Shannon Lee

Biography

Shannon Lee is the daughter of the legendary martial arts star Bruce Lee. She was born on April 19, 1969, at the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center in California and her ancestral roots trace back to Shunde, Guangdong. Her father passed away in 1973 when she was only four years old, and she came to know him through photographs, films, and the memories shared by her mother and brother Brandon Lee. Due to the pressure of her identity, she chose to study acting in college and trained rigorously in martial arts with the help of her father's close friends. After briefly working as a TV program host in Los Angeles, she flew back to Hong Kong in 1998 to participate in the filming of 渾身是膽, produced by Golden Harvest, which was her first action film. That same year she also appeared in 刀锋战士. In 2007, she served as producer for the CCTV television series 李小龙传奇.