Eugenia Yuan

Eugenia Yuan is an American actress who began as a rhythmic gymnast and later won a Hong Kong Film Award. She was born in Inglewood, California, and grew up in San Marino, competing for the United States Olympic team in her gymnastics years. Acting alongside her mother, Cheng Pei-pei, she made her screen debut in the martial arts movie Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger, and she co-starred in the drama Charlotte Sometimes. Back in Hong Kong, she starred in one segment of Three and took Best Newcomer honors at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Doug Liman, the Hollywood director, gave her the lead in the mockumentary Mail Order Wife, and the Hamptons International Film Festival named her a Rising Star. She earned a Golden Horse Award nomination for The Eye 2 (2004) and appeared in The Great Raid and Memoirs of a Geisha (2005). Her other credits include Choking Man, The Drummer and the Australian television drama Secret City.