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  • Cheng Pei Pei

    Cheng Pei Pei

    The unmatched queen of Shaw Bros swordplay epics, the former Shanghainese ballerina made her wu xia debut in King Hu’s classic ‘Come Drink With Me’. She went on to star in a string of actioners ..

  • Kara Hui

    Kara Hui

    Former nightclub dancer Wai Yin-hung made her name as a kung fu queen at the mighty Shaw Bros studio, where she became the foremost female protégé of martial arts legend Lau Kar-leung. Her most memo..

  • Polly Kuan

    Polly Kuan

    Taiwan-raise Polly Shang-kuan Ling-feng was the product of a broken home. When her father (a pilot) and mother (a singer) split, she was raised by her aunt and grandmother. After signing with United F..

  • Angela Mao

    Angela Mao

    Taiwan native Angela Mao Ying was trained from an early age in the rigorous art form of Chinese Opera. Her father was a famed Opera performer, and Angela inherited his grace and skill.....

  • Michelle Yeoh

    Michelle Yeoh

    When the Malaysian born Yeoh Choo-keng won first place in a beauty pageant, no-one could have guessed that she would parlay this into a career as Asia’s action queen...

  • Nora Miao

    Nora Miao

    This bright beauty of 70s Hong Kong cinema is best known worldwide as Bruce Lee’s leading lady in ‘Fist of Fury’ and ‘Way of the Dragon’. While neither of these films gave Miao a chance to s..

  • Cynthia Rothrock

    Cynthia Rothrock

    It’s a long road from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to a soundstage in Sai Kung, Hong Kong, but that was the one travelled by American martial arts champion Cynthia Rothrock. Cyndy was one of the pioneers..