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Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia, as well as a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital, the country's largest city, and the seat of the legislative branch of the federal government.Putrajaya is the administrative centre, which represents the seat of both the executive branch (the Cabinet, federal ministries, and federal agencies) and the judicial branch of the federal government. With a population of over 33 million, the country is the world's 43rd-most populous country. Malaysia is tropical and is one of 17 megadiverse countries; it is home to numerous endemic species. Tanjung Piai in the Malaysian state of Johor is the southernmost point of continental Eurasia. The country has its origins in the Malay kingdoms, which, from the 18th century on, became subject to the British Empire, along with the British Straits Settlements protectorate. D... ()
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Michelle Yeoh(61)

Actress | Ipoh, Perak (MY)

Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng (born Yeoh Choo Kheng; 6 August 1962) is a Malaysian actress. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early films in Hong Kong, she rose to fame in the 1990s after starring in a series of Hong Kong action films where she performed her own stunts, such as Yes, Madam (1985), Magnificent Warriors (1987), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992), The Heroic Trio (1993), and Holy Weapon (1993).After moving to the United States, Yeoh gained recognition for starring in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and in Ang Lee's martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. For her role as an overwhelmed mother navigating the multiverse in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Asian woman to win the award. Yeoh's other works include Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Sunshine (2007), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Reign of Assassins (2010), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), and The Lady (2011), where she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi. She played supporting roles in the romantic comedies Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Last Christmas (2019), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). On television, Yeoh has starred in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2020) and The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022).

Known for: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Crazy Rich Asians, Tomorrow Never Dies

James Wan(47)

Crew | Kuching, Sarawak (MY)

James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is a Malaysia-born Australian film director, screenwriter, producer, and comic book writer. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the "Saw" and "Insidious" franchises and the creator of "The Conjuring" universe. Wan is also the founder of Atomic Monster Productions, which has produced film and television projects.After directing the micro-budget film "Stygian" (2000), Wan made his professional feature directorial debut with "Saw" (2004). The film was a hit and launched a franchise that has grossed more than $1 billion globally. Following a period of setbacks with the underperforming titles "Dead Silence" and "Death Sentence" (both 2007), Wan returned to commercial success with the PG-13 supernatural horror-fantasy "Insidious" (2010), and went on to direct "Insidious: Part 2" (2013) and to produce further sequels in the series. In between his two "Insidious" projects, Wan directed the more traditional supernatural horror film "The Conjuring" (2013), which achieved enormous critical and commercial success and spawned a sprawling set of sequels and spin-offs collectively known as The Conjuring Universe. Wan served as the director of "The Conjuring 2" (2016) while producing subsequent films in the franchise such as "Annabelle" (2014) and "The Nun" (2018). The Conjuring Universe is the second highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion.Outside of horror, Wan directed "Furious 7" (2015), the seventh installment in the "Fast & Furious" franchise, and the DC Extended Universe superhero film "Aquaman" (2018). Both grossed over $1 billion, making Wan the eighth director with two films to reach the milestone. He is the 20th highest-grossing director of all time as of 2021, with his films having grossed over $3.6 billion worldwide.

Known for: Saw, The Conjuring 2, Furious 7, Aquaman

Henry Golding(37)

Actor | Betong (MY)

Henry Ewan Golding (born 5 February 1987) is a British actor. He is known for his film work, starring in the romantic comedies Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Last Christmas (2019), the thriller A Simple Favor (2018), the action comedy The Gentlemen (2019), as well as playing the title character in the action-adventure Snake Eyes (2021).

Known for: Crazy Rich Asians, The Gentlemen, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, Last Christmas

Ramon Tikaram(56)

Actor | Singapore / Republic of Singapore (SG)

Ramon Tikaram is a British stage and screen actor of Indo-Fijian and Southeast Asian descent.[1][2] He is known for playing such roles as Ferdy in the BBC television series This Life and Qadim Shah in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.

Known for: Jupiter Ascending, Vampire Academy, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Claudia Wells(57)

Actress | Kuala Lumpur (MY)

Claudia Wells (born July 5, 1966 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is an American actress and businesswoman, best known for her role as Jennifer Parker in the film Back to the Future (1985). She grew up in Venezuela and then San Francisco, California and after high school, studied voice and dance before pursuing acting as a career. She studied at the American Conservatory Theater and has performed soprano roles with the San Francisco Opera.

Known for: Back to the Future, Back to the Future The Game, Back to the 2015 Future, CBS Schoolbreak Special

Remy Hii(37)

Actor | Queensland (AU)

Remy Hii is a Malaysian-Australian actor born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Hii attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art for three years, and appeared in various theatre productions, before being cast in his first television role. Hii starred as Van Tuong Nguyen in the four-part miniseries Better Man and was cast as Hudson Walsh in the soap opera Neighbours in 2013. He is also known as Prince Jingim from the Netflix original series Marco Polo. From 2018 to 2019, Hii played Simon Van Reyk in the Australian television crime drama Harrow. Hii has also appeared in the series Sisters, the romantic comedy film Crazy Rich Asians, and Marvel's Spider-Man: Far From Home.

Known for: Marco Polo, Better Man, Neighbours, Sisters

Michelle Ang(40)

Actress | Christchurch (NZ)

Michelle Ang (born 17 October 1983) is a New Zealand actress. She is best known for her role as Lori Lee in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, and for voicing the female Jango Fett clone Omega in the animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

Known for: Triple 9, Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, The Taking of Deborah Logan, Fear the Walking Dead

Pik-Sen Lim(79)

Actress | Penang (MY)

Pik-Sen Lim (Chinese: 林碧笙; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Phaik-seng, born 15 September 1944) is a Malaysian-British actress. According to the British Film Institute, Lim was "the most familiar Chinese actor on British television screens in the 1970s and 80s." Her notable roles include Chin Lee in the 1971 Doctor Who serial The Mind of Evil, Chung Su-Lee on the ITV sitcom Mind Your Language (1977–79), Tsai Adams on the military drama Spearhead (1978–81), and the killer cleaner in Johnny English Reborn (2011). She was also the narrator for the Dark Souls video game series.

Known for: Johnny English Reborn, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Mind Your Language, Doctor Who

Natassia Malthe(50)

Actress | Oslo (NO)

Natassia is the younger of two daughters. She was born in Norway but is half Filipino. She is usually credited by her birth name however is sometime credited as 'Lina Teal'. In Canada, Scotland, and Norway, Malthe went to dance schools at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Goh Ballet Academy, and the Norwegian Opera House respectively, where she sang and danced while finishing high school. Later she moved to London, England to study musical theater. From there she went to Canada and landed her first part on television.In 2009, Malthe starred as an elf bounty-hunter and sorcerer-in-training in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Knights of Bloodsteel.She also does fashion modeling and is among the Girls of Maxim and Toro Women.

Known for: Elektra, DOA: Dead or Alive, Chaos, Lake Placid

Steph Song(40)

Actress | Kuching (MY)

Steph Song (Chinese: 宋琇萱) is a Malaysian actress of Chinese heritage, raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and Australia. She was voted sexiest woman in the world by Asian readers of FHM magazine. Song has received five Leo Award nominations and one Gemini Award nomination for her TV and film work in Canada and the United States.

Known for: War, Dim Sum Funeral, Blood and Water, jPod

Dulcie Gray(† 91)

Actress | Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison, (née Bailey; 20 November 1915 – 15 November 2011), known professionally as Dulcie Gray, was a British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist. While at drama school in the late 1930s she met a fellow student, Michael Denison. They married in 1939 and were together for 59 years before his death in 1998. The couple's professional careers were intertwined; in their early years they appeared in several films together and throughout their careers they frequently acted on stage together. Although she was well known for her starring roles in films of the late 1940s and early 1950s, most of Gray's career was in the theatre. Her range was extensive, and she appeared in Shakespeare, farce, thrillers, classics by Sheridan, Wilde, Chekhov, Shaw and Coward, absurdist drama, and numerous new plays. In the 1980s she became well known to British television viewers when she starred in a long-running soap opera, Howards' Way. Alongside her acting career Gray was a prolific author, writing more than twenty books, mostly crime stories, but also non-crime novels, a volume of memoirs, a biography of J. B. Priestley and an award-winning book about butterflies, a lifelong interest of hers.

Known for: My Brother Jonathan, The Franchise Affair, Wanted for Murder, Mine Own Executioner, Howards' Way

Wendy Hoopes(51)

Actress | Kuala Lumpur (MY)

Wendy Hoopes was born on November 4, 1972 in is an actress and director.

Known for: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Private Parts, The Sitter, Daria
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Angie Cheung(50)

Actress | Ipoh (MY)

Angie Cheong Wai-yee is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress. She won the Miss Chinese Malaysia in 1992 and went to Hong Kong to compete for the Miss Chinese International in 1993. After that, she signed a contract with the Hong Kong television TVB and became an actress. In 2003, she was beaten by her boyfriend and was seriously injured. Cheong recently returned to Malaysia to film an episode of Super Trio Series. In 2013, Cheong returned to TVB to film Never Dance Alone after being persuaded by her good friend and executive producer of the serial drama, Eric Tsang.

Known for: An Eye for an Eye, Body Weapon, 我和僵尸有个约会 2

Simon Russell Beale(63)

Actor | Penang (MY)

Sir Simon Russell Beale CBE (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in film, television and theatre, and work on radio, on audiobooks and as a narrator. For his services to drama, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2019.He has spent much of his theatre career working in productions for both the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. He has received ten Laurence Olivier Award nominations, winning three awards for his performances in Volpone (1996), Candide (2000), and Uncle Vanya (2003). For his work on the Broadway stage he has received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for his performance as George in the Tom Stoppard play Jumpers in 2004. For his role as Henry Lehman in The Lehman Trilogy, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and was nominated for an Olivier Award. Beale has been described by The Independent as "the greatest stage actor of his generation".Beale made his film debut in Sally Potter's period drama Orlando (1992). He continued acting in films such as Persuasion (1995), Hamlet (1996), My Week with Marilyn (2011), The Deep Blue Sea (2011), Into the Woods (2014), and Mary Queen of Scots (2018). In 2017, he starred in Armando Iannucci's dark comedy The Death of Stalin playing Lavrentiy Beria for which he received the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has also appeared in the television projects The Young Visiters (2003), Dunkirk (2004), and as Falstaff in the BBC made-for-television films Henry IV, Part I and Part II (2012). He was part of the main cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful.

Known for: The Death of Stalin, The Outfit, Operation Finale, A Dance to the Music of Time

Angelica Lee(48)

Actress | Alor Setar, Kedah (MY)

Angelica Lee Sin-Jie (Chinese: 李心潔; pinyin: Lee Sin-je; born 23 January 1976 in Kedah, Malaysia) is a Malaysian Chinese film actress and pop singer. She started her career in singing and later moved on to acting in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Lee starred in The Eye, the hit Asian horror film by the Pang Brothers, winning her the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Festival and a Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Award. She is among the very few Asian artists to be awarded as Berlin Film Festival Best Newcomer Awards in 2001 for her role in Betelnut Beauty.Lee has also starred in the films 20 30 40 (where she co-starred with the person who discovered her, Sylvia Chang Ai Jia), and Koma. She worked with the Pangs again on Re-cycle, which was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.She is married to director Oxide Pang. Lee speaks five languages: Mandarin, Hokkien, Malay, Cantonese, and English.

Known for: The Eye, Re-cycle, Missing, The Garden of Evening Mists

Justina Vail Evans(60)

Actress | Kuala Lumpur (MY)

Justina Vail Evans (née Vail, previously credited as Justina Vail) (born 20 August 1963) is a British actress, life coach, author and hypnotherapist.

Known for: Jerry Maguire, Kiss the Girls, Seven Days, Highlander: The Series

Tsai Ming-liang(66)

Crew | Kuching

Tsai Ming-liang(Chinese:蔡明亮;pinyin:Cài Míngliàng) (born 27 October 1957) is aMalaysian-Taiwanesefilmmaker. He has written and directed 10 feature films and has also directed many short films and television films. Tsai is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors ofTaiwanese cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous film festival awards.

Known for: Rebels of the Neon God, The Hole, Days, What Time Is It There?

Jay Manuel(51)

Actor | Springfield, Illinois (US)

Jay Manuel (born August 14, 1972) is a Canadian TV host, creative director, make-up artist, and author. He is most recognizable as the creative director on the popular reality television show America's Next Top Model for the first eighteen seasons. Manuel also was featured as the host of Canada's Next Top Model. Manuel is the founder and CEO of the beauty line, Jay Manuel Beauty. In 2017, the brand opened its first retail location at Roosevelt Field Mall. Later that year, he was one of the judges for Miss Universe 2017. In 2020, he released his first book, The Wig, The Bitch & The Meltdown.

Known for: America's Next Top Model, Canada's Next Top Model, Degrassi

Chacko Vadaketh

Actor | Malaysia (MY)

Chacko Vadaketh (born 1963 in Kerala, India) is a Malaysian actor, emcee and voice over artist, formerly a litigation lawyer who is part of the Malayali/Keralan Syrian Christian community. He is based in Kuala Lumpur and Los Angeles. Recent credits include narrator for the Nat Geo/History Channel Asia series Road to Nationhood (2016-2018), host for the Royal Gala for The Prince of Wales in Kuala Lumpur (2017), Coach Tharman in Anak Merdeka (ASTRO 2017), King Bimbisara in Amrapali Singapore (2017), Co-Star in BBC One series Our Girl (2018), Guest Star in Cinemax UK/US series Strike Back (2019), The Bridge (HBO Asia, viu, 2018). Chacko was Sabo Singh in Singapore for all three seasons of sitcom Mr Kiasu (2002): nominated for Best Comedy, Asian Television Awards and played the villain Sarkar opposite Antonio Sabàto Jr. in the movie Princess of Mars (2009). In August 2023, he was appointed to a two-year term on the Board of the Film Development Corporation of Malaysia (FINAS).

Known for: Battle Scars, Princess of Mars, In Plain Sight, Rules of Engagement

Yann Yann Yeo(47)

Actress | Malaysia (MY)

Yann Yann Yeo is a Malaysian born, Singapore-based actress. She is a pioneer graduate of the Intercultural Theatre Institute.In 2007 she won the LIFE! Theatre Award, Best Actress for the play 'Thunderstorm'.In 2013 she received the Golden Horse Festival Award, Best Supporting Actress for Ilo Ilo.

Known for: Ilo Ilo, Wet Season, Lee Chong Wei: Rise of the Legend, American Born Chinese

Adele Lim

Crew

Adele Lim is a Malaysian screenwriter, producer, and director. She is best known for writing Crazy Rich Asians, the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent in a modern setting since The Joy Luck Club in 1993, and Raya and the Last Dragon in 2021, an animated fantasy adventure inspired by Southeast Asian culture. She also directed and produced the 2023 comedy Joy Ride.

Known for: Raya and the Last Dragon, Crazy Rich Asians, Joy Ride, Life on Mars

Wu Zun(44)

Actor | Bandar Seri Begawan (BN)

Wu Chun Chinese: 吳尊; pinyin: Wú Zūn (born 10 October 1979 Goh Kiat Chun) is a Bruneian actor, singer, and model. He was a member of Fahrenheit, a Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band, from its debut in 2005 to June 2011 singing bass. Wu Chun has appeared Taiwanese dramas, such as Tokyo Juliet (2006), Hanazakarino Kimitachihe (2006), Romantic Princess (2007), Hot Shot (2008), Sunshine Angel (2011), and Kindaichi Case Files (2012-2013). In 2014, he appeared in the reality television program, Dad is Back with his daughter, Nei Nei. His film appearances include The Butterfly Lovers (2008), Lady of the Dynasty (2014), NEST 3D, with Li Bingbing and Kellan Lutz (English); and My Other Home, with Stephon Marbury and Jessica Jung (English). In 2016, he was cast in the Chinese drama, Martial Universe. As a model, Wu Chun has appeared in magazines, such as Esquire, Elle for Men, Men's Health Magazine, Harper's BAZAAR Magazine, GQ, and Reader's Digest. Wu Chun is a business owner in the Brunei fitness and health industry. His businesses include Bake Culture (Taiwan based artisan bakery), The Energy Kitchen (creativity healthy gourmet), Fitness Zone (largest and biggest health club in Brunei since 2003),[1] and WoMen Hair Salon (team of professionals for international celebrities). In China, he is the director of TV commercial advertisements for InterContinental Hotel. Wu Chun has a number of commercial and charitable endorsements.

Known for: 7 Guardians of the Tomb, My Kingdom, Tokyo Juliet, Absolute Boyfriend

Vera Chok(47)

Actress | Petaling Jaya (MY)

Vera Chok is a Malaysian actress and writer based in the United Kingdom, who has featured in various stage, screen and radio roles. From 2021 to 2023, she played Honour Chen-Williams in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.

Known for: Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale, Hollyoaks, Fortitude, Chimerica

Justina Vail Evans(60)

Actress | Kuala Lumpur (MY)

Justina Vail Evans (née Vail, previously credited as Justina Vail) (born 20 August 1963) is a British actress, life coach, author and hypnotherapist.

 

Renee Lim(45)

Actress | Perth (AU)

Renee Lim (born August 11, 1978) is an Australian actress, dancer, presenter, medical doctor and lecturer. Born in Perth, Australia, she graduated from Hampton Senior High School and attended the University of New South Wales, to study medicine. When she's not acting or performing in one of her entertainment fields, she works as a doctor in Sydney, Australia and as a lecturer at the Northern Clinical School. She is best known for her roles as Constable Jung Lim in East West 101, Mae in Please Like Me and her recurring role as Vivienne Hart in The Secret Daughter.

Known for: The Invisible Man, The Dry, Please Like Me, East West 101

Emma Maembong(32)

Actress | Kuala Lumpur (MY)

Fatimah Rohani Binti Ismail (born 27th March 1992), more more widely known as Emma Maembong is a Malaysian model and actress. She's well known due to her works in Kau Yang Terindah as Munirah and Project Memikat Suami as Nawwal Husna.

Known for: Kimchi Untuk Awak, Usop Wilcha Dalam Werewolf Dari Bangladesh

Sarah Lian(40)

Actress | Taiping, Perak (MY)

Sarah Lian, is a Chinese Malaysian actress and television personality based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was born in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia but mainly grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lian is an actor versatile in film, television and theater. Currently, her entertainment career spans across North America and Asia. Lian gained fame when she was voted FHM Malaysia's No. 1 Most Wanted Woman on their Top 100 list.

Known for: Jasmine, Covert Affairs

Stephen Rahman Hughes(54)

Actor | London (GB)

Stephen Rahman-Hughes (born 26 January 1970) is an English–Malaysian actor and singer. He is known for his roles as DCI Vikesh Dasari in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale and Adam Bateman in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Known for: Clash of Empires: The Battle for Asia, Emmerdale, 3 Body Problem

Adrian Voo(37)

Actor | Kuala Lumpur (MY)

Adrian Voo (born April 30, 1986) is a Malaysian film actor. He came to prominence with supporting roles in the comedy films Amateur Night and Dear Dictator.

Known for: Amateur Night, Dear Dictator, Venom

Nikita Willy(29)

Actress | Jakarta (ID)

Nikita Willy is an Indonesian actress and pop singer.

Known for: Alas Pati, Gasing Tengkorak, MBA: Married by Accident
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