| ASIAN AMERICAN STARS |
| Only in recent years has Hollywood started to focus on the Asian American community of actors, actresses, athletes and singers. Some of today and tomorows brightest stars that are from, or relate to the Asian community are making a big splash in Hollywood today. (The ones below are some of my favorite Asian American related stars.) |
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| Kristin Kreuk - actress Dutch, Chinese-American |
| Kelly Hu - actress, former Miss Teen USA Hawaiian, British, Chinese-American |
| Lucy Liu - actress Chinese-American |
| China Chow - actress, model German, British, Chinese, Japanese-American |
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| Sharon Tay - newscaster for KTLA Chinese-American |
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| Maile Misajon - actress, singer, formerly with the group Eden's Crush Hawaiian, Irish, Filipino-American |
| Nicole Scherzinger - singer, formerly with the group Eden's Crush Hawaiian, Russian, Filipino-American |
| TO NAME SOME MORE: Kate Beckinsale - actress/ she is 1/8th Burmese (interesting, no?) Apolo Anton Ohno - athlete/ Japanese-American, White Michelle Kwan - athlete/ Chinese-American Tamilyn Tomita - actress/ Japanese-American Keanu Reeves - actor/ Hawaiian, English, Chinese-American Dean Cain - actor/ Japanese-American, White Rob Schneider - actor/ Filipino-American, White Stacey Kamano - actress/ German, Russian, Polish, Japanese-American Lindsay Price - actress/ Korean-American, German, Irish Rusell Wong - actor/ Chinese-American, White Tia Carrere - actress/ Hawaiian, Spanish, Filipino, Chinese-American Kristin Yamaguchi - athlete/ Japanese-American Shannon Elizabeth - actress/ French, English, Native American, Syrian, Lebanese-American Mike Shinoda - singer from Linkin Park/ Japanese-American, White Ann Curry - newscaster for NBC/ French, Scottish, Native American, Japanese-American Malia Jones - surfer, model/ German, Spanish, English, Hawaiian, Filipino-American Paula Abdul - singer, choreographer, dancer/ French, Canadian, Brazilian, Jewish, Syrian-American Hoku Ho - singer/ Hawaiian, Portugese, Dutch, Chinese-American, White Tiger Woods - athlete/ African American, Native American, Thai, Chinese-American, White Devon Aoki - model/ Japanese, British There are more out there though that I failed to name. I just named some that came to mind. Asian Americans are finally breaking down the barriers in showbiz. But there is still a long ways to go. Breaking into showbiz is one thing, breaking down the stereotypes is another. The importance though, is that we are all human. Also we should embrace our ancestral herritage and hold on to them for as long as we can. |
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| Michelle Branch - singer White, Indonesian-American |
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| Liz Cho - newscaster for ABC Austro-Hungarian, Korean-American |