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- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- China Chow, born in London, is known to divide her time between New York City and Los Angeles. She is the child of late model/designer Tina Chow (who died of AIDS in 1992) and restaurateur Michael Chow (whose Mr. Chow restaurants are the talk of the town in London, Manhattan and Beverly Hills), and has a younger brother, Maximillian Chow. The first college graduate in her family, China graduated from Scripps College, majoring in psychology. She spent several years as a model, following in her mother's footsteps: she posed for Shiseido cosmetics in Japan, was seen on billboards for Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, was named one of Harper's Bazaar's "It Girls" in 1996, and was named in the December 1996 edition of Vogue magazine's "The Next Best-Dressed List". Her acting debut was in 1998's The Big Hit (1998), co-starring 'Mark Wahlberg', whom she is rumored to be dating.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ari Herzog <ari@ici.net>
- Maternal niece of singer David Byrne (of The Talking Heads fame), who is married to Tina Chow's sister, Adelle Lutz.
- Eschewed the party scene to take care of her mother, who was dying of AIDS in the early 1990s (Tina Chow passed away in January 1992).
- Holds a B.A. in Psychology from Scripps College.
- Had no prior acting experience before her first role in The Big Hit (1998).
- Following in the footsteps of her mother and her aunt, China also modeled for Shiseido cosmetics.
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