Shannon Emery Lee (born April 19, 1969) is an American actress,
martial artist and businesswoman. She is the daughter of martial arts
film star Bruce Lee and retired martial arts teacher Linda Lee
Cadwell, the granddaughter of Cantonese opera singer Lee Hoi-chuen,
and the younger sister of Brandon Lee.Shannon was born on April 19,
1969, at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica in Santa Monica,
California. She is the youngest child and only daughter of martial
arts film star Bruce Lee and Linda Emery. She is descendant of Charles
Henry Maurice Bosman from her grandmother, Grace Ho. In her youth she
studied Jeet Kune Do, the martial art created by her father, under
Richard Bustillo, one of her father's students. However, her serious
studies did not begin until the late 1990s. To train for parts in
action movies, she studied Jeet Kune Do with Ted Wong.She studied
Taekwondo under Dung Doa Liang and Wushu under Eric Chen. She also
studied under the tutelage of the director of Enter the Eagles, Yuen
De, Jackie Chan's Chinese opera brother. Because the film Enter the
Eagles required her to fight Benny Urquidez, Urquidez himself taught
her in kickboxing.
martial artist and businesswoman. She is the daughter of martial arts
film star Bruce Lee and retired martial arts teacher Linda Lee
Cadwell, the granddaughter of Cantonese opera singer Lee Hoi-chuen,
and the younger sister of Brandon Lee.Shannon was born on April 19,
1969, at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica in Santa Monica,
California. She is the youngest child and only daughter of martial
arts film star Bruce Lee and Linda Emery. She is descendant of Charles
Henry Maurice Bosman from her grandmother, Grace Ho. In her youth she
studied Jeet Kune Do, the martial art created by her father, under
Richard Bustillo, one of her father's students. However, her serious
studies did not begin until the late 1990s. To train for parts in
action movies, she studied Jeet Kune Do with Ted Wong.She studied
Taekwondo under Dung Doa Liang and Wushu under Eric Chen. She also
studied under the tutelage of the director of Enter the Eagles, Yuen
De, Jackie Chan's Chinese opera brother. Because the film Enter the
Eagles required her to fight Benny Urquidez, Urquidez himself taught
her in kickboxing.
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