“I was the
only person with an Afro at the East Hampton Tennis Club –which was
so weird.”
Interesting fact:
The daughter of noted filmmaker Sidney
Lumet and journalist Gail Lumet Buckley, and granddaughter of
Lena Horne.
Noted for her award-winning screenplay
for Rachel Getting Married
LOU
DIAMOND PHILIPS,
Actor
D.O.B.:02/17/1962 (Aquarius)
Mother: Filipina
Father:
Scottish-Irish, Hawaiian, Cherokee
On being
mixed:
"Many times I've been
able to play the hero, he's an American. ... And the face of the
American hero is changing. And I still do ethnic roles because,
first of all, I'm ethnic and I can do these and they're fun. But
I've been fortunate for the most part that I've been able to cross
over and be accepted as an actor first and foremost."
Interesting fact:
Contributed Native American vocals on the Jon
Bon Jovi solo album Young Guns II
He was good friends with
the late actor,
Brandon Lee.
BRANDON LEE,
Actor/Martial Artist
D.O.B.: 02/01/65-03/31/93
(Aquarius)
Mother: Swedish-American
Father:
Chinese
On his
mixed background:
"I'm
American," Lee says when an interviewer asked if he considered
himself Asian. "Though all my friends were Chinese when I was a
child I used to fly with my parents between California and Hong
Kong." Although he speaks Cantonese "well enough to get
along," he says that he considers himself an American. About his
trip to China, he says, "The trip reinforced my suspicions that,
despite my Pacific Rim heritage, I'm about as American as you get."
Interesting fact:
Father
is the legendary martial artist, Bruce Lee.
Passed
away in a shooting accident while filming the movie "The Crow."
KELLY
HU,
Actress/Model
D.O.B.:02/13/1968 (Aquarius)
Chinese, Hawaiian,
English Descent, born in Hawaii
Interesting fact:
She won Miss Teen Hawaii USA in 1985
Her first
acting debut was in 1987 Growing Pains where she guest-starred as
Mike Seaver's Hawaiian love interest.
BATISTA,
Pro-Wrestler
D.O.B.: 02/18/69 (Aquarius)
Mother: Greek
Father:
Filipino
On his
mixed background:
"I grew up around my
dad’s side of the family most, so I always related more to being
Filipino than Greek,” Batista told Asianweek.com, Growing up,
however, he was closer to Black and Hispanic youth in his San
Francisco neighborhood. “That’s who accepted me,” he said. “It
wasn’t a conscious decision.”
Interesting fact:
Has a tattoo of the Greek and Filipino flag
Worked
as a bouncer and a lifeguard
Collects lunchboxes
Suffers from
asthma
MEG TILLY,
Actress/Dancer D.O.B.:
02/14/1960 (Aquarius)
Mother: Caucasian
Father:
Chinese-American
Interesting fact:
She appeared in
films such as The Big Chill and Psycho II before her
acclaimed title role in Agnes of God for which she was
nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe.
She wrote a
novel titled "Singing Songs" (1994; Dutton Books) based on
memories of her own childhood.
Her second novel "Gemma" (2006;
Syren Book Company), is a graphic,
disturbing tale about child sexual abuse,
which has prompted her to recently reveal
her own true-life sexual abuse as a
youngster growing up.
