injury, she had to quit ballet and start specializing in dance production.

In 1983, Michelle won the Miss Malaysia contest and represented the country at Miss World. Thanks to this, she appeared in a commercial with Jackie Chan, where she was noticed by the producers of the film company D&B Films.

Like most Chinese actresses, Michelle Yeoh's first films were action films with numerous shootouts and martial arts scenes. The film that brought her fame was "Police Story - 3" with Jackie Chan. She performs stunts in many stage fights herself, although she has never been engaged in martial arts. Helps her inthis ballet training and the help of instructors.

Michelle Yeoh's 1997 film "Tomorrow Never Dies" made her breakthrough to world fame, where she got the role of Chinese spy Wei Lin and a Bond girl. The success was secured by Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was a great success at the worldwide box office. These were one of the first films in American cinema where an Asian actress played positive roles.

Michelle starred in many television series and films with the most famous Hollywood directors, invariably demonstrating the beautiful techniques of martial arts. She is the highest paid and most popular Asian actress.

Lucy Liu

Cheerful and a bit reckless Chinese woman. The first fame came to her after the series "Ally McBeal" (1998 - 2002), where she played Ling Wo. For this role, she was nominated for the most prestigious television awards as the best comedy supporting actress.

She was born in the Cunis area of New York City to a Chinese family and began learning English at the age of five. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan. In addition to English and Chinese, he also speaks Spanish, Japanese and Italian.

This Asian actress is world famous for her role as Alex Munday in Charlie's Angels and Charlie's Angels: Straight Ahead and Kill Bill and Kill Bill 2 by O-Ren Ishii.

She is currently playing Dr. Joan Watson in the television series Elementary, based on the works of Conan Doyle. Lucy alsoproduced two films - the documentary Freedom Fury and the comedy Nicknamed The Cleaner. She began to try herself as a director in some series of films "Elementary" and "Luke Cage".

Zhang Ziyi

Twice she was included in the list of "50 most beautiful people on the planet", according to People magazine. Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi was born in Beijing, studied at the dance academy and the country's best theater university, the Central Academy of Drama.

In China, she was recognized after her role in the film by the famous director Zhang Yimou in the film "The Road Home", which received the main award of the Berlin Film Festival. She co-starred with Michelle Yeoh in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2000. For both Asian actresses, this was the first step to worldwide fame.

After her stunning success with Rush Hour 2 and Memoirs of a Geisha in Hollywood, she is now doing more Chinese films. Zhang is one of the four most popular and highest paid actresses in China.

Maggie Cheung

Participated in the Miss World pageant at the same time as Michelle Yeoh as the runner-up in the Miss Hong Kong pageant. She has starred in several well-known films with Jackie Chan, including Project A: Part 2 and Police Story.

Maggie was born in Hong Kong, she studied at the girls' grammar school, then the family moved to the UK. At the age of 18, she went home on vacation and stayed there. Worked as a consultantin a beauty salon and a model.

She starred in acclaimed director Wong Kar-wai's debut film Until the Tears Are Dry. She starred in many films by Chinese and Hong Kong directors. In 2012, Maggie starred in twelve films - this is her record.

This Asian actress has been very popular with French directors, starring in several films. In 2009, she was invited by Quentin Tarantino to the film Inglourious Basterds, but during editing, all scenes with her participation were cut out.

Li Bingbing

She starred in the highest-grossing American blockbusters "Resident Evil: Retribution" as Ada Wong, and "Transformers: Age of Extinction" as Su Yuemi, showing excellent mastery of martial arts.

Li was born in Harbin, after graduating from school, she studied for three years at the Pedagogical Institute, then entered, in 1993, the Shanghai Theater Institute. The film debut took place in 1999 in the film "Seventeen Years". For her role in the film, she won the Singapore International Film Festival Award for Best Actress.

In the popular film "The Forbidden Kingdom", she starred as the witch Ni Chang with the main Chinese stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li. In the colorful historical film Detective Di and the Secret of the Ghost Flame, she played Shangguang, a kung fu master.

Li Bingbing, like many Asian actresses, is actively involved in the work of environmental funds. She is the ambassador of Korean culture in China.