Isabella Leong

Posted by Roulette on September 3rd, 2009

If you’ve seen Mummy: Tomb Of the Dragon Emperor, then you probably recognize beautiful Hong Kong Actress Isabella Leong as Lin. Born June 23, 1988 in Macau and is a famous Hong Kong-based actress and former singer. Isabella comes from Macao with a family of Portuguese-English heritage on her father’s side and Chinese on her mother’s; her real name is Luisa Isabella Nolasco da Silva. In 2004, she appeared as a guest star in the TV series Sunshine Heartbeat. In 2005, she made her film debut in The Eye 10 and also appeared in Bug Me Not, for which she was nominated as Best New Performer in the Hong Kong Film Awards. By 2006, she was nominated for Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards, the Fantasporto and the Hong Kong Film Awards, and an award at Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best New Performer, as well as the Silver Berlin award at the Berlin Film Festival for Best Film Music. Later she landed her first American film role in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, released in 2008. By 2009, Leong gave birth to a son with Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, and was given two mansions in San Francisco and HK$50 million in cash, cashing in at more than HK$200 million.