Shannon Lee
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| 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 | Actress |
| Years active | 1993–2002 |
| Spouse(s) | 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. She is the daughter of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee and Linda Lee Cadwell, and the younger sister of Brandon Lee.[1]
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[edit] Personal life
Shannon Lee was born in the second child to Bruce and Linda (Emery) Lee. Shannon 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 Ian Keasler in 1994, and bore their daughter, Wren, in 2003.
She is also known for managing her father's official Facebook memorial page.
[edit] Career
Lee made her acting debut playing a cameo in her father's biopic film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story in 1993. She went on to act in several low budget films including High Voltage (1997), Enter the Eagles (1998) and Lessons for an Assassin (2001). She also 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.
[edit] Filmography
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
- Cage II (1994)
- High Voltage (1997)
- Martial Law (1998 in episode: "Take Out")
- Blade (1998)
- Enter the Eagles (1998)
- Epoch (2000)
- Lessons for an Assassin (2001)
- She, Me and Her (2002)
- The Legend of Bruce Lee (2008) (Executive Producer)
[edit] References
- ^ "Lee, Bruce, (1940-1973) Martial Arts Master and Film Maker", HistoryLink.org, accessed January 1, 2011.
- ^ Bruce Lee Foundation
[edit] External links
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Actors from Washington (state)
- American actors of Asian descent
- American actors of Hong Kong descent
- American people of Chinese descent
- American film actors
- American people of English descent
- American people of German descent
- American people of Hong Kong descent
- American people of Swedish descent
- American television personalities
- American television producers
- Actors from Los Angeles, California
- Bruce Lee
- Cantonese people
- Hong Kong actors
- Tulane University alumni
- People from Rolling Hills, California
- People from Seattle, Washington
