These gorgeous and talented ladies are simply a beacon of Asian excellence, beauty and elegance
Breaking into Hollywood is hard, and it's even harder for an Asian person and a woman. But these Asian female stars have done it, and we hope to continue to see their stars shine even brighter as they pave the way for diversity in Tinseltown.
Puyaka Chopra
Name: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, 39 years old
Tidbits:
• Before winning beauty pageants, being crowned Miss World and becoming an actress, Priyanka dreamed of becoming an aeronautical engineer
• She moved to the U.S. at the age of 12 and admitted to being bullied during her studies during her high school years
• Married American singer and actor Nick Jonas on December 1, 2018
• 2015 with mother Madou Chopra
She started her own production company, Purple Pebble Pictures, where she performed for the NFL for the first time
Puyaka played the gorgeous drug dealer Victoria Leeds in "Beach Rescue Team"
She became the first Ever South Asian actor to host a TV show with "Quantico"
Puyaka will star with Keanu Reeves in the upcoming "The Matrix: Resurrection"
Yang Ziqiong
Name: Yang Ziqiong, 59 years old
• Since her first appearance in a Hong Kong martial arts film, Michelle has stuck to her stunt performances even though she is in her 50s
• In 1983, on the 21st, Michelle won the Miss Malaysia pageant and represented Malaysia in the 1983 Queen of the Pacific of Australia and Miss World London 1983
• The turning point in her career was in 1997 as the powerful Bond Girl Huilin in "Tomorrow Is Not Dead"
• She began studying ballet at the age of 4, but an injury prevented her from becoming a professional ballet dancer
Feminist! Michelle is part of Netflix's action-packed violent thriller Gunpowder Shake
She received the Asian Film Outstanding Achievement Award for her role as Eleanor Song Ying in Crazy Asian Rich
Michelle will star in her second Marvel movie, Legend of the Ten Rings.
Claudia King
Name: Kim Soo-hyun, 36 years old
• Born in Seoul, South Korea, Claudia grew up to be an international lawyer and TV anchor
• Became the first Korean actress to participate in the annual "Women in Movies"
• Married Cha Myung-geun, a Korean-American businessman on December 14, 2019.
Claudia, who gave birth to her daughter, came to Hollywood because Hollywood was willing to offer her more diverse roles than she could get in her native South Korea
She gained international attention for her role in Avengers: Age of Ultron
Played the female warrior Khutulun in the Netflix series Marco Polo
Claudia is Nagini, voldemort's snake in Harry Potter, playing a woman in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Lana Condor
Name: Lana Therese Condor, 24 years old
• Born in Vietnam, she lived for the first few months in an orphanage in Cần Thơ called Tran Dong Lan
• Adopted and renamed by her American parents, Mary Carol Condor and Bob Condor
• Received her first big film honor before her, Lana was a versatile ballet dancer and an athletic equestrian
• Lana and boyfriend Antoni della Torre have been together since 2015 and their relationship is simply romantic
Lana made her debut as mutant Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse
She also starred in the comic book version of Koyomi K. Koyomi, an adaptation of the film Alita: Battle Angel.
Where is my Peter Kavinsky now? Lana pairs up with Noah Sentinho in all three parts of the teen romantic comedy "To All the Boys I've Ever Loved."
Rinko Kikuchi
Name: Yuriko Kikuchi, 40 years old
• The first Japanese actress in 50 years to be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Babel Tower
• Rin revealed that she improved her English by watching the famous American reality show singing competition "The Voice"
• Dated director Spike Jones for two years and married Japanese actor Shota Someya since 2014
• In addition to acting, she also served as a behind-the-scenes director and was also a skilled swordsman, who played a role in Guillermo del Toro's film "Pacific Periphery"
Get ready for Monster Wars! Rinko is The True Son of Mori in Pacific Rim
She fights Keanu Reeves in 47 Ronin
Rinko was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress for her role in Kumiko the Treasure Hunter
Shiva Kaleshewan
Name: Shiva Shobitha Kalaiselvan, 37 years old
• Played Leyla Shinwari in the popular American medical drama "New Amsterdam" •
An American television series based on a character from the DC Batman comic "Gotham" made its debut in "The Dark Knight: One of My Three Soups."
• She also starred in another TV series; "Glamorous"
• Shiva graduated from Columbia University in New York with a Master of Arts in Performing Arts in 2015, but before that, she studied at The Assunta Girls Secondary School in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Since Season 3, Episode 3, Shiva has been a regular visitor to New Amsterdam
All the way from Kuala Lumpur to Gotham City!
Shiva found himself drawn to the theater
She played Katrina the sorcerer in the second season of Glamorous, who is the master of the magician.