Defying the stereotypes imposed on Asian women, these actresses prove they’re more than just their skin color and a pretty face.
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Mindy Kaling
Hometown: Cambridge, Mass.
You know her from: The Office, her hilarious book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Current project: Her self-produced star vehicle The Mindy Project is going into its second season.
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Sandra Oh
Hometown: Ottawa, Canada
You know her from: Grey's Anatomy, Sideways, Under the Tuscan Sun
Current project: Along with Jennifer Aniston and Kelly Rowland, Sandra is working on The Goree Girls, a musical film set in the 1940s about prison inmates who form a country-western band.
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Ziyi Zhang
Hometown: Beijing, China
You know her from: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Rush Hour 2, House of Flying Daggers, Memoirs of a Geisha
Current project: Ziyi leads the cast of the Chinese romantic comedy My Lucky Star.
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