Shannon Lee
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Shannon Lee at the premiere of The Story of Us in 1999 |
Shannon Emery Lee (李香凝 born
April 19,
1969) is an
American actress. She is the daughter of
martial artist and actor
Bruce Lee and his widow
Linda Lee Cadwell. Shannon's brother was the late actor
Brandon Lee.
Shannon was born in
Los Angeles,
California, 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. She has
Chinese,
German, and
Swede descent. Together, they lived in
Seattle,
Washington (Linda's hometown) and Los Angeles. Shannon grew up in the affluent area of Rolling Hills.
Graduating from The
Chadwick School in
1987, Shannon 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 they have one daughter, Wren, who was born in
2003.
Shannon has acted in a few low budget films in the
1990s such as
Cage II (1994),
High Voltage (1997) and
Enter the Eagles (1998). She also had a brief appearances in her father's biopic
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story,
Blade and the television series
Martial Law which starred
Sammo Hung. She and Ian currently run
The Bruce Lee Foundation. 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
Lee Hom Wang and
Aaron Kwok.
Lessons for an Assassin (2001)
Enter the Eagles (1998)
Blade (1998)
Martial Law (1998)
High Voltage' (1997)
*Cage II (1994)
*Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story''
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