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Rush Hour 2

2001

It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.

Eddie Braun

Eddie Braun (born 23 November 1961; age 64) is a stuntman, stunt actor and stunt coordinator who performed stunts in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Star Trek: Insurrection. In Star Trek VI, Braun portrayed an Excelsior crewman on the bridge. One of his stunt scenes in Star Trek: Insurrection as a Tarlac officer was deleted from the final film cut, a thirty foot fall from a cliff, along with stuntmen Joey Box, Brian Avery and Brian J. Williams. In this scene, Brent Spiner's character Data and several Ba'ku background performers met these three alien officers on their way away from the Ba'ku village. Spiner, doubled by Brian Williams, knocked them out and threw them over the cliff. This scene and the making of this scene were included in the Star Trek: Insurrection (Special Edition) DVD feature "Anatomy of a Stunt". In 2002 he was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for best stunt coordination for the film Rush Hour 2. Braun has doubled for stars such as Michael Paré and Armand Assante and is a longtime stunt double for Charlie Sheen. Among his resume are films such as St. Helens (1981), Survival Game (1987), Navy SEALs (1990), Hot Shots! (1991, with Heidi Swedberg, Annie O'Donnell, Chris Doyle and stunts by Andy Gill and Noon Orsatti), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992, with Stephen Root, Al Goto, Kim Robert Koscki, Sharon Shaffer, Lincoln Simonds and stunts by Freddie Hice), Army of Darkness (1992, with Dennis Madalone, Tom Morga and Patricia Tallman), Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Major League II (1994, with Corbin Bernsen), Down Periscope (1996, starring Kelsey Grammer, with Toby Huss and Patton Oswalt), Conspiracy Theory (1997, with Patrick Stewart), City of Angels (1998), Bedazzled (2000), Showtime (2002, with William Shatner), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004, with William Shatner, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Missi Pyle and stunts by Spice Williams), Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005, with William Shatner, Enrique Murciano and Faith Minton), The Island (2005, with Ethan Phillips), and Transformers (2007). Braun's resume also includes work in television series such as Deadly Games (starring Christopher Lloyd), Firefly, Whoopi Goldberg’s Strong Medicine (starring Jenifer Lewis), Dr. Vegas, Walker, Texas Ranger, and Spy TV.

Harris Yulin

Cast · Known for Training Day, Rush Hour 2, Scarface

Harris Yulin (November 5, 1937 - June 10, 2025) was an American actor who appeared in Scarface, Ghostbusters II, Training Day, Rush Hour 2, Night Moves, Final Analysis, Multiplicity, The Hurricane, and Clear and Present Danger.

Kenneth Tsang

Cast · Known for Rush Hour 2

Kenneth Tsang Kong (5 October 1935 – 27 April 2022) was a Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career spanned 50 years and included a variety of acting roles. Tsang won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2015. Tsang was born in Hong Kong with family roots in Zhongshan, Guangdong. He attended high school in Texas, U.S. and received a degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. He returned to Hong Kong in the early 1960s but was bored by the work. His older sister, Jeanette Lin Tsui  was a film star at the time and provided Tsang with several connections in the industry which boosted his acting career. In the media, Lin Tsui was always presented as Tsang's younger sister instead as it was moreover uncommon for female stars to reveal their age. Tsang's film debut was in the movie The Feud (1955), when he was just 16, which was followed by a role in Who Isn't Romantic? (1956). In the mid 1960s, Tsang starred in detective films and classic kung fu movies with (at the time) Hong Kong teen idols Connie Chan Po-chu and Josephine Siao. Tsang also appeared in a few Wong Fei-Hung movies in the late 1960s. In the 1986, Tsang worked as taxi cab owner, Ken, in John Woo's A Better Tomorrow. Subsequent collaborations with Woo included the role of Ken in A Better Tomorrow 2 in 1987, police officer Danny Lee's murdered partner in The Killer in 1989, and the strict adoptive father of Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung and Cherie Chung in Once a Thief in 1991. Tsang also filmed several Singaporean Chinese dramas during the 1990s, one of his most notable works there was the 1995 epic The Teochew Family and The Unbeatables II. Up to this point, Tsang had played roles in mainly Hong Kong movies. His first Hollywood film was The Replacement Killers (1998), also the Hollywood debut of co-star Chow Yun-fat. Tsang appeared alongside Chow once again in Anna and the King as well as Jackie Chan in Rush Hour 2. Tsang played General Moon in the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002), and he continued to appear in films from his native Hong Kong. In 1994 Tsang married Chiao Chiao (焦姣), a Chinese-born Taiwanese actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Tsang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jason Tobias

Jason Tobias is an actor known for the award winning Star Wars: Generations (2016). Having written, produced, and starred in the production, it won at Star Wars Celebration (2016), in London, U.K. Tobias has been building recognition with performances in indie films such as; 'Terrordactyl' (2016), 'Most Likely to Die' (2015), 'The Unraveling' (2015), 'Imbroglio' (2016), and 'ICARUS' (2016). Jason's list of television credits has been expanding, as he has been seen on; 'Justified' (2014), 'Franklin & Bash' (2014), 'The Fosters' (2015), 'Rush Hour' (2015), 'Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn' (2016), 'Notorious' (2016), and the daytime drama 'Days of Our Lives' (2015-2016). Tobias was born into a creatively oriented family. His Dad is a singer/entertainer and his Mom is an artist. Born in Texas, Jason grew up in the Bay Area, and Ohio, where he excelled at all things creative and sports related. In fact, athletics was always a strong suit for Tobias, as he was scouted and played on several traveling teams. At one point, he even tried out for the Kansas City Royals and the Cincinnati Reds, but ultimately ended up following his other burning passion, theatre, art, film, and television. Jason holds a B.F.A in Theatre Studies and Art & Technology from Youngstown State University and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

Chris Tucker

Cast · Known for Rush Hour 2, The Fifth Element

Christopher "Chris" Tucker (born August 31, 1971) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Detective James Carter in the Rush Hour trilogy and Smokey in the 1995 film Friday. Tucker was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the youngest son of Mary Louise and Norris Tucker. Tucker was raised in Decatur, Georgia. After graduating from Columbia High School, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in comedy and movies. In 1992, Tucker was a frequent performer on Def Comedy Jam. He made his cinematic debut in House Party 3, and gained greater film recognition alongside rapper Ice Cube in the 1995 film Friday. In 1997, he co-starred with Charlie Sheen in Money Talks, and alongside Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element. Tucker did not reprise his role of Smokey in Next Friday (2000) because he had become a born-again Christian after filming Money Talks (1997).He later starred in the 1998 martial arts action comedy Rush Hour and its sequels, Rush Hour 2 and Rush Hour 3, in which he played James Carter, an abrasive wise-cracking detective. Tucker is good friends with fellow Rush Hour star Jackie Chan, and was also close friends with the late singer Michael Jackson, introducing and dancing with him at his 30th Anniversary Special, appearing in Jackson's video "You Rock My World" from his 2001 album Invincible and attending Jackson's memorial service. A friend of Bill Clinton, Tucker has traveled with the former President overseas, though he endorsed Barack Obama rather than Hillary Clinton in the 2008 primaries. On February 13, 2009, Tucker participated in the NBA All-Star Weekend's Celebrity Game.

Zhang Ziyi

Cast · Known for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Rush Hour 2

Zhang Ziyi (Chinese: 章子怡; born 9 February 1979) is a Chinese actress. Her first major role was in The Road Home (1999). She later achieved fame for her role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. In the West, Zhang is best known for her appearances in Rush Hour 2 (2001), Hero (2002), 2046 (2004) and House of Flying Daggers (2004). Her most critically acclaimed works are Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), which earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role; and The Grandmaster (2013), for which she won 12 different Best Actress awards to become the most awarded actress for a single film.

Mark Helfrich

Editor · Known for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Red One, Rush Hour 2

Mark Helfrich (born November 13, 1957) is an American film editor and director. He is an elected  American Cinema Editors (ACE) member and serves on the board as an associate director. Helfrich has edited over thirty films, such as Stone Cold (1991) and Showgirls (1995) with Mark Goldblatt. Helfrich is also the primary editor for director Brett Ratner's films, such as Money Talks (1997), Rush Hour (1998), The Family Man (2000), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Red Dragon (2002), and After the Sunset (2004), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) with Mark Goldblatt and Julia Wong, Rush Hour 3 (2007) with Dean Zimmerman and Don Zimmerman, Tower Heist (2011), and Hercules (2014) with Wong. Helfrich directed Good Luck Chuck. He has also edited, with Brett Ratner's direction, a version of the Hollywood film Kites: The Remix, a.k.a. Kites (2010), as well as the pilot episode for Prison Break, an American-based TV drama series produced by Brett Ratner. Helfrich edited Brett Ratner's music video, Beautiful Stranger, featuring Madonna. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Helfrich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jennifer Holland

Cast · Known for Peacemaker, Black Adam

Jennifer Holland is an American actress best known for her role as Emilia Harcourt in James Gunn’s HBO television series Peacemaker (2022–2024), where she emerged as a key part of the show’s core ensemble. Her performance helped establish Harcourt as one of the more grounded and serious presences within Gunn’s DC projects, balancing action-driven storytelling with character-focused moments. Holland’s most prominent later work has been tied to DC Comics projects under Gunn, beginning with her debut as Harcourt in The Suicide Squad (2021), followed by appearances in Black Adam (2022) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023). She later carried the role into animation with Creature Commandos (2024–), making her one of the few performers to portray the same character across DC’s live-action and animated continuities. Earlier in her career, Holland appeared in a range of film and television projects, including a recurring role as Becky Phillips on CMT’s Sun Records (2017), the comedy American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009), and guest roles on established network series American Horror Story (2011–), Bones (2005–2017), Rush Hour (2016), and CSI: Miami (2002–2012). Her appearance in James Gunn’s Brightburn (2019) marked a clear turning point toward higher-profile genre projects. In her personal life, Holland began a relationship with filmmaker James Gunn in 2015, and the couple married in 2022.

Meiling Melançon

Cast · Known for Rush Hour 2

Meiling Melançon (born March 3, 1980) also known as Mei Melançon 明依, is an American actress, screenwriter and former fashion model. She has had a prolific career with her versatile looks and abilities. She has appeared in major feature films as well as indie films, television shows, and over a hundred commercials as a model and actress. As of 2014 she is becoming known for work behind the camera in roles such as screenwriter and producer. Meiling Melançon was raised in mainly Japan, Hong Kong and Korea, she is of French, Chinese, and Japanese descent. As a child she traveled throughout Asia and Europe. Her mother is of French heritage and her father is Chinese and Japanese. At the age of five her mother taught her how to play the guitar, and she was later in a children's band called Blossoms. In an interview with Giant Robot editor Eric Nakamura, Mei spoke about her nontraditional strict upbringing. She was not allowed to watch most films and television, only classics and that they were not allowed to listen to popular music due to religious reasons. Melançon started acting in 2003. She was at that time a successful model and was signed to Wilhelmina Modeling Agency. She appeared on "Legends of Tomorrow" as Masako Yamashiro in season 2. Melançon also appeared in the final season of The L Word as recurring character "Jamie Chen," as Psylocke in X-Men: The Last Stand, as "Miyu", Kevin Spacey's assistant in Shrink, as Lynda in the HK-shot film Irreversi, as Dr. Catherine Ivy in the psychological thriller/horror film Pathology with Milo Ventimiglia, and as the other "Girl in the Car" along with Maggie Q in Rush Hour 2 when she was still modeling. Melançon also starred as Lotus Long in the short film bio-pic Keye Luke, which premiered at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and which was Closing Night Film of the inaugural 2013 Seattle Asian American Film Festival. She starred in Blumenthal where she played Scottish actor Brian Cox's niece, and the film made its premiere in 2013 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Monty L. Simons

Monty L. Simons is a stunt coordinator, stuntman, assistant director, and sometimes actor. His work on TV includes The Walking Dead, Claws, Criminal Minds, Scorpion, Grimm, Sons of Anarchy, Arrested Development, Eagleheart, Medium, CSI: NY, Heroes, E-Ring, The Agency, The Invisible Man, City of Angels, Angel, Brimstone, Seven Days, Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero, Diagnosis Murder, The Commish, Tour of Duty, and more. His work on films includes Geostorm, Thank You for Your Service, Get Hard, The Maze Runner, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Ride Along, Thor: The Dark World, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Hangover Part 3, Thor, Date Night, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, The Golden Compass, Rush Hour 2 & 3, Collateral, Hellboy, Spider-Man 2 & 3, Freddy vs. Jason, God's and Generals, The Scorpion King, Blade 2, Swordfish, Virus, Beverly Hills Ninja, Jingle All the Way, Independence Day, Eraser, Heat, Powder, The Quick and the Dead, True Lies, Last Action Hero, Army of Darkness, Stand By Me, The Beastmaster (1982), and more. He has also worked on TV movies including The Gambler 2 & 3, Desperado, Desperado: The Outlaw Wars, Desperado: Badlands Justice, Knight Rider 2000, The Keys, Unlikely Angel, Hard Time, Hard Time: The Premonition, Follow the Stars Home, and more.

Mike Norris

Mike Norris was born on October 4, 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is known for The End of Days: Global Catastrophe (2019), Rush Hour 3 (2007) and Where the Heart Is (2000). He has been married to Valerie Ann Gallo since May 23, 1992. They have three children.

Dana Ivey

Cast · Known for The Addams Family, Ocean's Eight, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Dana Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American actress. She is a five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both Sex and Longing and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. She originated the title role in Driving Miss Daisy and was nominated for a Drama Desk award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film appearances include The Color Purple (1985), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Addams Family Values (1993), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Rush Hour 3 (2007), and The Help (2011).

Lalo Schifrin

Composer · Known for Enter the Dragon, Rush Hour 2

Lalo Schifrin (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlalo ˈʃifɾin]; born Boris Claudio Schifrin; June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025) was an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He was best known for his large body of film and television scores, which incorporate jazz and Latin American musical elements alongside traditional orchestration. Schifrin's best known compositions include the themes from Mission: Impossible (1966) and Mannix (1967), as well as the scores to Cool Hand Luke (1967), Bullitt (1968), THX 1138 (1971), Enter the Dragon (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979) and the Rush Hour trilogy (1998–2007). Schifrin was also noted for collaborations with Clint Eastwood from the late 1960s to the 1980s, particularly the Dirty Harry film series. He composed the Paramount Pictures fanfare used from 1976 to 2004. Schifrin was a five-time Grammy Award winner; he was nominated for six Academy Awards and four Emmy Awards. In 2019, he received an Honorary Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in recognition of his successful career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lalo Schifrin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Brett Ratner

Executive Producer · Director · Known for Prison Break, Rush Hour 2, The Revenant

Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and producer. He directed the Rush Hour film series, The Family Man, Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand, Tower Heist, and Hercules. He is a producer of several films, including the Horrible Bosses series, as well as executive producer on other projects, including the films The Revenant and War Dogs and the television series Prison Break. Ratner got his start directing with music videos in the 1990s and directed his first motion picture, Money Talks, in 1997. Overall, the films Ratner has directed have earned over $2 billion at the global box office. Ratner is the co-founder of RatPac Entertainment, a film production company. Ratner led RatPac's partnership with Dune Entertainment in September 2013 for a co-producing deal with Warner Bros. that included 75 films. RatPac Entertainment has co-financed 81 theatrically released motion pictures, exceeding $17 billion in worldwide box office receipts. RatPac's co-financed films have been nominated for 59 Academy Awards, 25 Golden Globes, and 43 BAFTAs and have won 25 Academy Awards, 8 Golden Globes, and 24 BAFTAs. In January 2017, Ratner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry, located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2017, numerous women in Hollywood came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual assault, or harassment against Ratner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brett Ratner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Elizabeth Peña

Cast · Known for The Incredibles

Elizabeth Maria Peña (September 23, 1959 – October 14, 2014) was an American actress, and the daughter of a theater-company co-founder, who has also compiled experience as a television director in her own right. Peña was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, daughter of Estella Margarita (née Toirac), an arts administrator and producer, and Mario Peña, the Cuban-born actor, writer, and director who jointly founded the Latin American Theatre Ensemble. It is unknown whether Peña was named after the town of her birth. Peña graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts in 1977. Her classmates included Ving Rhames, alongside whom she would later co-star in Jacob's Ladder, and Esai Morales, alongside whom she would later co-star in La Bamba. She is also a founding member of the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors. In 1979, Peña appeared in her first film, El Super, "an exceptionally moving and melancholy comedy about a family of lower-middle-class Cuban refugees attempting to adjust to life in Spanish Harlem.", New York City. Peña worked once again with film director, Leon Ichaso in his next feature Crossover Dreams opposite Ruben Blades. Peña has appeared in movies such as La Bamba, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Lone Star, Vibes, and Rush Hour. In 2002, she starred in Showtime's Resurrection Blvd. as Tia Bibi Corrades in the episode "Justicia," which she also directed. During the next year, 2003, she appeared in and directed "It Was Fun While It Lasted," an episode of The Brothers Garcia. She also provided the voice of the character Mirage in Pixar's animated film The Incredibles. She guest starred in the 18th episode of Numb3rs, Season Two, as Sonya Benavides. Although the actress does speak Spanish, she does not dub her own voice for Spanish releases. Peña is also noted for having starred in I Married Dora, a sitcom that lasted only 13 episodes in 1987, as Dora Calderon, the "Dora" of the show's title. In the final show, the cast broke the "fourth wall" of suspended disbelief by announcing their cancellation on-camera and taking a curtain call. Writer-director John Sayles produced the critically acclaimed but short-lived television series Shannon's Deal (1989–1991) co-starring Peña alongside series lead Jamey Sheridan. In 1996 Sayles wrote and directed the mystery film Lone Star and again cast her in a co-starring role. Peña died on October 14, 2014 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at the age of 55.

Chris Penn

Cast · Known for Reservoir Dogs

Christopher Shannon Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American actor, known for his roles in The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, Footloose, Rush Hour, True Romance, All the Right Moves, and Pale Rider.

Lorna Watson

Cast · Known for Father Brown

Lorna Watson (born 1977) is a British comedian, actress and television presenter. She was one of the presenters of Spy School. Her acting roles include various characters in television sketch shows Rush Hour, The Wrong Door and Watson & Oliver with comedy partner Ingrid Oliver. In March 2012 she appeared on Let's Dance for Sport Relief with Ingrid Oliver; they danced to Ravel's Boléro. The two met at Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston upon Thames. Her influences are French & Saunders and Fry & Laurie. In 2013, Watson appeared as Sister Boniface in the Father Brown episode "The Bride of Christ" and took part in a special series of The Great British Bake Off. In 2015, she starred in a special episode of Horrible Histories in which she played Boudicca. She also played a one-off character called 'Thingy' in the 'Fashion Phonies' episode of CBBC's Hotel Trubble. In January 2020, it was announced that Watson would be reprising her Sister Boniface role for a new series called Sister Boniface Mysteries, with a ten-episode first series premiering on the streaming service BritBox. The second series aired in 2023 with filming for a third series beginning in June for broadcast in 2024, with Watson also recording a return to Father Brown

Mark Rolston

Cast · Known for The Shawshank Redemption, Lethal Weapon 2, Aliens

Mark Rolston (born December 7, 1956) is an American actor. He made his film debut as PFC. Drake in Aliens (1986), and is known for his supporting roles in films like Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Rush Hour (1998), The Departed (2006), and the Saw film series (2008–09). On television, he played Gordie Liman on The Shield (2003), Edward Shippen IV on Turn: Washington's Spies (2015–16), the voice of Lex Luthor on Young Justice (2010–22), and Lt. Don Thorne on Bosch (2018–21) and Bosch: Legacy (2022-25). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Rolston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jessika Van

Jessika Van is an American actress, singer-songwriter, pianist and dancer. Van is most known for playing "Becca," the ringleader of the Asians or the Asian mafia in Season 2 and Season 3 of MTV's Awkward. She also played Kim, a Hong Kong Police Officer and sister of Detective Lee in the Rush Hour television series.

Tzi Ma

Cast · Known for Arrival

Tzi Ma (Chinese: 馬泰;) is a Hong Kong-American actor. He is well known for his roles in television shows, such as The Man in the High Castle and 24, and films, such as Dante's Peak, Rush Hour, Rush Hour 3, Arrival, The Farewell, Tigertail, and Mulan. In 2021, he starred in the American martial arts television series Kung Fu on The CW.

Ken Leung

Cast · Known for Saw, Project Hail Mary, Joker: Folie à Deux

Kenneth Leung (Chinese: 梁振邦; pinyin: Liáng Zhènbāng; born January 21, 1970) is an American actor best known for his role as Miles Straume in the ABC television series Lost. His other roles include Sang in Rush Hour, Miles Straume in Lost, Admiral Statura in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Detective Stephen Sing in Saw, and Quill (mistakenly credited as Kid Omega) in X-Men: The Last Stand.

Dania Ramirez

Cast · Known for Heroes

Dania Jissell Ramirez (born November 8, 1979) is a Dominican actress. Her credits include the roles of Nikki Batista on Alert: Missing Persons Unit, Rosie Falta on Lifetime's Devious Maids, Maya Herrera in Heroes, Alex in Entourage, Blanca on the last season of The Sopranos, and Cinderella on the last season of ABC's Once Upon a Time. Her film roles include Alex Guerrero in She Hate Me and Callisto in the feature film X-Men: The Last Stand. She has made appearances in numerous music videos for artists such as LL Cool J, De La Soul, Santana, and Wisin & Yandel. She has acted in TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Heroes, 10-8: Officers on Duty, Entourage, and The Sopranos. In 1997, she was an extra in the HBO film Subway Stories, which led to her encountering filmmaker Spike Lee. He would later direct her in her film debut playing Daphne in 25th Hour (2002), as well as in She Hate Me (2004). Other films she has starred in include X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Quarantine (2008), Cross Bronx (2004), and Premium Rush (2012). Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from an early age she knew her calling to be an actress. As a child, she enjoyed reenacting telenovelas for her relatives. A modeling scout saw her working in a store at the age of 15, which led to her first acting job, in an ad for soda. She later apprenticed in the Actor's Workshop in N.Y.C. She then relocated to L.A. to develop her acting ambition.

Noémie Lenoir

Cast · Known for Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

Noémie Lenoir (born 19 September 1979) is a French model and actress. She is known for her work with Gucci, L'Oréal, Next, Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret, Balmain Paris Hair Couture and Marks and Spencer. Lenoir was born in Les Ulis, Essonne, France. Her mother is a cleaning lady and comes from the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, while her father is from mainland France and an electrician. When she was 17, Lenoir was spotted by the Ford modelling agency and began modelling in New York. Growing up in a banlieue district near Paris, which she describes as a "ghetto", Lenoir was first spotted at the age of 17 in 1997 when she was approached by a Ford booker in a post office. She signed with L'Oréal in 1997, and has since appeared in their advertisements alongside Laetitia Casta and long-term model and actress Andie MacDowell. She has also worked for Victoria's Secret, Gap, Next, and many others. Lenoir was the face of UK high-street retailer Marks & Spencer, for four years until Christmas 2009 and was seen in various British TV adverts, magazines and billboards alongside fellow models Erin O'Connor, Twiggy and Laura Bailey. Lenoir returned to Marks & Spencer advertising in 2012 where she is seen "enjoying a selection of quintessentially British pastimes". In 2007, Lenoir featured in the hit film Rush Hour 3 alongside actors Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. In 2009, Lenoir featured in the music video for Usher's single "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)". She is represented by Models 1. After a relationship with rapper Stomy Bugsy, she lived with international football player Claude Makélélé. They have a son. The couple split in early 2009. Lenoir gave birth to a daughter in August 2015. On 9 May 2010, Lenoir was found unconscious, after a suspected suicide attempt in a park near her Paris home, by a man walking his dog. She was taken to hospital where large quantities of drugs and alcohol were found in her system. She spoke about the suicide attempt in a February 2011 interview with Britain's Guardian Weekend magazine, admitting she had done "something really, really stupid". Some have referred to the incident as a case in a "series of suicidal tragedies" ongoing in the fashion industry at the time, along with the suicides of Ambrose Olsen, Daul Kim, Tom Nicon, Hayley Kohle, and Ruslana Korshunova. She hosted a show on Trace TV for two years. She appears in all three Marks and Spencer Christmas TV adverts for 2009, broadcast in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. Source: Article "Noémie Lenoir" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.