Shannon Lee
| Shannon Lee | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 李香凝 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 李香凝 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Lǐ Xiāngníng (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Lei5 Heong1 Jing4 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Shannon Emery Lee |
| Ancestry | Shunde, Guangdong, China |
| Born |
April 19, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Business person, Actress |
| Years active | 1993–2002 |
| Spouse(s) | Anthony Ian Keasler (1994 – Present) |
| Children | Wren Keasler |
| Parents |
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Linda Lee Cadwell (born 1945) |
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Shannon Emery Lee (born April 19, 1969) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the daughter of martial arts film star Bruce Lee and Linda Lee Cadwell, the granddaughter of Cantonese opera singer Lee Hoi-Chuen, and the younger sister of Brandon Lee.[1]
Personal life
Shannon Lee was born as the second child to Bruce Lee and Linda C. Emery and her family lived in Hong Kong from 1971 to 1973, after which her mother moved back to the United States following the death of her father. Together, they lived in Seattle, Washington (Linda's hometown) and Los Angeles. Shannon grew up in the affluent area of Rolling Hills, California.
Graduating from The Chadwick School in 1987, Lee then attended Tulane University in New Orleans, where she studied voice and graduated in 1991. She moved back to Los Angeles in 1993 after her brother's death to pursue acting. She married lawyer Anthony Keasler in 1994, and gave birth to their daughter, Wren, in 2003.
She is also known for managing her father's official Facebook memorial page.
Career
Lee made her acting debut playing a cameo in her father's biopic film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story in 1993. She went onto appear in the direct-to-video films Cage II (1994) and High Voltage (1997). In 1998 she made her first Hong Kong produced action film And Now You're Dead which was directed by Corey Yuen and co-starred Michael Wong and Anita Yuen.
On television, she guest-starred in an episode of the television series Martial Law alongside Sammo Hung in 1998 and appeared in the science-fiction television film Epoch, which first aired on the Sci Fi Channel in 2000. She was also the television host of the first season of WMAC Masters.
Lee is currently the president of the Bruce Lee Foundation.[2] She also sang on the band Medicine's album The Mechanical Forces of Love in 2003. Shannon also sang a cover of "I'm in the Mood for Love" for the movie China Strike Force (2000), which starred Leehom Wang and Aaron Kwok. She is the executive producer of the 2008 television series The Legend of Bruce Lee, based on her father's life. She also is executive producer of the 2009 documentary film called How Bruce Lee Changed the World.
Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Party Singer | |
| 1994 | Cage II | Milo | |
| 1997 | High Voltage | Jane Logan | |
| 1998 | And Now You're Dead | Mandy | Alternative title: Gwan Guen See Dam |
| 1998 | Blade | Resident | |
| 2001 | Lessons for an Assassin | Fiona | |
| 2002 | She, Me and Her | Paula Jemison | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | WMAC Masters | Host | 13 episodes |
| 1998 | Martial Law | Vanessa Feng | Episode: "Take Out" |
| 2000 | Epoch | Pamela | Television film |
References
- ↑ "Lee, Bruce, (1940–1973) Martial Arts Master and Film Maker", HistoryLink.org, accessed January 1, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Lee Foundation
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