China Chow

China Eiko Chow (born 15 April 1974) is a British-born American actress and model. Early life and education Chow was born in London to restaurateur Michael Chow and his wife, model/designer Tina Chow. Her paternal grandfather was the Peking Opera's Zhou Xinfang. Her paternal aunt is actress and former "Bond girl" Tsai Chin. Her maternal aunt is the artist Adelle Lutz. Through Lutz's 1987 marriage, her uncle is David Byrne. Her parents left London for New York in 1980, when she was 5 years old. They then relocated to Los Angeles in 1985. Her mother, who was born in Ohio, was of German and Japanese ancestry and her father is Chinese. She has a younger brother, Maximilian (b. 1978). Her parents divorced in November 1989. In 1992, Chow's mother Tina died of AIDS. The same year, Chow's father married Eva Chun, a Korean fashion designer and Chow gained a half-sister, Asia Chow (b. 1994). In February 2019, her father married his fourth wife, Vanessa Rano, who is 49 years his junior. Through this marriage, Chow has a half-brother, Phoenix Chow (b. 2019) and half-sister Skye Chow (b. 2021).