Not-So-Secret Asians

To close out AAPI Heritage Month 2025, I figured I'd honor some of our secret not-so-secret Asian fashion, music, media, film, & TV stars 🤩 

I've rounded up some folks who you mostly may *NOT* have known were of Asian descent--or if you did know, you probably weren't aware of what kind of Asian they were.

Peruse the list & links below & feel free to reach out with any further additions! 😘

• Mark-Paul Gosselaar (a.k.a. "Zack Morris")

• Phoebe Cates

• H.E.R.

• Tyga

• Lashontae "Tae" Heckard

• Steve Lacy

• Misa Hylton

• Kimora Lee Simmons

• Kim Porter

• Karrueche

• Rae Dawn Chong

• Chad "Pimp C" Butler & his lovely wife Chinara

• Christopher Wong Won (a.k.a. "Fresh Kid Ice" from 2 Live Crew)

• Naomi Campbell

• Tyson Beckford

• Pharrell Williams

• Donald Glover

• Christopher "Mo' Rice" Brown

• Anderson.Paak

• Chazwick Bundick (a.k.a. "Toro y Moi")

• Saweetie

• Amerie

• Kat Tat from "Black Ink Crew: Chicago"

• Bruno Mars

• Apryl Jones

• Sonja Sohn

• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

• Justine Skye

• Angela Yee

• Blac Chyna

• Keanu Reeves

• Jason Momoa

• Wolftyla (music producer)

• Dean Cain

• Rachel Roy

• Ne-Yo

• Chanel Iman

• Don C

• Nicki Minaj

• Alex Wagner

• Ananda Lewis

• Tatyana Ali

• Rozanda Thomas (a.k.a. "Chili" from TLC)

• Nia Long

• DeWayne Turrentine

• Chaun Legend

• Jennifer Lawrence

• Storm Reid

• Eniko Hart

• Paz de la Huerta

• Lil Uzi Vert

• Bruce Lee

• M.I.A.

• Fershgenet Melaku

• The illustrious Michael K

• Inga Marchand

• Aisha Tyler

• Joanna Gaines

• Alexa Chung

• Shay Mitchell

• Freddie Mercury

• Lisa Olivia Munn

• Marpessa Dawn

• Dr. Nina Cash, Sports Illustrated swimsuit model

• Cassandra Ventura

• Tyla (singer)