![]() Mako was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film The Sand Pebbles (1966). He is mostly known for voicing Uncle Iroh in the show Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008) and the villainous Aku in Samurai Jack (2001). With an acting career that spanned more than four decades, Mako has been a familiar face in Western films and TV. Mako Image credit: IMDbīorn as Makoto Iwamatsu to noted children’s book author Taro Yashima, Mako is one of the most prolific Japanese-American actors to earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. She is also the first Asian-American to appear on the US currency - special quarters created by the US Mint’s American Women Quarters Program to celebrate “five female trailblazers in American history each year between 20,” according to an NPR report. In 1960, Wong became the first Asian-American actress to be inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her last big-screen appearance was the crime drama Portrait in Black (1960). Her other hits include Daughter of the Dragon (1931), Shanghai Express (1932), Daughter of Shanghai (1937) and Lady from Chungking (1942). Deemed the first Chinese-American movie star, Wong scored her major big-screen success opposite Douglas Fairbanks Sr. ![]() Some of the most popular hits from her silent film era are The Toll of the Sea (1922) and Piccadilly (1929). The New York Times called the actress, “one of the most unforgettable figures of Hollywood’s great days.” With a career portfolio boasting both silent and sound films, television and stage, Wong Liu Tsong, aka Anna May Wong, was known for her Oriental beauty with her doleful yet mesmerising eyes, sculpted eyebrows and fashionable bangs. Chair of the Walk of Fame Selection Panel, Ellen K, said in a 2023 press release, “The Selection Committee, which is made up of fellow Walk of Famers, carefully hand-picks a group of honourees each year that represent various genres of the entertainment world.” Prolific Asian actors who have made it to the Hollywood Walk of Fame Anna May Wong Image credit: None visible, possibly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Wikimedia Commons Marking their significant contributions to the entertainment industry, each star at the landmark features the name of a celebrity and serves as a major tourist attraction spot in the city of Los Angeles.īut how does one make it to this prestigious list of celebrities? The selection process for the honourees is quite complex. Made of pink terrazzo, the five-pointed stars are rimmed with brass and embedded into the black terrazzo sidewalk. However, it is more than just a collection of celebrities’ names. ![]() Established in 1960, the sidewalk hosts more than 2,750 stars, as of 2023. Hollywood Walk of Fame spans 2.1 kilometres across 15 blocks on Hollywood Boulevard and 0.64 kilometres across three blocks on Vine Street. ![]() But first…what is the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Image credit: Oxana Melis/Unsplash The Hollywood Diversity report released by UCLA in 2022 noted that Asian actors made up 5.6 per cent of lead roles and 6.4 per cent of the overall cast in their projects.įrom seeing the 2022 Chinese-American family lead A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once to Simu Liu portraying Shang-Chi, the first Asian superhero of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in The Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), each role has been a step towards showcasing diversity.Īnd while global Asian acting pioneers like Anna May Wong, Bruce Lee and Michelle Yeoh received worldwide acclaim through iconic roles over several decades, it’s only fitting that the Hollywood Walk of Fame honours their noteworthy contributions made to the world of entertainment. And with the number of on-camera representations of Asians in Hollywood rising fast, it’s no surprise that a portion of the sidewalk is dedicated to prolific Asian stars.Ĭontributing immensely to the global cinematic consciousness, Hollywood has been taking massive strides towards embracing people from various ethnicities. The pathway bears a diverse set of honourees, ranging from film to television to recording industries. ![]() The Hollywood Walk of Fame - a living history of the entertainment industry - is one of the most coveted attractions in Tinseltown. ![]()
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