Overseas Chinese Actors
by alicetheseer | created - 03 Jan 2016 | updated - 19 Dec 2016 | PublicList of actors/actresses who were born and/or raised outside of China and Taiwan (e.g. in USA, UK, Canada, Australia, etc.)
1. Michelle Ang
Actress | Fear the Walking Dead
Michelle is well known around the world from her early work as a regular cast member on the Australian show "Neighbours" and the hit teen shows "The Tribe" and "Underemployed".
Emmy-nominated for her role of Alex in "Fear the Walking Dead; Flight 462", she won "Best Actress in A Feature Film" at the...
New Zealander
2. Kelsey Asbille
Actress | Fargo
Kelsey Asbille Chow is the oldest of three siblings, a younger brother and younger sister. At a young age she studied dance, and grew to love performing. School plays led to community theater, then she was member of the Hammond Select Ensemble, which she has performed with in Italy and other places...
American
3. Chloe Bennet
Actress | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Chloe Bennet is an American actress and singer. She is best known for ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).
Bennet was born Chloe Wang in Chicago, Illinois. Her father is Han Chinese and her mother is Caucasian American.
At 15, she moved to China to pursue a singing career under her birth name, Chloe ...
American
4. Natasha Liu Bordizzo
Actress | Ahsoka
Natasha Liu Bordizzo is an Australian actress.
She was born on the 25th of August 1994 in Sydney. Natasha has an academic background, having deferred a law degree to pursue work in film. She also holds a strong background in sports - particularly martial arts, having achieved a black-belt in ...
Australian
5. Michael Paul Chan
Actor | Falling Down
Michael Paul Chan was born on June 26, 1950 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Falling Down (1993), The Goonies (1985) and Spy Game (2001). He has been married to Christina Ann Chan since January 11, 1975. They have one child.
American
6. Gemma Chan
Actress | The Creator
Gemma Chan (born 29 November 1982) is a British film, television, and theatre actress and former fashion model. She played Charlotte in season four of the Showtime and ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007); Ruth in Channel 4's Fresh Meat (2011); Mia Bennett in Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars...
British
7. Wesley Chan
Director | Single by 30
Wesley Chan is known for Single by 30 (2016), Everything Before Us (2015) and Zoetic (2019).
American
8. Grant Chang
Actor | Mr. Robot
Grant Chang is a film and stage actor who splits his time between New York City and Los Angeles. He spent two seasons recurring as GRANT on the hit USA series Mr. Robot. His expansive television work includes guest starring roles on Law and Order, The Knick, Deception and much more. He had his ...
American
9. Rosalind Chao
Actress | 3 Body Problem
Rosalind Chao is best known for M*A*S*H, The Joy Luck Club (1993), Star Trek, What Dreams May Come, and most recently The Laundromat (2019), and Plus One (2019). She was born and raised in Orange County, California where her parents ran a Chinese restaurant and pancake house. Rosalind first began ...
American
10. Frédéric Chau
Actor | Lucy
Frédéric Chau was born on June 6, 1977 in Saigon, Vietnam. He is an actor and writer, known for Lucy (2014), From Paris with Love (2010) and Serial Bad Weddings (2014).
French
11. Osric Chau
Actor | 2012
Osric Chau was born in Vancouver, Canada, to a father from Hong Kong and a mother from Malaysia. He had spent years training martial arts with aspirations to work in stunts when he landed his first leading role alongside the late David Carradine in Kung Fu Killer (2008) that was shot in Hengdian, ...
Canadian
12. Lynn Chen
Actress | Grey's Anatomy
At the age of five, Lynn Chen began singing on the stage of The Metropolitan Opera House. She has been performing ever since. Her feature film debut was in Sony Pictures Classics' Saving Face, a role that won her the title of "Outstanding Newcomer" at the 2006 AXAwards. She has been a fixture on ...
American
13. James Chen
Actor | The Walking Dead
James Chen is an American actor who is known for his versatile work in TV, international film, and theater. He trained as an actor at the prestigious Yale School of Drama where upon graduation he led the School of Acting in commencement ceremonies and was awarded the Dexter Wood Luke Memorial Prize.
...
American
14. Ian Chen
Actor | Shazam!
Ian Chen was born on September 7, 2006 in Los Angeles. At age 5, Ian booked his first national commercial and has since then, steadily worked in commercials, print, and television shows. In March 2014, he landed his big break when he booked the comedic role of Evan Huang in ABC's Fresh Off the Boat...
American
15. Terry Chen
Actor | Almost Famous
Terry Keli Chen was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He moved around growing up but was raised mainly in Alberta and on the West coast. After dropping out of the University of Calgary he spent two years traveling throughout Cuba and the Cayman Islands. Terry moved back to Vancouver, British ...
Canadian
16. Olivia Cheng
Actress | Warrior
Olivia Cheng is a dynamic actress and activist born in Edmonton, Alberta to working class, Cantonese-speaking immigrant parents. It was they who helped co-found the Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association's Mandarin program within the city's public school system to which Olivia credits for...
Canadian
17. Clem Cheung
Actor | Manifest
Clem Cheung is known for Manifest (2018), The Wizard of Lies (2017) and Baywatch (2017).
18. Lori Tan Chinn
Actress | Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Funny, adorable Lori Tan Chinn is a prolific theater house actress. Since the early 1980s she has played in minor yet memorable on-camera roles, particularly supporting Roseanne Barr in Susan Seidelman's dark comedy film She-Devil (1989), as Iris the hairdresser in the second season of Roseanne (...
American
19. Fiona Choi
Actress | The Family Law
Born in Melbourne Australia, Fiona is best known for playing Jenny Law in The Family Law for NBC Universal & SBS Australia, for which she received an AACTA nomination for Best Performance in a Television Comedy and three consecutive Equity Awards for Best Ensemble in a Television Comedy.
Fiona lived...
Australian
20. Christina Chong
Actress | Johnny English Reborn
Christina Chong is an international television and film actress who stars in the CBS series "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" as series regular 'La'an Noonien-Singh,' alongside Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn. The series expanded on the iconic franchise, with six new crew members on the USS Enterprise...
British (English)
21. Jason Chong
Actor | Mi chao
Jason Chong was born on October 29, 1969 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor, known for 7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018), Wolf Creek (2016) and Marco Polo (2014).
Australian
22. Rae Dawn Chong
Actress | Commando
Rae Dawn Chong was born February 28, 1961 in Edmonton, Canada. After a few film and television spots, Rae Dawn earned a Genie for her performance in Jean-Jacques Annaud's prehistoric-drama Quest for Fire (1981). She played the young, Ivaka prisoner, Ika. Other notables roles include Harpo's ...
Canadian
23. Collin Chou
Actor | The Matrix Revolutions
Collin Chou was born on August 11, 1967 in Taiwan. He is an actor, known for The Matrix Revolutions (2003), The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Forbidden Kingdom (2008). He has been married to Wanda Yung since December 10, 1997. They have two children.
American
24. Katie Cockrell
Actress | Star Trek Into Darkness
Katie Cockrell is an American actress, dancer, and performer. She grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah and started dancing at the age of 5. She's of mixed ethnic background, her mother is Chinese and her father is English and Irish. Katie has an identical twin sister, Kellie, who is also an actress. ...
American
25. Edward Chen
Actor | Eat with Me
Born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Teddy Chen combines athleticism and smarts, earning a Collegiate Baseball Scholarship and attending the Ivy League's Cornell University. He discovered a love of acting, moved to LA, studied in Larry Moss's Masterclass, and starred in roles on stage and TV ...
American
26. Teresa Daley
Actress | Transformers: Age of Extinction
Teresa Daley was born on June 1, 1989 in the USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Days We Stared at the Sun (2010) and Sweet Relationship (2007).
American
27. Tiffany Espensen
Actress | Hop
Tiffany Espensen was born on February 10, 1999 in Lianjiang, China. She is an actress, known for Hop (2011), Repo Men (2010) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). She has been married to Lawson Bates since May 12, 2022.
American
28. Erika Fong
Actress | Transformers: Age of Extinction
Erika Fong was born on May 10, 1986 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress, known for Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Power Rangers Samurai (2011) and Power Rangers Super Samurai (2012).
American
29. Jon Foo
Actor | Tekken
Jon Foo was born October 30th, 1982 in London England. He is known for his roles in The Protector (2005) Tekken (2010) WEAPONiZED (2016) and Rush Hour (2016) . Inspired by His fathers karate and mothers Judo He began training Kung Fu and now trains mixed styles. He went from performing at festivals...
British (English)
30. Godfrey Gao
Actor | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Godfrey Gao was born on September 22, 1984 in Taiwan. He was an actor, known for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), The Jade Pendant (2017) and Toy Story 3 (2010). He died on November 27, 2019 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
Canadian
31. Trystan Go
Actor | The Family Law
Trystan Go is a film, television and theatre actor, critically acclaimed for "grounding characters in reality" (IndieWire).
Trystan is known for his portrayal of Benjamin Law in The Family Law (2016) (Hulu, SBS), winning him three Equity Ensemble Awards. The Guardian appraised Trystan for "achieving...
Australian
32. Chin Han
Actor | The Dark Knight
Named one of Asia's 25 greatest actors of all-time by CNNGo (a division of CNN) alongside stars like Japan's Toshiro Mifune and India's Amitabh Bachchan and nominated for Variety's Asian Star of the Year Award in 2013, Chin Han's 20 year career has spanned many international theater, television and...
Singaporean
33. Jessica Henwick
Actress | The Royal Hotel
Jessica Yu Li Henwick is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Colleen Wing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making her debut in the Netflix television series Iron...
British (English)
34. Remy Hii
Actor | Marco Polo
Remy Hii began his career on stage at the age of 19 with the Queensland Theatre Company in the award winning play The Estimator. Television roles soon followed, and three years of full time study with the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, Australia where he graduated in 2011.
...
Australian
35. Sandrine Holt
Actress | House of Cards
Sandrine Holt was born in London, England, UK. Sandrine is an actor, known for House of Cards (2013), Mr. Robot (2015) and Homeland (2011). Sandrine was previously married to Travis Huff.
British (English) + Canadian
36. April Hong
Actress | Kung Fu Panda 2
April Hong was born on April 11, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008).
American
37. James Hong
Actor | Everything Everywhere All at Once
James Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He studied civil engineering at the University of Minnesota, but at some point along the way became interested in acting. He graduated from the University of Southern California and practiced for 1½ years as a road engineer with the County of Los ...
American
38. Kelly Hu
Actress | The Scorpion King
On February 13th, 1968, a girl of Chinese, English, and Hawaiian ancestry was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her father, Herbert, was a salesman and her mother, Juanita, worked many odd jobs to help support the family. She has one older brother, Glenn. She is a former Miss Teen USA, and modeled in Japan...
American
39. Shuang Hu
Actress | The Family Law
Shuang Hu is a Chinese Australian actress based in Los Angeles. She was born in Tianjin, China and moved to Australia when she was 5 years old. She made her TV debut on the Australian SBS TV Series 'The Family Law' (2016-19) as Candy Law and is known for her work on Comedy Central's Ronny Chieng ...
Australian
40. Grace Huang
Actress | The Man with the Iron Fists
With 14 feature films and 6 television series to her name, Grace represents the best of East meets West. Fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, Grace has acted in all three languages on screen in award winning films and blockbusters in the Asia Pacific region and was honored with the Best ...
Australian
41. Celina Jade
Actress | The Man with the Iron Fists
Celina Horan, professionally known as Celina Jade, is a Chinese American actress, model, singer/songwriter and martial artist most known for her work as "Shado" in the CW series Arrow. Jade's acting career started in Hong Kong in 2007. She was cast as the leading lady in her first film, Legendary ...
American
42. Mylène Jampanoï
Actress | Martyrs
Mylène Jampanoï is a French actress and model.
She was born on 12 July 1980 in Aix-en-Provence, France, to a Chinese father and a French Breton mother. She married Indian supermodel and actor Milind Soman in Goa in 2006. They met during the shooting of their film Valley of Flowers (2006). The two ...
French
43. Jing Lusi
Actress | Crazy Rich Asians
Jing Lusi was born in Shanghai and moved to England with her parents at the age of five. After graduating law from University College London, Lusi went on to become one of the most prominent Asian actresses in the UK. She has appeared across TV (Lucky Man (2016), Scott & Bailey (2011)), film (...
British
44. Samantha Win
Stunts | Army of the Dead
Samantha Win Tjhia (formerly Samantha Jo) was born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada to a Chinese father and Caucasian/Canadian mother, Charles and Leslie. She has two older brothers who reside in Toronto with the rest of her family. Samantha started acted at the age of 10, appearing in several toy ...
Canadian
45. Melise
Actress | The Shannara Chronicles
Malese Jow, originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, has developed into an actress, songstress, and entertainer.
Malese began her acting career in 1999 with McDonald's commercials when the head of advertising heard her sing and booked her in several spots and jingles. Then in 2002, at the ripe age of 11, ...
American
46. Shannon Kook
Actor | The Conjuring
Shannon Kook was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. His mother is natively South African, and his father is from the Mauritian Islands. He is a classically trained actor from the prestigious National Theatre School of Canada, accepting only 12 acting students a year. Shannon also ...
South African
47. Kristin Kreuk
Actress | EuroTrip
Kristin Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Deanna Che, who is of Chinese ancestry, and Peter Kreuk, who is of Dutch descent. Her parents are landscape architects. She attended and graduated from Eric Hamber Secondary School. Although she did some stage work in school, she ...
Canadian
48. Michelle Krusiec
Actress | Hollywood
Michelle Krusiec is an award winning Taiwanese American director, writer and actor whose lengthy career has proven to be a versatile and influential presence in the industry. Michelle writes and directs in genre, weaving in personal narrative and comedy. She's an alumnae of the AFI Directing ...
American
49. Loretta Kung
Actress | The Family Law
Loretta Kung is a Chinese Australian actress who represents the best of East meets West. Born in Hong Kong, she moved to Darwin with her family when she was a child. She has a strong connection with her cultural heritage and is fluent in her native dialect of Cantonese.
At an early age, she began ...
Australian
50. Byron Lawson
Actor | Snakes on a Plane
Byron Lawson was born and raised in Vancouver B.C. Canada. After having studied Robotics Engineering at the University of British Columbia. Byron decided to focus on his love of film and acting and put his then job as project manager for a major property developer on hold. Since then Byron has ...
Canadian
51. Elizabeth Lazan
Actress | The Sound of Waves
Elizabeth Lazan is a Singapore-born Actress, Host and Writer. She is of mixed heritage, Italian-Chinese-English, and is bilingual in Mandarin. She lived in Australia before returning to Singapore where she started working in Film, Television and Stage. A graduate of The William Esper Studio (NYC), ...
Singaporean + Australian
52. Jason Scott Lee
Actor | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Of Hawaiian and Chinese descent, Jason Scott Lee was born in Los Angeles, California, but raised in Hawaii from the age of two. His interest in acting began while studying in high school. It blossomed further when he enrolled in Fullerton College, where he studied under acting coach Sal Romeo. His ...
American
53. Sook-Yin Lee
Actress | Shortbus
Sook-Yin Lee was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Sook-Yin is an actor and writer, known for Shortbus (2006), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) and Infinity Pool (2023).
Canadian
54. Kaitlyn Leeb
Actress | Total Recall
Kaitlyn is an actress for film and television with a degree from York University in Psychology.
Kaitlyn first started out in the industry as a print model in ad campaigns and billboards for companies such as Virgin Mobile, Dentyne Ice, FUZE fruit drinks, and RBC for the 2010 TIFF before starting her ...
Canadian
55. Kenny Leu
Actor | Midway
Kenny Leu is an up-and-coming actor. He is known for his compelling lead roles in small-budget films that became big hits:
Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope (2017) is a 33-minute film on YouTube with over 17M views. Despite having a miniscule budget, and the challenge of adapting a beloved anime ...
American
56. Katie Leung
Actress | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Katie Leung began her career when she was cast as Cho Chang in the Warner Brothers feature film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, a role she subsequently reprised for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II). Alongside her acting career, Katie ...
British (Scottish)
57. Ken Leung
Actor | Old
Ken Leung was raised in the Two Bridges section of the Lower East Side in New York City. His family moved to Midwood, Brooklyn where he grew up before finishing high school in Old Bridge, New Jersey. He attended NYU and studied acting with Catherine Russell and Nan Smithner, then briefly with Anne ...
American
58. Li Jun Li
Actress | Babylon
Li Jun Li was born in Shanghai and at the age of six, moved to Bogotá, Colombia where Spanish became her second language. She then relocated to New York City, where she attended Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts as a Dance major. This is where she discovered her ...
American
59. Ashley Liao
Actress | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Ashley Liao was born on October 21, 2001 in the USA. She is an actress, known for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), Love in Taipei (2023) and Physical (2021).
60. Ludi Lin
Actor | Power Rangers
Ludi Lin is a unique actor striding Hollywood and China and one of the most outspoken voices in Asian Representation in Hollywood. Being born in China, he received his education and enculturation in many different countries around the world. Rather than deciding to be an actor, he feels he simply ...
Canadian
61. Julia Ling
Actress | Tactical Girl
Most widely known for her work on prime time television on shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, House (FOX), ER, Grey's Anatomy, The OC, 8 Simple Rules (Disney), The Deep End (ABC), the critically acclaimed Aaron Sorkin series, Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip (NBC), Julia Ling starred as the popular "...
American
62. Lucy Liu
Actress | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Born to immigrants in New York City, Lucy Liu has always tried to balance an interest in her cultural heritage with a desire to move beyond a strictly Asian-American experience. Her mother, Cecilia, a biochemist, is from Beijing & her father, Tom Liu, a civil engineer, is from Shanghai. Once ...
American
63. Simu Liu
Actor | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Simu is a Chinese-Canadian actor who won a Game Changer Award and People's Choice Award for his role as Shang-Chi in the Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Before his leading role in a Marvel movie, he played Jung Kim on the CBC sitcom Kim's Convenience (2016). He is ...
Canadian
64. Jessica Lu
Actress | Awkward.
Jessica Lu was born and raised in a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, to artistic parents who grew up in more practical times. Her parents are from South Korea, with her father being Chinese and Japanese, and her mother being Chinese. They speak English, Mandarin and Korean at home. Despite ...
American
65. Elfina Luk
Actress | Skyscraper
With a diverse array of credits to her name, Elfina Luk has displayed her comedic talents alongside renowned actors such as Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld, Hit the Road") and Ron Livingston in "Tully" and "Loudermilk." Her dramatic and trilingual skills are evident in the Hollywood blockbuster "...
Canadian
66. Maggie Ma
Actress | Final Destination 3
Maggie Ma was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Final Destination 3 (2006), The Invisible (2007) and I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009).
Canadian
67. Bérénice Marlohe
Actress | Skyfall
French actress Bérénice Marlohe first came to international attention when she was cast as the glamorous and enigmatic Severine in the twenty-third Bond film Skyfall (2012), alongside Daniel Craig which grossed over 1.11 billion dollars worldwide. Marlohe will continue to expand her presence in the...
French
68. Mei Melançon
Actress | The Affair
Meiling Melançon was born to a Chinese/Japanese father and French mother, but was raised by her step-father who is American. Her childhood was spent in countries in Asia and Europe. At the age of five she learned to play guitar and was in a Summer children's band called The Blossoms that toured ...
American
69. Olivia Munn
Actress | The Newsroom
Lisa Olivia Munn was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her mother, Kimberly Schmid, lived in Vietnam, and is of Chinese ancestry, while her father, Winston Barrett Munn, is from a family with deep roots in the American South. Olivia's parents divorced when she was two years old, and she was raised ...
American
70. Mayling Ng
Actress | The Suicide Squad
Mayling Ng is a real life Warrior Superhero. A recognized Shaolin Black Belt in 9 Kung Fu weapons and an award winning Fitness Champion, she has combined her acting experience, skill set and unique look to find success in the film industry with roles in DC Comics films such as The Suicide Squad and...
English
71. Elizabeth Pan
Actress | Tell Me Lies
Elizabeth Pan is known for Tell Me Lies (2022), Just Beyond (2021) and Over the Moon (2020).
American
72. Chris Pang
Actor | Crazy Rich Asians
Chris Pang was born on December 29, 1984 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and producer, known for Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Palm Springs (2020) and Charlie's Angels (2019).
Australian
73. Janel Parrish
Actress | Pretty Little Liars
Janel Parrish is an American actress and singer who portrayed Mona Vanderwaal in Pretty Little Liars (2010).
She was born Janel Meilani Parrish on October 30, 1988 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, to parents Joanne (Mew) and Mark Phillip Parrish. Her mother is of Chinese descent and her father is ...
American
74. Eddie Peng
Actor | Mei Gong he xing dong
For someone who never considered entering showbiz, Eddie Peng has certainly carved out an amazing acting career. He is arguably the Chinese film industry's most recognizable and bankable star today, having starred in over 30 box-office hits - a canny mix of epic blockbusters and indie projects.
Peng...
Taiwanese (moved to Canada at 13)
75. Harry Shum Jr.
Actor | Crazy Rich Asians
Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is a Costa Rican-born Chinese American actor, dancer, and choreographer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee (2009-15) and as Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters (2016-19). He was nominated for ...
American + Costa Rican
76. Steph Song
Actress | War
Voted as the "#1 Sexiest Woman in the World 2006" by FHM readers in Asia, and one of the "10 People in Entertainment to Look Out For" in Canada 2006 by Playback, Steph Song also has degrees in Nursing and Journalism.
She started as a television host for National Geographic's EarthPulse (2001) and ...
Malaysian
77. Phillipa Soo
Actress | Hamilton
Phillipa Anne Soo is an American actress. Soo is best known for originating the role of Eliza Hamilton in the Broadway musical Hamilton, a performance which earned her a nomination for a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater ...
American
78. Nikki SooHoo
Actress | Stick It
Nikki SooHoo is an American-born actress from Southern California. Best known for her roles in the movies: "The Lovely Bones," directed by Peter Jackson, "Stick It," the gymnastics movie starring alongside Jeff Bridges, and "Bring It On: Fight to the Finish," the cheerleading movie costarring with ...
American
79. Brandon Soo Hoo
Actor | Tropic Thunder
Brandon Soo Hoo was born on November 2, 1995 in Pasadena, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Tropic Thunder (2008), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and Ender's Game (2013).
American
80. Hayden Szeto
Actor | The Edge of Seventeen
Hayden Szeto was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Edge of Seventeen (2016), Truth or Dare (2018) and Lodge 49 (2018).
Canadian
81. Melissa Tang
Actress | Beginners
Melissa Tang was born on May 7, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Beginners (2010), A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) and The Kominsky Method (2018).
American
82. Meg Tilly
Actress | The Big Chill
Meg Tilly was set on being a dancer, and at 17 connected to the Connecticut Ballet Company and later Throne Dance Theatre. It was in this capacity that she had her screen debut in Alan Parker's Fame (1980). Unfortunately, an injury to her back cut short her plans for a dance career, and a small ...
American + Canadian
83. Teresa Ting
Actress | Orange Is the New Black
Teresa Ting is known for Orange Is the New Black (2013) and She Has a Name (2016).
American
84. Lauren Tom
Actress | The Joy Luck Club
Lauren Tom is an Obie Award-winning actress, known for her roles as a dutiful daughter in the film The Joy Luck Club, as Ross's girlfriend, Julie, on the classic NBC sitcom Friends, and most recently as Mrs. Tran on Supernatural. Lauren also lent her voice talents on the animated series Futurama as...
American
85. Albert Tsai
Actor | Abominable
Albert Tsai is an American actor. He started his professional career at the age of 9. Albert won rave reviews and multiple awards recognition for his breakout role as Bert on the ABC comedy series Trophy Wife, including a "Best Supporting Actor" nomination from 2014 Critics' Choice Television ...
American
86. Yee Jee Tso
Actor | Antitrust
Yee Jee Tso was born on March 10, 1975 in Hong Kong, China. He is an actor, known for Antitrust (2001), 50/50 (2011) and Doctor Who (1996).
Canadian
87. Jessika Van
Actress | Seoul Searching
Jessika Van started in music as a classically-trained pianist and singer. As a child, she won dance competition titles and music awards that led to her performing for local Philharmonic Society events and the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson.
As an actress, Jessika broke onto the Hollywood scene in ...
American
88. Vanessa Vanderstraaten
Actress | The Fifth Floor
Born and bred in Singapore, Vanessa graduated in 2011 from Nanyang Technological University where she majored in English Literature and minored in Drama and Performance. After being involved in junior college and university plays, she joined Singapore Repertory Theatre's Young Company in 2010, ...
Singaporean
89. Kelly Vitz
Actress | Sky High
Kelly Vitz was born on June 10, 1988 in Hollywood, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Sky High (2005), Nancy Drew (2007) and The Temerity of Zim (2008).
American
90. Ase Wang
Actress | The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure
Ase, one of the most successful young models in Thailand, comes from a background of mixed heritage with Chinese and Swedish parentage. She is fluent in English, Swedish and semi-fluent in Mandarin and Thai. Having grown up in Singapore, but based in Bangkok, Thailand, she has worked in various ...
Singaporean
91. Philip Wang
Writer | Single by 30
Philip Wang is known for Single by 30 (2016), Everything Before Us (2015) and Agents of Secret Stuff (2010).
American
92. Kelsey Wang
Actress | Magnum P.I.
Kelsey Wang is an Asian American actress. Her stage credits include Liuli in the U.S. Premiere of Chimerica (2014 Olivier and Evening Standard Award for Best Play) at Studio Theater in Washington D.C. and a leading role in Pan Asian Repertory Theater's Off-Broadway production. She grew up in Asia ...
Unknown
93. Ming-Na Wen
Actress | Mulan
Ming-Na ("enlightenment") was born on the island of Macau, forty miles from Hong Kong. Her mother, Lin Chan Wen, divorced her father when Ming-Na was only a toddler. She has an older brother named Jonathan. After the divorce, they moved to Hong Kong where her mother became a nurse. There her mother...
American
94. Benedict Wong
Actor | Annihilation
Benedict Wong is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Kublai Khan in Netflix's Marco Polo (2014-2016), Bruce Ng in The Martian (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Doctor Strange (2016). Wong was born on 3 July 1971 in Eccles, Greater Manchester, the son of Hong Kong ...
British
95. Russell Wong
Actor | Romeo Must Die
Russell Wong has earned a reputation as a sexy, charismatic leading man whose good looks are matched by his skills as an actor. The sixth of seven children, Russell Wong was born in Troy, New York; the son of restaurateur William Wong and Dutch-American artist Connie Van Yserloo. When Russell was ...
American
96. Anthony Brandon Wong
Actor | The Matrix Revolutions
Anthony Brandon Wong is an award-winning actor who has played a wide range of roles in numerous films and more than 40 hit television programs in the US, Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Africa. He has also played lead and major roles in over thirty stage productions, mostly in ...
Australian
97. Kea Wong
Actress | X-Men: The Last Stand
Kea Wong is known for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X2 (2003) and Millennium (1996).
Canadian
98. BD Wong
Actor | Jurassic Park
BD Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He made his Broadway debut in "M. Butterfly." He is the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theater World Award for the same performance. He starred in the ...
American
99. Jadyn Wong
Actress | Scorpion
A Canadian actress who has a black belt in karate and is also a classical pianist, Jadyn J. Wong made her professional acting debut in the Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated miniseries Broken Trail (2006) on June 24, 2006, with Academy Award-winner Robert Duvall. She was handpicked for ...
Canadian
100. Tom Wu
Actor | Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
Tom Wu was born on May 15, 1972 in Hong Kong, China. He is an actor, known for Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes (2015), The Gentlemen (2019) and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019).
British
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